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U.S. Banker March 2011 |
Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services: J. Craig Shearman... Andrew Cecere... Sheila Bair... Chris Mutascio... Carol Sirou... Ralph Babb... Ben Bernanke... President Obama... Oliver Ireland... |
U.S. Banker October 2009 |
Back Porch Select quotes from the world of financial services. |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Schmidt & Mattingly |
A Wall Street Sheriff with Fewer Bullets The FDIC's Bair is losing out to the Fed in the regulatory overhaul |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Wells Fargo Takes on Goldman Sachs California lender Wells Fargo is set to bulk up the securities business it inherited from Wachovia. What will this mean for investors? |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Campbell et al. |
Bank Dividends May Be Coming Back JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and other large players may soon follow Comerica's lead in boosting their quarterly payouts |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Joe Adler |
Birth of a New Kind of Regulator To some, Elizabeth Warren's concept of a consumer protection regulator is an innovation. To others, it s an abomination. Either way, it's here to stay, and banking regulation will never be the same. |
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 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 Director 4th Quarter 2010 |
Wavering Optimism in a Post-Reform World Just when bankers began to think it was safe to come back in the water, midsummer economic indicators began to pull the tide back out again, as demonstrated in the most recent quarterly results from Grant Thornton's 17th Bank Executive Survey. |
U.S. Banker June 2011 Glen Fest |
Fraud Fight to Take Hit? Many banks subject to the Durbin amendment are convinced debit interchange cuts will make free checking or rewards programs impossible to support. |
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Dougherty & Schmidt |
Time's Nearly Up for Elizabeth Warren Obama is looking for other candidates to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created by the Harvard law professor |
BusinessWeek September 16, 2010 Robert Schmidt & Hans Nichols |
Appointing a Firebrand Without a Senate Fight Rather than nominate Elizabeth Warren to head the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House plans to install her at the Treasury Dept., with the interim assignment of overseeing the establishment of the agency. Obama aides hope this will avoid a confirmation battle with Senate Republicans. |
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. |
U.S. Banker December 2010 Cheyenne Hopkins |
Republican House To Shape Reform Though House Republicans are almost certain to be frustrated in trying to repeal provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, they are likely to have some success in using oversight powers to influence how the law is implemented. |
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. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2009 Theo Francis |
Banks: Good News--and Bad Assets Despite a comeback on Wall Street, the heaps of toxic debt aren't going anywhere. Be warned: Banking losses will be playing out for years |
U.S. Banker November 2009 Kaper & Hopkins |
Dodd's Power of Persuasion Facing long odds, the Banking Committee Chairman builds support for a plan to create a prudential regulator. But would a single agency kill the dual banking system? |
BusinessWeek July 29, 2010 Woellert & Vekshin |
A Would-Be Watchdog Woos the Opposition Elizabeth Warren reaches out to lobbyists and Republicans. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Fall for This Bank Bait-and-Switch Charging for debit cards makes no sense. As a customer, you owe it to yourself to make these higher fees blow up in big banks' faces. |
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. |
U.S. Banker September 2010 |
Noted & Noteworthy There's never been much love lost between the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the fierce debate over regulatory reform has only escalated tensions. |
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Wells Fargo Dodges the Housing Bullet San Francisco-based Wells Fargo has performed remarkably well amid one of the nuttiest banking markets in decades. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology February 16, 2009 Katherine Burger |
What's Happening in the Banking Industry May Not Be Fair, But It's Reality The fallout from the global credit crisis is causing many bankers to complain they're being unfairly criticized, but the reality is that the industry has a long way to go to regain the public's trust. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
US Bancorp's Double Opportunity Strong banks can take market share in a crisis and US Bancorp appears to be doing just that. |
Registered Rep. January 19, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Wells Fargo Brokerage Sees Higher 4Q Assets, Revenue WBR "is an increasingly important growth business for us, and an increasingly important source of cross-selling," Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins said on a conference call with analysts. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
The Weekly Walk of Shame: Toothless Watchdogs And what we can (and should) do about them. Elizabeth Warren is the perfect candidate to break through the too-cozy relationship between Wall Street and toothless watchdogs. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2011 Neha Chamaria |
How the Brand-New Debit Fee Cap Will Affect Investors Visa gives a lower fiscal 2012 outlook after the Federal Reserve's debit card fee cap announcement. |
U.S. Banker December 2009 Alan Kline |
Movies Send Bankers a Not-So-Subtle Message Boy oh boy, are banks taking a beating on the big screen. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Dave Mock |
3 Reasons to Buy Wells Fargo Today There are lots, but here are three biggies. |
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 August 2009 |
Back Porch Several recent quotes from people within the banking industry. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Look What Congress Just Did to the Debit Card Market In Congress' well-intentioned plan to spare merchants and consumers from the burden of interchange, the end result will likely be a simple shuffling of costs, unfortunately to the consumer. |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Robert Schmidt |
The Treasury's New Research Office Wall Street is worried about how a new research office to be set up within Treasury will use its broad powers. |
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. |
U.S. Banker September 2010 Alan Kline |
Be Careful What You Wish For While the mission to lower the cost of financial services for low- and moderate-income consumers is admirable, there's concern among some industry observers that tactics could backfire and wind up driving many people out of the financial mainstream. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Does This Mean Banks Are Out of the Woods? Is the worst for banks really behind us, or is this just another emotional outburst by investors who've swung from chaotic pessimism to blind optimism? |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
GAO to Paulson: Get Your TARP in Order The Government Accountability Office chides the Treasury Department for failing to address a number of key issues with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Are Bankers Swimming Naked? The interest rate tide could go out faster than expected. |
Entrepreneur October 2005 C.J. Prince |
Net Deposits Entrepreneurs have been slow to adopt online banking - with good reason. But some banks are trying hard to win them over. |
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 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 November 2006 John Engen |
Reality Check The banking industry has never been more profitable, but with the yield curve inverted and consumer lending stalled, and an economic slowdown in the works, the winning streak looks to be in jeopardy. Are banks ready - and will more CEOs opt to sell out? |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Why Banks Are Suddenly Charging So Much for Checking Big banks from Bank of America to JPMorgan Chase to Citigroup have either raised, or are proposing to raise, fees on checking accounts. |
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian |
Community Banks Paying for Bigger Brothers' Sins Community bankers have many reasons to be pessimistic about 2009, including the added pressure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation raising the risk-based assessment rates in order to restore the Deposit Insurance Fund. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Wells Fargo Doubles Down Wells Fargo raises $11 billion in fresh equity by issuing common stock, down from the $20 billion it planned on raising to help usher in its pending of acquisition of Wachovia. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Citi's Race Against Time Bank of America's recent move has left Citi scrambling. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Vegas Proves Reckless for Wells Fargo Wells Fargo abruptly canceled an employee gathering in Las Vegas earlier this week after various media outlets and politicians stomped their feet in objection. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Dakin Campbell |
Wells Fargo Is Ready to Roll Careful mortgage lending practices helped the San Francisco bank avoid the problems plaguing large rivals such as Bank of America and Citigroup. |