A well-functioning banking sector is essential to any modern economy. And yet since the 2008 financial crisis, increasing regulation has complicated the relationship between banks and the broader economy. Changes are underway, however, that may open new ways of thinking about banking, bank regulation, and the role the industry may play going forward. Please join us and our distinguished group of speakers as we explore bank regulation, innovation, and the path forward.
Schedule
| 9:30 — 10:00AM |
REGISTRATION |
| 10:00 — 10:10AM |
WELCOMING REMARKS
Thaya Brook Knight, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute |
| 10:10 — 10:45AM |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mark A. Calabria, Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Economist
Download a podcast of the ‘Welcoming Remarks’ and ‘Keynote Address’
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| 10:45 — 11:10AM |
A TALE OF TWO BANKING SYSTEMS: HOW GOVERNMENT REGULATION UNDERMINES STABILITY
George Selgin, Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
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| 11:10 — 11:35AM |
BANKING REGULATION AND FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
Brian Knight, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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| 11:35AM — 12:00PM |
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BANKING AND FINANCE
Emily Ekins, Research Fellow and Director of Polling, Cato Institute
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| 12:00 — 12:30PM |
RECEPTION |
| 12:30 — 1:50PM |
LUNCH ADDRESS
Kelly S. King, Chairman and CEO, BB&T Corporation |
| 1:50 — 2:00PM |
CLOSING REMARKS
Thaya Brook Knight, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Download a podcast of the ‘Lunch Address’ and ‘Closing Remarks’
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