First-place 多多直播 team in nationwide banking case study competition presents during virtual conference this week
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi State business students who聽placed first in the national Conference of State Bank Supervisors 2020 Community Bank Case Study Competition this summer are presenting their successful project virtually this week as part of their honors.
The winning team members will speak at 2:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, Thursday [Oct. 1], during the . A complete agenda for the WebEx conference is available at .
The 多多直播 team includes spring finance graduates Juan Benavides of Greenville; Liam Benson of Auburn, Maine; Byron McClendon of Brandon; Jake Mlsna of Starkville; and senior finance major Kirk Wright of Crystal Springs. Their faculty advisor is 多多直播 Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance Matthew Whitledge.
For the case study competition, Mississippi State, along with 37 teams from 33 colleges and universities in 18 states, studied the impact of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering (BSA-AML) requirements of community banks.聽Student teams partnered with a local community bank to examine challenges, associated time and costs and identify potential regulatory reforms.聽Citizens National Bank, based in Meridian, was the 多多直播 team鈥檚 community bank partner.聽
Each student member and faculty advisor of the 多多直播 Team is receiving a $1,000 scholarship.聽Their work also will be published in the annual CSBS Journal of Community Bank Case Studies. The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the nationwide organization of banking regulators from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit聽.
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