Bank & Financial

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Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Jane Worthington	Deficiency Letter 411 The SEC is running a pilot program to develop a standardized approach to the SEC deficiency letters presented to firms after an SEC examination.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Waiting for the Call Cellphone banking is emerging as an important link that could bring the most basic financial services to the globe's billions of unbanked cellphone users.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Anthony Malakian	To Split or Not to Split: That is the Top Question More and more shareholders and analysts are beginning to think that holding the dual title of chairman and CEO either creates inherent conflicts of interest, is poor corporate governance or spreads an executive too thin.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Karen Krebsbach	No Sex, But Lies and Videotape in International Spy Thriller In a case reminiscent of a Robert Ludlum thriller, AEB is suing Credit Suisse, claiming the Swiss bank sent an employee, posing as compliance officer, to AEB's Santiago office to swipe trade secrets, nab more than 80 clients and capture nearly $127 million in client assets.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Michael Sisk	A `Radical' Answer to Credit-Ratings Conflict The government should remove itself completely from the credit-rating business, stop deciding which company can and can't rate a bond, and stop making institutions pay attention to rating agencies whose work may be shoddy - and, it often turns out, is.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Repairing Libor's Credibility Crisis The credit crunch is highlighting the cracks in the foundation of Libor, illuminating how a benchmark dependent on participants' trust unravels when fear dominates the market.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Phishing: PayPal Tosses Line To Snarl the Biz Model The saying goes, "If something's not working, try something else." And clearly, when it comes to the financial services and retail industries' response to phishing, something's not working.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Anthony Malakian	CheckSpring Community Bank Checks (Out) the Bronx The trio who founded CheckSpring Community Corp. in 2001 saw a promising challenge: banking the unbanked.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Anthony Malakian	FNBO Taps Savers' Inner `Spielberg' In an effort to market its Internet bank, First National Bank of Omaha is issuing a "Pay Yourself First" challenge to all Americans.
U.S. Banker July 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Discover's Loyalty Play: Online Paydown Planning Officials at Discover Financial Services had a bright idea with a new advertising campaign designed to help customers with one of their thorniest problems: high credit-card debt and an often no-clue attitude about how to pay off the balance and interest.
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