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Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 |
Things Are (Mostly) Looking Up Optimism is on the rise, according to the most recent quarterly research conducted by Bank Director magazine and Grant Thornton LLP as part of the 17th Bank Executive Survey. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally |
Toughing It Out in 2009 The results of the Bank Director/Grant Thornton LLP 16th Bank Executive Survey show that bankers are determined to shore up their foundations and capitalize on strengths to survive the year ahead. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan |
In the Eye of the Storm Former Comptroller of the Currency John C. Dugan speaks candidly about the financial crisis of 2008, the landmark Dodd-Frank Act and the need for minimum loan underwriting standards for the banking industry. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 21, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Will Regulatory Turmoil Be the Death of IT Innovation? Washington has taken a strong stand on financial reform, and bankers say they understand that. But already-burdened technology organizations will have a hard time keeping up with the flood of changing requirements. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Welcome to the Great Unknown The ink is dry on Dodd-Frank, and now bank executives and board members are cracking open the 2,300-page rulebook to try to discern what it all means for the industry going forward. |
U.S. Banker February 2010 Steven Sloan |
Community Banks Sound Off on Pay Plan The Fed wants more control over executive pay, but many are arguing that smaller institutions should be exempt from the proposed rules. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Eugene A. Ludwig |
Discerning the New Financial Services Landscape The former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and vice chairman of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, offers his views on what is likely to come out of upcoming reform legislation as well as areas that are far from clear. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 21, 2010 |
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation What do Harvard Business School faculty experts who conduct research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Deborah Scally |
The Year Ahead for Compensation Key issues and highlights from Bank Director's 2009 Bank Executive and Board Compensation Conference. |
U.S. Banker May 2010 Rob Garver |
No Regulatory Relief in Sight Five new rules have taken effect since Jan. 1 and at least eight more are on the way. The onslaught is posing immense challenges for banks trying to keep up. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 |
Banks Prepare for 2010 This contains highlights of our latest quarterly research on challenges and strategic issues for the year ahead. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Visa and MasterCard's Loss Won't Be Your Gain When new laws decrease fees, you'd think most people would end up better off. Yet the much-ballyhooed new regulation on credit card interchange fees may end up doing ordinary consumers more harm than good. |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Michael J. Moore |
Firms Are Luring Bankers with Bonus Guarantees Fading worries about financial reform legislation may reinforce banks' efforts to snare top talent with generous pay offers. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 18, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
The Financial Industry Reacts to Obama Regulatory Proposal Although most agree with the general principles outlined in the President's financial reform plan, they find several sticking points -- and IT won't be immune. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Compensation's New Normal Welcome to the new world of compensation - a place where up is down, confusion reigns, and tensions are rising. |
U.S. Banker September 2010 Alan Kline |
Not All Doom and Gloom There's not much upside for big banks, but the widely disliked Dodd-Frank Act has some benefits for community banks. |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
Winds of Change These are truly challenging times for banks, and for bank directors. A weak U.S. economy has made it difficult for most institutions to find enough good lending opportunities to go around. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2005 Raghuram Rajan |
Straight Talk Risky Business Even as financial markets evolve, we have to constantly rethink the ways they are regulated and supported by policy, all the while being careful not to snuff out creativity and innovation. Only then will we be able to utilize their true potential. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Alan Kline |
Common-Sense Ideas for Consumer Lending Even the smallest consumer loan requires almost as much documentation as a $250,000 business loan, and it's only going to get worse under Dodd-Frank. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 19, 2010 Penny Crosman |
Q&A: Banking Attorney Winthrop Brown on How the Dodd-Frank Bill Will Affect Banks Bankers should help regulators draft their new rules under the law, the Milbank Tweed partner says. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Five Questions With Phil Angelides A conversation with Financial Crisis Inquiry Chairman Phil Angelides about the report's findings and how they can help shape the industry's future. |
U.S. Banker May 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Repercussions of Reform After months of Congressional hearings, debates and some hysterics, only the broadest outlines of the new banking regulatory regime have emerged. |
BusinessWeek April 7, 2011 Karen Weise |
Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Could Get Bigger Federal agencies putting mortgage and derivative reforms into force are writing rules that seem to have a big-bank bias. |
OCC Bulletin January 31, 2001 |
Subprime Lending While the OCC believes that responsible subprime lending can expand credit access for consumers and offer attractive returns for bankers, during recent years institutions engaged in subprime programs have represented a disproportionate number of problem institutions... |
U.S. Banker May 2010 Michael Sisk |
An Uneasy Relationship Thanks to some high-profile community bank failures, small banks can t get loans from correspondent banks, threatening their own ability to lend. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2011 Peter J. Wallison |
Volcker Rule: A Throwback To A Bygone Era The Volcker Rule, enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, has lately received a lot of adverse commentary. |
BusinessWeek March 11, 2010 Roger Lowenstein |
Commentary: First, Slap Limits on Bank Leverage The fight over a financial consumer protection agency misses the point. What fueled the crisis was bank debt. |
Bank Technology News May 2007 |
The Six Regulatory Areas That Are Altering Bank Life Regulation is a part of bank life. Failure to comply shouldn't be. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
Finance & Development March 2009 Amar Bhattacharya |
A Tangled Web Everyone agrees on reforming the governance of financial markets, but who will do what remains unclear. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Back in the Saddle Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp. Here, he talks about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster. |
CFO October 1, 2010 Randy Myers |
The Calm Before Reform With sweeping new legislation on the horizon, companies (and their banks) try to gauge the impact. |
U.S. Banker February 2009 Earl Howell |
The New Model for Correspondent Banking The correspondent bank in the form of a "bankers bank" has a proud history of service and the success of community banks is in no small part a result of the products and services provided under the bankers bank banner. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 Jack Millligan |
A Short Leash on Risk Bankers all across the country are beginning to tighten up their lending practices as a response to the regulatory pressure they are under to keep lending plain, conservative, and firmly under control. |
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak |
Sagging Confidence: Bankers' Mood Plunges On Economy, Sector in '06 According to a new survey, just 38 percent of bankers are optimistic about the industry, down from 73 percent last year. |
U.S. Banker January 2010 |
What's On Bankers' Minds? Seven banking CEOs took a break to talk about the state of their industry as it fights through the worst recession in decades. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Mark T. Williams |
The G-20 Superpowers Should Learn From Canada Canada has been the gold standard of banking prudence. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Jennifer Schonberger |
Expert Roundtable: Will the Financial Reform Bill Prevent Future Crises? The House passed a bill to reform the financial services industry, leaving the Senate to vote on it after the July 4 recess. Experts consider the implications. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 |
Compensation at the Fore In this sampling of bank directors' opinions on the hot topics of the day, we look at issues related to executive compensation. |
Finance & Development March 2010 |
Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players. |
Finance & Development September 2009 Randall Dodd |
Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal. |
U.S. Banker June 2009 Steve Culp |
Integrating Risk Management with Financial Performance In addition to regulatory headwinds, U.S. banks will have to face a new vanguard of foreign competitors -- both domestically and abroad. |
U.S. Banker April 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Compensation Conundrum Healthy banks that agreed to take money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program are beginning to rue their decision. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review What financial institutions directors are thinking about-the results of 2009 research by Corporate Board Member and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP... What's ahead for banking... |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Michael Mandel |
Financial Rules: Why a Global Fix Is So Far Off The financial crisis just hasn't been bad enough for G-20 leaders to cede power to international regulators. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
Will This Stop the Next Financial Armageddon? What key measures in the 2,322-page financial reform bill actually matter, and will they stop the next financial Armageddon? |
U.S. Banker August 2009 John Engen |
How Banking Will Change A few years from now, just how much will the crisis have changed the environment banks compete in, and the way they go about their business? |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Eugene Ludwig |
A Three-Step Approach to Repairing the Industry's Image The disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street has tarnished the reputation of banking generally and made it harder for the industry to collaborate with the government. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
A Shot in the Arm The financial services industry needs a prescription for the mess that's been created because this is an industry that can't afford another crisis. |
U.S. Banker August 2010 Alan Kline |
A Misguided Swipe at Fees Critics of regulatory reform might say that many of its provisions don't go far enough in reining in banks or protecting consumers. As is, this is one that goes way too far. |