Simply Stated - All Things Finance

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In this episode CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems and host Matt Longacre discuss what the latest inflation and jobs numbers, business confidence measures and more are telling us about the current trajectory of the U.S. economy.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In this episode CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems explains how supply chain issues and fluctuating demand complicate the nation's economic recovery. From the Show: The Beer Game

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In this episode CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems and host Matt Longacre discuss what the latest inflation and jobs numbers, business confidence measures and more are telling us about the current trajectory of the U.S. economy.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for.

In this episode of "States of the Economy," our monthly look at the latest economic data, Sr. Economist Tom Siems discusses the "2021 bond market conundrum," supply-side issues that are restraining the recovery, and what regulators should be keeping an eye on over the coming months.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for.

Guests: Jim Park , Executive Director, Appraisal Subcommittee Greg Gonzales , Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Today, we discuss what appraisers do, why they matter, what it takes to become an appraiser and the challenges and opportunities facing the industry today.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for.

Guest : CSBS Senior Director of IT Security Engineering & Operations Charles Hill Today, we speak with Charles about SolarWinds to learn what it is, what happened with the company and the far-reaching consequences of this cybersecurity breach.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for. At the end of each quarter, CSBS also includes feedback and data from community bankers who completed the Community Bank Sentiment Inde...

One of the key responsibilities of state and federal regulators is to help maintain the public’s trust in the nation’s financial system. One of the key ways they go about maintaining this trust is by preventing bad actors and illicit funds from using banks and financial companies to move money. But here’s the thing about bad actors; just because there’s a law on the books and a cop on the beat doe...

In this week's episode, we talk with CSBS's CISO Todd Scharf and learn about how ransomware can impact consumers and employees. We also cover common red flags and how consumers can protect themselves from ransomware attacks.

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for.

How consumers borrow, invest, store, and send money is changing more rapidly than ever before, and the pace of that change is only set to accelerate. State regulators have always been responsive to changes in the industry, responding to innovations in banking in finance for over 100 years. But the changes affecting financial services in the past several years are different. Companies and transacti...

"States of the Economy" is a monthly look at the economic picture across the country. In our discussion, CSBS Senior Economist Tom Siems focuses on how the national economic picture impacts local communities and what state regulators are looking out for.

Guests:  Anthony Polidori – Idaho Deputy Director and Chair-Elect of the Multistate Mortgage Committee Kirstin Anderson – Oregon Director and President of the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators Over the last few episodes, we’ve been talking about this strategy state supervisors use to approach the rapid change of the financial system. That strategy is called “Networked Supervi...

If you’ve been paying attention to state supervision lately, you’ve probably heard the phrase “Vision 2020” several times. Vision 2020 has been an initiative to modernize and enhance the state supervisory system in a way that makes licensing, examination, and supervision easier, safer, and more effective. When the work launched in 2018, there was a lot of public outreach. State regulators held tow...

This is the story of your money. How it moves, who protects it, and the careful balance between keeping your money safe and allowing new ideas and apps to use this system. And we talk about a new federal government plan that could seriously harm this system.

Guest: Chuck Cross, Senior Vice President of Non-Bank SupervisionHost: Matt LongacreSupervision is hard. Examiners, whether it’s for banks or nonbanks, are a unique breed. Not only must they have a mastery of financial services and the institutions that they supervise, and not only do they need a strong knowledge of what’s necessary for compliance, they must also orchestrate an extremely difficult...

Originally Recorded in February 2020. As we enter the quiet summer months, Simply Stated is re-broadcasting the "greatest hits" of the podcast. Look out for more content in August and beyond. Guest: Rachel Siegel - Senior Associate, Consumer Finance, The Pew Charitable TrustsHost: Matt LongacreTimestamps2:22 - What is a "mobile payment?"4:10 - Are mobile payments companies util...

For a financial services business and for a regulator, a license provides clarity. The business knows who is supervising their activity, has someone to talk to when they want to be sure they are complying with laws, and provides confidence they are permitted to operate in a state. The state regulator who issues the license is able to see into the operations of financial services that are impacting...

In this soundbite, CSBS Senior Director and Non-Depository Counsel Matt Lambert walks us through how transactions involving cryptocurrencies are regulated, which activities are licensed at the state level, what "on ramps and off ramps" are, and more.

In this mini-podcast, we answer the question "What is an agent of the payee? Are they licensed? How are they regulated?"

In this mini-episode, we ask what qualifies as a Money Services Business and who regulates them.

CSBS COVID-19 Resource Page: https://www.csbs.org/mortgage-relief-coronavirusShow notes: www.csbs.org/covid-pod10The current economic situation is unprecedented. How do you put it into perspective? We compare unemployment and jobless claims to crises past and try to get a handle on just how severe of a downturn we are having. People are reporting struggles with their mortgage servicers and getting...