In the first research session yesterday, we heard about the importance of community banks to the Missouri economy, the viability of the traditional banking model, what is special about community banks, and the changing characteristics of the communities served by minority depository institutions. In the second session, we heard about the relationship between bank size and performance from three quite  -2different perspectives.
The new board structure includes representatives of the major banks, the mid-sized and foreign banks and 2  2  Lowe P (2005), ‘Innovation and Governance of Payment Systems’, address to Banktech.05 Conference, Sydney, September. BIS central bankers’ speeches  the credit unions and building societies. It also includes an independent chair and two other independent directors.