Central Banker - Spring 2003

Cleveland and St. Louis Feds Form Regional Partnership

Fed Announces Check Re-engineering Initiative

The Check Re-engineering Initiative: It Really Is Business as Usual

Fed Announces Enhancements to FedLine^® for the Web

Upcoming Changes to Requlation W Simplify Compliance for Bankers

Regional Roundup

Fed Implements Two New Lending Programs

The Condition of Banks: What Are Examiners Finding?

Calendar Events

2003 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

FOURTH DISTRICT

April 8, 2003
Pittsburgh, Ohio

May 8, 2003
Columbus, Ohio

May 13, 2003
Cleveland, Ohio

May 22, 2003
Lexington, Ky.

EIGHTH DISTRICT

April 8, 2003
St. Louis, Mo.

May 6, 2003
Memphis, Tenn.

May 15, 2003
Little Rock, Ark.

May 21, 2003
Louisville, Ky.

Fed Exchange is a new educational forum for financial institutions and is co-sponsored by the St. Louis and Cleveland Feds.

For information, call Debbie Boren at (314) 444-8946,
or 1-800-333-0810,
ext. 44-8946.

2003 Evansville Small Business Meeting

March 20—Evansville, Ind.

What can urban areas do with vacant, deteriorating buildings in their downtown areas, and how can they entice residents to move there? This will be the topic of a quarterly meeting sponsored by the St. Louis Fed. Developers and interested parties from both the public and private sectors are invited to attend.

For information, call Faith Weekly at (502) 568-9216.

Economic Development in the Minority Community

March 25—Louisville

This community affairs forum is co-sponsored by the St. Louis Fed and the University of Louisville’s School of Urban and Public Affairs.

For information, call Faith Weekly at (502) 568-9216.

2003 Community Affairs Research Conference: Sustainable Community Development

March 27-28—Washington, DC

The Community Affairs officers of the Federal Reserve System are sponsoring their third biennial research conference, “Sustainable Community Development: What Works, What Doesn’t and Why.” This conference will bring together a diverse audience from academia, financial institutions, community organizations, foundations and government to learn about research being done in the community development arena.

Information is available at the national Community Affairs web site.

There’s a Lot to Learn about Money

April 1—Collinsville, Ill.

The Community Affairs office of the St. Louis Fed is sponsoring this financial education program. Its purpose is to make bankers, community organizations and other interested parties aware of the financial education programs that are offered in Illinois.

How to Work with the Latino Community

May 14—St. Louis

This Community Affairs program is for bankers, government agencies and community organizations that serve Latino immigrants, and is sponsored by the St. Louis Fed and the FDIC.

For information on the above programs, contact Diana Zahner at (314) 444-8761.