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U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak	Community Bankers Face A Slew of Issues This Year Based on a round of interviews with bankers, regulators and industry associations, the executives who run America's community banks have a host of concerns this year, both legislative and economic.
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Bank Systems & Technology September 28, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Open for Business Amidst the chaos following Hurricane Katrina, at least one entity had its act together - the financial services sector. Even before the floodwaters began receding, banks in the disaster zone were working to restore operations.
U.S. Banker September 2005	Turf War The banking and real estate lobbyists are ready to square off once again over banks selling real estate, an irony given that banks' ambivalence remains strong. But for one small Virginia maverick, selling real estate since January, business is booming.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Can You Bank on Wal-Mart? There's a word for what both Wal-Mart and its foes in the banking industry have to say about the fight over a banking license: disingenuous.
U.S. Banker March 2003 John Engen	Steely Determination, Scrappy Fighting Things are just getting started in the war between banks and credit unions. Utah has become the lightning rod for debate, from bank-backed bills that would impose stiff taxes and "competitive equity" fees on credit unions to mudslinging TV ads and newspaper editorials.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Top Banks Focus on the 'E' in ROE A list of the top 200 Community banks ranked by 3-Year Average ROE.
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U.S. Banker April 2002	Tougher On The Big Boys Being bigger is not necessarily better for corporations seeking loans from their banks. A study by the Association for Financial Professionals indicates that banks are putting heavy pressure on their biggest borrowers to throw more business the banks' way. Or else: No credit...
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U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? Banks clamored for years for the right to underwrite and sell insurance, but few have proven adept at it. There are signs of progress, however, as some banks embrace the brokerage side and gain revenue.
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Bank Systems & Technology November 16, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	BAFT, IFSA Announce Plan to Merge The two largest trade groups for global transaction banking say that by becoming one, they can better service the GTS community.
Bank Technology News December 2002 Glen Fest	Picking Up An Expensive Check The proposed Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, or Check 21, will be costly, especially for community banks.
Bank Systems & Technology November 11, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Banking Groups React to Sen. Dodd's Draft Regulatory Legislation With a Big 'No' Although organizations approve of the Senate's efforts, they say it goes too far in undermining those aspects of financial services that actually work.
Bank Systems & Technology February 22, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Spillenkothen Joins Deloitte's Banking Regulatory Practice The former Fed regulator hopes to help banks gain an enterprise-wide view of compliance in his new role.
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	The Two Faces of Bank Mergers Despite all the talk about the "seamlessness" of the mergers being planned in the nation's fast-consolidating banking industry, CFOs of bank customers aren't all that convinced. And their concerns are both financial and personal: Will the merger of their bank hurt their access to capital, they ask? And how will their relationship with bank officers change?
U.S. Banker February 2003 John Engen	Blocking Consolidation in Canada Canadians' love-hate relationship with the "Big Five" banks -- the largest and best employers and sponsors of community activities like pee-wee hockey teams -- is at the core of their collective merger angst. With two mergers nixed, it's beginning to rub local bankers the wrong way.
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Bank Technology News March 2001 David Rountree	Up Today, Up Tomorrow Banks appear determined to sustain their leadership in technology as the virtual world creates ever new real-world threats to their traditional business models.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Paul Hyde et al.	Mergers Create Mid-Sized Have-Nots Nearly two decades of steady banking industry mergers have created a landscape dotted with a group of banks struggling to survive in an undifferentiated no-man's land.
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Sticking With the Tried and True The days when large U.S. banks could sustain their old core systems on the IT version of life support are numbered, according to TowerGroup.
U.S. Banker March 2002 Robert A. Bennett	Paying the Price Ethics in banking have taken a dive, and it is in the best interest of those who have been engaging in questionable practices to clean up their act...
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U.S. Banker May 2005 John Engen	Brand Envy Lured by fat profits, new charters and technology, commercial companies are branching out into banking. But none has the potential to do more damage to banks than Wal-Mart. Can traditional banks compete with this retailer?
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The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Bank of America Raising the Roof The megabank seeks to abolish federal limits on its growth. What might this push mean for Bank of America attractiveness to investors?
U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad	Community Banks Struggle To Know 'Indirect' Clients Indirect channels to customers, particularly check-cashing services, reduce a bank's control of the customer and exposes it to potential money laundering. New products are stepping in to help.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Holly Sraeel	Accountability at Issue in Data Security Failings Enforcing stiffer criminal penalties is one way to hold merchants and data brokers more accountable. This is good news for banks.
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	Equal Protection A federal bailout of Gulf Coast financial institutions unfairly favors banks over local businesses. Scarce reconstruction funds have far better uses than to prop up banks with an undue concentration of geographic risk.
Entrepreneur September 2007 Carol Tice	New Bank in Town The recent boom in community banks could mean better lending options for entrepreneurs. With modest assets, these smaller banks can't serve corporate giants, so they prefer entrepreneurial businesses.
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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.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Community Banks Reporting Greater Pressure to Use BI Community banks are seeing lower prices for business-intelligence products, though they're weathering more competitive pressure from big banks. But BI also helps small banks be better banks.
Bank Systems & Technology January 30, 2005 Jim Eckenrode	Solid Returns Entering 2004, the banking industry generally was experiencing solid growth in a number of areas, particularly in the consumer lines of business.
U.S. Banker March 2003 Michael Sisk	Ranking the Top M&A Advisors Competition is fierce in the down economy. Sandler O'Neill did 24 deals, but Goldman's two deals were far larger. Boards of Directors are seeking out investment bankers earlier when thinking about a merger and demanding more from them.
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em A new bill introduced by a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee would relax regulations for smaller community banks and also reduce their tax liability.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Intuit to Purchase Digital Insight The financial management software developer recently announced plans to acquire the online banking solutions provider for $1.35 billion. While the merger came as a surprise to industry insiders, most agree that the deal makes business sense.
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Bank Technology News March 2007 Glen Fest	Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers.