Changeflow GovPing Banking & Finance Community Bankshares Cease and Desist Order
Urgent Enforcement Added Final

Community Bankshares Cease and Desist Order

Favicon for www.federalreserve.gov Federal Reserve All Releases
Filed
Detected
Email

Summary

The Federal Reserve Board issued a Cease and Desist Order against Community Bankshares, Inc., LaGrange, Georgia, dated April 14, 2026. The enforcement action targets the bank holding company and requires it to cease and desist from practices identified by the Federal Reserve. The specific violations and compliance requirements are detailed in the attached order document.

What changed

The Federal Reserve Board executed a Cease and Desist Order against Community Bankshares, Inc., a bank holding company based in LaGrange, Georgia. The order, dated April 14, 2026, requires the institution to cease and desist from specific practices identified during regulatory examination.\n\nBank holding companies subject to Federal Reserve enforcement actions must comply promptly with all terms of the order. The specific remediation requirements and any associated penalties are detailed in the formal order document. Institutions should monitor Federal Reserve enforcement action databases for additional information and ensure internal compliance programs address similar risk areas.

What to do next

  1. Cease and desist from practices identified in the order
  2. Review and remediate compliance deficiencies identified by the Federal Reserve
  3. Contact Federal Reserve for order details and compliance requirements

Archived snapshot

Apr 16, 2026

GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.

  1. Home
  2. News & Events
  3. Press Releases

Press Release

April 16, 2026

Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Community Bankshares, Inc.

For release at 11:00 a.m. EDT

  • Share
    • The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action listed below:

Community Bankshares, Inc., LaGrange, Georgia
Cease and Desist Order dated April 14, 2026

Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.

For media inquiries, please email [email protected] or call 202-452-2955.

Get daily alerts for Federal Reserve All Releases

Daily digest delivered to your inbox.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime.

About this page

What is GovPing?

Every important government, regulator, and court update from around the world. One place. Real-time. Free. Our mission

What's from the agency?

Source document text, dates, docket IDs, and authority are extracted directly from FRB.

What's AI-generated?

The summary, classification, recommended actions, deadlines, and penalty information are AI-generated from the original text and may contain errors. Always verify against the source document.

Last updated

Classification

Agency
FRB
Filed
April 14th, 2026
Instrument
Enforcement
Legal weight
Binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Substantive
Document ID
Enforcement Action dated April 14, 2026

Who this affects

Applies to
Banks
Industry sector
5221 Commercial Banking
Activity scope
Bank holding company operations Compliance remediation Regulatory enforcement
Geographic scope
United States US

Taxonomy

Primary area
Banking
Operational domain
Compliance
Compliance frameworks
Dodd-Frank
Topics
Consumer Finance Financial Services

Get alerts for this source

We'll email you when Federal Reserve All Releases publishes new changes.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime.

You're subscribed!