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Resources for Community and Regional Banks
Resources, publications, and discount window guidance for bankers working at community and regional banks.
Community and regional banks serve businesses and consumers throughout the country and are leading providers of credit to small businesses, who often have strong relationships in their communities. The Federal Reserve defines community banking organizations as those with less than $10 billion in assets. Regional banking organizations are defined as those with total assets between $10 billion and $100 billion. Regional and community banking organizations constitute the largest number of banking organizations supervised by the Federal Reserve.
The Federal Reserve follows a risk-focused supervision approach that aims to target examination resources to higher-risk areas of each bank's operations. This strategy helps to ensure that banks maintain risk-management capabilities appropriate to their size and complexity.
Learn more at federalreserve.gov.
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Resources for community bankers
Regulation and guidance
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve / Consumer Affairs Letters
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve / Banking and Consumer Regulatory Policy Press Releases
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve / Supervision and Regulation Letters
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau / Compliance
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) / Banker Resource Center
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / Federal Banking Regulations
Additional resources
Community Banking Bulletin
Insights on trends or activities of primary interest to the community banking industry from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Emergency Communications System (ECS)
Enables Reserve Bank supervision, state supervisory agencies, and Federal Reserve System groups to communicate with financial institutions in an emergency situation.
Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Resource Center
A one-stop resource for smaller financial institutions as they prepare for the changes associated with the current expected credit losses (CECL) method.
Consumer Compliance Outlook Live
A webinar series on consumer compliance topics.
Federal Reserve Board Conferences
Learn about upcoming Federal Reserve Conferences and watch recordings from past events.
Related resources
Community Banks Can Serve as a Source of Strength, Even through Times of Stress
Read this “View from the District” in Community Banking Connections written by Anulekha Mohanty, senior vice president of supervision, credit risk, and statistics at the Cleveland Fed, about the important role community banks play in the Fourth District to serve their communities during times of stress.