Statement of the FDIC on the State of Community Banking: Is the Current Regulatory Environment Adversely Affecting Community Financial Institutions?

Statement of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by Doreen R. Eberley, Director, Division of Risk Management Supervision; Bret D. Edwards, Director, Division of Resolutions and Receiverships; and Richard A. Brown, Chief Economist on “State of Community Banking: Is the Current Regulatory Environment Adversely Affecting Community Financial Institutions?” before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit of the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives on March 20, 2013 is available at:

http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/spmar2013.html

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