Community Banking Connections is a quarterly publication dedicated to addressing issues that community banks currently face; providing resources on key supervisory guidance; highlighting new regulations; and offering perspectives from bank examiners and other Federal Reserve staff.

This edition of S&R Perspectives covers the importance of strong risk management; supervisory upgrades and enforcement actions; assessing the stability of deposits in a rising rate environment; the BSA Coalition's Fourth Annual Anti-Money Laundering Conference; the Dodd-Frank Act's impact on SRC; and more.

Two years after the Dodd-Frank Act was signed, the law has resulted in new responsibilities for the Richmond Fed’s Supervision, Regulation and Credit (SRC) department. In this article, we take a look at how the legislation aimed at blunting the impact of future financial stresses has affected some of the work across SRC, as well as what’s ahead.

This edition of S&R Perspectives covers the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on community banks, disposition of OREO property, Regulation W, our recent Community Banker Forums in West Virginia and Maryland, our Healthy Bank Project, and more. 

This edition of S&R Perspectives covers the CEO Community Banker Forums held in Richmond and Charlotte in November, stress testing, the Bank Secrecy Act, savings and loan holding companies, student loans, and issues tracking.