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Banking Events

For Community Banks

• 2011 Community Banking Conference

  Banking on Main Street, brought nationally recognized experts and local business leaders together to discuss the challenges facing community banks and to explore strategies for continued success. View the agenda and access conference presentations.

• Agricultural Banking and Market Conditions

  We're tracking emerging issues, market conditions, financing, banking conditions and more. (First Quarter 2011) 
  Related resources from our Reserve Bank include the Agricultural Finance Databook, the Agricultural Credit Survey and others.

• Community Depository Institution Advisory Council

  You've got representation with us. CDIAC members come from banks, thrift institutions and credit unions from around the region. They meet with Kansas City Fed staff to provide perspective on lending issues, the economy and more.

• Speeches

  Our experts speak in your community. Read speeches by former Kansas City Fed President Tom Hoenig on the vital nature of community banks.
  
  Are Community Banks Important?
  (3/18/2010)
  
  Community Banking: Past and Future Prospects
  (4/29/2005)
  
  Community Banking: Is the Playing Field Changing for Bankers and Supervisors
  (3/1/2005)
  
  Community Banks and the Federal Reserve
  (3/14/2003)

About Community Banks

• Survey of Community Banks

  We're listening to you. Our survey covers four broad areas: general information; prospects and challenges; regulations and guidance; and staffing and governance. Learn more about the survey and see the results from our 2011 survey.

• District Banking Conditions

  We're monitoring banking conditions for the nation and District, including data earnings, expenses, assets, loans and more.

• Lending Patterns of Small Commercial Banks

  We're tracking banking industry activity. Nationwide, larger banks have increased overall lending over the past year, while a much larger proportion of small banks increased their small business lending. (March 2012)

• Banking Research

  Our analysis of the banking industry includes supervisory and regulatory concerns, lending issues, and risks to financial institutions.

Community Bank
Director Training

Our online training curriculum is designed to allow your bank's directors to quickly develop an understanding of their role in performing bank oversight responsibilities.

• Federal Reserve
  Supervision and Regulation
  We help ensure the safety and soundness of financial institutions, stability in financial markets, and fair and equitable treatment of consumers; financial transactions.