Financial Update Focus

Financial Services Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2016

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:11:00 EST

The Atlanta Fed's Retail Payments Office (RPO) continually works with the payments industry to further improve the speed, safety and efficiency of payments, including numerous technology upgrades in response to the ever-changing payments environment. In a podcast, Cheryl Venable and Jim McKee of the RPO discuss the Fed's new Financial Services Strategic Plan for 2012 through 2016.

Surveying Southeastern Banking

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:12:00 EST

Banks in the Southeast, as well as across the nation, are in some ways still healing from the aftermath of the financial crisis. Brian Bowling, vice president in the Atlanta Fed's banking supervision and regulation division, discusses the general state of banking in the region.

Social Networks' Role in Rebuilding Communities

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:08:00 EST

In a podcast, Atlanta Fed staffers Ann Carpenter and Nancy Montoya discuss the chapter they coauthored in the new book Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita. Their discussion explores the role of social networks in rebuilding communities.

Data Breaches and Risk Management in Emerging Payments

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:07:00 EST

Companies gather a great deal of personal data about people, information that can be vulnerable to theft. Will Roberds, research economist and senior policy adviser at the Atlanta Fed, discusses data breaches and risk management in emerging payments and the concomitant risk of identity theft.

Focus on Payments: Debit Cards Surpass Checks, Credit Cards Decline for First Time

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:12:00 EST

Rich Oliver, executive vice president at the Atlanta Fed, discusses the recent Board of Governors payments study. He says that although the study revealed no big surprises, it did confirm what experts had suspected: Americans now use their debit cards more than they write checks.

Communication: The Key to Guiding Southeast Banks through Tumultuous Times Transcript

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:10:00 EST

Michael Johnson, the Atlanta Fed's senior vice president of supervision and regulation, discusses the importance of communication between the banking industry and bank supervisors in these tumultuous times, as well as the new online Financial Update feature, "ViewPoint," a tool for communicating supervisory priorities and challenges as well as banking conditions in the Southeast.

Banking in the Southeast Transcript

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:06:00 EST

Southeastern banks have experienced an eventful period and have recently endured significant challenges. Brian Bowling, vice president in the Atlanta Fed's banking supervision and regulation division, discusses the general state of banking in the region.

Redesigning the $100 Note Transcript

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:04:00 EST

Brian Thompson, a banknote designer at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, discusses the redesigned $100 note and the art of currency design.

International Capital Flows Transcript

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:12:00 EST

Galina Alexeenko of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's research department discusses trends in international capital flows in the wake of the recent financial crisis.

Foreclosures and Loan Modifications Transcript

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:09:00 EST

Kris Gerardi, a research economist and associate policy adviser in the research department of the Atlanta Fed, discusses loan modifications for borrowers in danger of foreclosure.