Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin will speak to the Columbia Rotary Club on May 6, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina.

More than 40 bankers from institutions across the Fifth Federal Reserve District recently convened for the Richmond Fed's Community Bank Credit Forum.

The second Conference on Measuring Cyber Risk in the Financial Services Sector continued the important discussion around cyber data needs to help financial services firms better manage cyber risk. Hosted by the Richmond Fed, the Federal Reserve Board and MIT, the conference was held in January 2024 on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Workforce development was a major topic of conversation when Matt Martin and Erika Bell recently met with business and community leaders in Pickens County and Oconee County, South Carolina. In this episode, Martin and Bell discussed what they learned during their visit. Two local workforce development leaders — Jeromy Arnett and Ray Farley of Alliance Pickens — also shared their stories.

The Richmond Fed's Rural Investment Collaborative will train 20 rural leaders how to create successful proposals for community funding.

The Regional Matters posts here explore topics such as The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, rural Fifth District housing quality, creating a STEM employment pipeline in North Carolina, and more.