Bank & Financial

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U.S. Banker January 2009 John Engen	Sticking To His Knitting Hudson City Bancorp's CEO Ron Hermance, Jr. proves that banks can make money in this environment -- in the mortgage business, no less -- by just sticking to business.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Joseph Rosta	TARP Tax Exemption Faces Congressional Assault Efforts to hold together the U.S. financial sector have been accompanied by Treasury regulatory notices designed to ease the implementation of these measures, such as Treasury Notice 2008-83, which gives a tax break to banks who acquire weaker institutions with built-in losses on their books.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Glen Fest	Going Off the Grid Thinking has evolved around what it means to be green; by focusing on sustainability instead of just conservation.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Joseph Rosta	The Industry's New Year's Resolutions Here are five things the banking industry should consider to dig out of this recessionary ditch stronger than before.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Michael Sisk	Lessons From the S&L Bailout It's inevitable that today's financial crisis gets compared to the nation's savings and loan bailout, which cost taxpayers about $250 billion in today's dollars. What lessons did we learn from it?
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	Signature Continues to Sign Up Talent and Depositors From opening its doors in 2001 to the close of 2008, Signature bank has grown from $50 million to nearly $7 billion, becoming one of the 10 largest commercial banks in the New York Area by assets.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	Community Banks Present United Front Four Southern banks, Cheaha Bank, Farmers and Merchants Bank, NobleBank and Trust, and Southern States Bank teamed together to create an ad campaign emphasizing the banks' security, strength, and ability to lend.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	America's Most Convenient Ad Campaign To ease its acquisition of Commerce Bancorp and not alienate Commerce customers, Toronto Dominion has adopted the slogan, "America's Most Convenient Bank," which was Commerce's slogan since 1996.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	As Deposit War Heats Up Smart Pricing Is Vital Banks are falling in love all over again with consumer deposits, creating an exceptionally competitive environment for deposits at the same time that consumers are more predisposed than ever to switch banks.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Anthony Malakian	As Ax Falls at Big Banks, Community Bankers Zero In Community banks poaching talent from money center and super regional banks is nothing new -- but the current availability of big bank talent is.
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