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U.S. Banker
July 2009
Anthony Malakian |
A Whole New World Bank of North Dakota makes about 70 percent of the student loans in its home state, but if the Obama Administration has its way, the $3.5 billion-asset bank would be out of the origination business by this time next year.   |
Entrepreneur
July 2010
Gwen Moran |
The Bank in Your Backyard Building strong connections with community banks can pay off during uncertain economic times. |
Inc.
November 2008
Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: What the Financial Crisis Means for You The rules of small-business banking have changed, and that's bad news for the economy. But there are ways to cope, and there may even be a silver lining. |
U.S. Banker
February 2010
Rob Garver |
What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all. |
U.S. Banker
December 2010
Rob Garver |
SBA Aims to Attract More Banks The lower fees and higher guarantees enacted for the government s small-business lending programs have some in the industry optimistic that interest by banks might surge. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2011
Charles Keenan |
Who Says Banks Can't Grow Revenues? Banks looking to generate revenues must recognize that things are now different than before the recession. |
U.S. Banker
February 2010
Paul Davis |
Holding Pattern for Borrowers Most bankers insist that they would make a lot more small-business loans if not for two key hurdles beyond their control: Many business owners seeking loans are risky credits, and creditworthy borrowers aren't too eager to add debt. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
More Banking Panics Are on the Way Short-term lending agreements between banks prime the system for bank runs. |
U.S. Banker
April 2009
Anthony Malakian |
When Bankers Don't Want to Be Friends with Bankers It's a given that the economy has to improve in order to get the juice flowing, but bankers and other industry experts say that to get banks trusting each other again, participation deals will also need greater transparency. |
Reason
March 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses. |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Rob Garver |
Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 4, 2014 |
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering Lending to small businesses has not returned to levels seen before the financial crisis. Karen Mills, former head of the US Small Business Administration, explains the reasons. |
CFO
March 1, 2012
Alix Stuart |
Capital vs. Confidence Banks say they want to lend to smaller companies, but credit remains tight. Is relief in sight? |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Should Your Bank Deposits Be at Risk? Is the FDIC's guarantee of bank deposits a benefit to the system? |
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. |
U.S. Banker
May 2009
Anthony Malakian |
States and Cities Lend a Hand on Main Street If small businesses are the "heart of the American economy," as President Barack Obama said in March, then several state and city development authorities are acting as defibrillators by giving them a jolt of much-needed working capital. |
AskMen.com
March 4, 2001
Luis Rodrigues |
The Truth About Bank Loans When the time comes to borrow money from the bank to buy a house, a car or start a business, people still get extremely stressed about meeting with the banking loans officer... |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2009
TK Kerstetter |
A Tribute to Bill Seidman Bank Director honors its late publisher, supporter, and friend, Bill Seidman, who passed away this year. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 28, 2014 |
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit In part three of her series on the state of small-business lending, Karen Mills discusses how public-private partnerships and government guarantee programs have the potential to enhance economic growth. |
U.S. Banker
November 2001
Paul Sweeney |
Maverick Banker A look at Stearns Bank could send jitters up the spines of less creative bankers than CEO Norman Skalicky. Though he breaks all the rules, it's hard to criticize a banker who has produced an average ROE of 25.9% over the last five years, and whose loan portfolio looks mighty clean... |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson |
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. |
Entrepreneur
November 2004
C.J. Prince |
A Loan Time With small-business lending up across the board, now's a great time to get the capital you need. |
Job Journal
May 9, 2004
Rich Heintz |
Banking Careers: Deposit a Resume at Your Local Branch As many banking concerns (both large and small) continue to expand, the the job opportunities increase as well. There are numerous job openings statewide on the Bankers Association website, as well as countless other regional help-wanted resources. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 21, 2014 |
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy? A former head of the US Small Business Administration, analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. |
U.S. Banker
August 2008
William M. Aukamp |
Real-Estate Trouble: It's DeJa Vu It seems that periodically banks get clobbered by the real-estate market. Given the periodic problems in real-estate lending, perhaps banks should consider having a real estate professional on the board. |
U.S. Banker
July 2010 |
Why We Don't Need Any More Bank Charters Unless bank organizers can make a compelling case that consumers and business owners aren't being served by existing banks, regulators should continue to clamp down on new charters. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Not Quite Wacky for Wachovia Wachovia is a well-run and growing financial institution. It's just not the cheapest option out there for investors. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
No Limits Choosing a bank with fewer lending limitations will keep you from hitting a credit roadblock when you need financing most. |
CFO
March 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
John Engen |
The Politics of Lending Sen. John McCain took time to present his vision of a world with simplified mortgage applications, and even suggested that the government might need to jump in to help mitigate the worsening crisis. |
BusinessWeek
November 15, 2004
Balfour & Roberts |
The Leak In China's Banking System Frustrated with low returns, Chinese savers are taking money out of state banks and lending it themselves. |
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 22, 2014
Karen Mills |
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business In the final column on small business lending, the author is optimistic that the rise of alternative online banks can fund entrepreneurial business growth. |
Bank Director
2nd Quarter 2009
Deborah Scally |
Outlook for M&A: 2009 Interestingly, for some banks, M&A will be a viable -- even attractive -- strategic option. |
U.S. Banker
February 2010
Bonnie McGeer |
Credit Crunch Helps Credit Unions By playing up how they can help create jobs, credit unions are gaining momentum with their effort to increase the cap on member business lending. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2011
Morgan Housel |
How Successful Will Bank Transfer Day Be? Consumers might switch to credit unions where they get better service and lower fees, and for-profit banks might stem some of the rampant deposit growth and unprofitable customers that have been crimping profits. If only more protests could work this well. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2011
Jack Millligan |
Is the Community Bank Business Model Broken? The concept of community banking is still viable, but the model that many small institutions employ has to change. |
U.S. Banker
January 2005
John Engen |
Twenty Twenty Vision The economy might be lukewarm, but banks in the Pacific Northwest are hot. It's not unusual to see ROEs and P/Es hovering at 20. The region's rise as a banking power center is due to a crop of sharp CEOs adeptly firing up the front lines and outperforming their national peers. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
A Closer Look at Bank Stocks These investors must deal with unusual terms and funny-looking financial statements, but the rewards can be well worth it. |
U.S. Banker
October 2008
John Engen |
Got Deposits? The implications of the present shakeout won't be fully understood for years, but it seems clear that the competition for deposits will be more intense in the years ahead. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2009
Steve Bram |
Capital Markets Conundrum Are there viable solutions to today's financing puzzle? |
BusinessWeek
August 27, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: Why Credit Growth Remains Slow Banks are still skittish about offering credit, and households and companies remain reluctant to borrow, creating drags on the recovery. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Banks Aren't Lending? Says Who? The popular chant that "banks aren't lending, banks aren't lending!" is grossly misconstrued. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
One Congressman's Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans Congressman Kanjorski on lifting the lending cap on credit union loans to small businesses. |
U.S. Banker
April 2009
Anthony Malakian |
Branding Extensions Target a Savings Boom All it took was a massive recession and a plummeting Dow to turn Americans into savers again. |
Finance & Development
September 2008
Prasad & Rajan |
Next Generation Financial Reforms for India A new report advocates a shake-up in India's financial system to underpin growth |
