Eleventh District Banking Conference

April 2, 2026

Dallas

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas hosted this conference in partnership with the Texas Department of Banking for regional and community bankers in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District.

The program provided perspectives from district bankers and federal and state supervisors on emerging trends in community and regional banking with specific focus on banking conditions, a regional economic outlook, fraud mitigation and integrating with service providers.

Agenda and speakers

April 2, 2026
8:15 a.m.	Registration and check-in
9:00 a.m.	Opening remarks Emily Greenwald, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
9:15 a.m.	Fireside chat Lorie Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Hulsey, American National Bank of Texas
10:00 a.m.	Regional economic outlook Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Presentation
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Financial risk panel discussion on credit, IRR and liquidity Francisco Covas, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Tom Susany, Texas Department of Banking Jared Whitson, Texas Department of Banking
11:45 a.m.	Lunch and fireside chat Michelle Bowman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:00 p.m.	Break
1:30 p.m.	Moderated banker panel discussion Erik Beguin, Austin Capital Bank Bill Chittenden, Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Asif Dakri, Wallis Bank Jan Mills, First National Bank of Winnsboro Jason Smith, Bonvenu Bank
2:30 p.m.	Combating bank fraud Adam Colby, Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center Gul Sharma, Dallas Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Phillip Hinkle, Texas Department of Banking
3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Service provider panel discussion Julieta Ezeiza, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Seamus Smith, FIS Kimberly Ford, Fiserv
4:15 p.m.	Closing remarks Jared Whitson, Texas Department of Banking
4:30 p.m.	Networking reception

For more information

Contact Nikhil Sareen.