Federal Bank and Thrift Supervisors Announce Banking Forum in New Orleans

GuidanceFederal Reserve Board (FRB)Risk Management

The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced that they will be hosting a forum in New Orleans for banks and thrifts on March 2 and 3, 2006.

The forum, titled “The Future of Banking on the Gulf Coast: Helping Banks and Thrifts Rebuild Communities,” will focus on the short-term and long-term challenges facing banks and thrifts operating in the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and on ways of helping meet the needs of the local communities. Principals from each of the four federal banking agencies will participate in the forum, which will convene at the New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, at 8:00 a.m. CST on Thursday, March 2, 2006, and close at noon on Friday, March 3, 2006. The FDIC and NeighborWorks of New Orleans will conduct optional bus tours of devastated areas nearby on the afternoons of Wednesday, March 1, and Friday, March 3.

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