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Community Banking Conference Highlights PPP Research
The Paycheck Protection Program was the subject of several papers at this year’s community banking conference.
Journal Article
Tailoring Bank Regulations
Policy Update article: Tailoring Bank Regulations
Speech
2019 Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker discussed the importance of community banks and issues they face, including technological change, demographic pressures, and regulatory burden during a keynote speech at the Community Banking in the 21st Century Research and Policy Conference in St. Louis.
Newsletter
A New Era of Community Banking
The 11th annual Community Bankers Symposium, cosponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was held at the Chicago Fed on November 18, 2016. This article summarizes key presentations and discussions at the event.
Speech
The ‘new normal’ for growth: remarks at the Community Bankers Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City
Remarks at the Community Bankers Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
Working Paper
Does Scale Matter in Community Bank Performance? Evidence Obtained by Applying Several New Measures of Performance
SUPERSEDES WP16-15 We consider how size matters for banks in three size groups: banks with assets of less than $1 billion (small community banks), banks with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion (large community banks), and banks with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion (midsize banks). Community banks have potential advantages in relationship lending compared with large banks. However, increases in regulatory compliance and technological burdens may have disproportionately increased community banks? costs, raising concerns about small businesses? access to credit. Our evidence ...
Working Paper
Is Bigger Necessarily Better in Community Banking?
We investigate the relative performance of publicly traded community banks (those with assets less than $10 billion) versus larger banks (those with assets between $10 billion and $50 billion). A body of research has shown that community banks have potential advantages in relationship lending compared with large banks, although newer research suggests that these advantages may be shrinking. In addition, the burdens placed on community banks by the regulatory reforms mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the need to increase investment in technology, ...
Community Bankers Describe a Year of Challenges and Opportunities
Community bankers’ biggest concern this year is weak loan demand, but many see opportunity in new technology.
Speech
Introductory Remarks: 2022 Community Banking Research Conference
St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard welcomed community bankers, researchers, policymakers and bank regulators to the 10th annual Community Banking Research Conference. Held in-person and virtually this year, the conference is sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.Bullard discussed some of the challenges and opportunities that community banks have faced since the event’s inception. He recognized several conference features added in the past decade, while acknowledging the passing earlier this year of ...