The financial services industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the contemporary American economy and plays a crucial role in creating broad and sustained economic growth. Changes at every level in this industry, ranging from structural to procedural to technological to regulatory, create enormous challenges for policymakers as they seek to devise efficient and effective policy responses. The Financial Services Working Group provides a forum for state policymakers in all three branches of government to work with members of the private sector in discussing innovative and appropriate policy responses to a range of complex financial challenges.