Bank & Financial

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U.S. Banker November 2008 Anthony Malakian	Scratch And Win Customers Senior leadership at Fifth Third Bank addressed the problem of getting people into their branches. What they hit upon to grab the attention of the public is to give away money -- a quarter-of-a-million dollars worth.
U.S. Banker November 2008 Anthony Malakian	Rules for Low-Limit Credit Cards. More Harm than Good? Issuers of low-limit credit cards warn that Congress's push to amend the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights could result in less access to credit.
U.S. Banker November 2008 Anthony Malakian	BofA Makes Dash in the World Of Premium Cards Bank of America's acquisition of top-tier brokerage Merrill Lynch gives the Charlotte NC-based behemoth "a special edge" in the high-net-worth card industry segment where it once lagged.
U.S. Banker November 2008 Michael Dumiak	Barclays Plc's Newfound Sway In the New World Barclays is open for business in America with 10,000 new employees taken from Lehman Brothers and observers are mulling how the new-look Barclays will be positioned in the U.S.
U.S. Banker November 2008 Holly Sraeel	No Time for Recrimination. The Future Starts Now. The financial stabilization act will address some of the issues facing the world's financial players, but it neglects to address the most basic of issues: How can the industry avoid such failings again?
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Alex Dumortier	A Rising Trend That Could Hurt Banks Investors have yet to pay much attention to the potential losses on other forms of bank lending, including credit card loans. But they should.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wedding Bells for Goldman and Citigroup? The next step for the financial industry looks as though it'll be massive consolidation.
Registered Rep. October 27, 2008 John Churchill	Separate BofA Retention Package Targets Top Half of BofA force Only 50 percent, or roughly 1,000 of the 2,000 Bank of America Investment Services financial advisors, will see a retention bonus.
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.
U.S. Banker October 2008 Joseph Rosta	Proposals Take Aim at Securitization Securitization isn't dead yet, but if the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Federal Reserve get their way the wake isn't too far off.
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