Bank & Financial

Magazine articles on banks, brokerages, and credit card companies.

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Investment Advisor February 2009 Lewis Schiff	Taking Advantage of a Down Economy The value of stocks, bonds, and real estate have dropped to levels that make it advantageous for high new worth clients to transfer assets to heirs.
U.S. Banker February 2009 John Engen	Microfinance: Ready For Its Big Leap? Janie Barrera's nonprofit microfinance institution seeks out borrowers on the fringe of society, offering them not only small-business loans but also credit and business-development counseling.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Michael Sisk	Capital Reservation The financial industry is in for a major regulatory overhaul, and one area that's getting lots of attention is capital ratios.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Joseph Rosta	Credit Markets Cooler But By No Means Frozen The relative robustness of the credit market can be seen in both the business and consumer sectors.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian	Demand for LOCs Up Supply Is Less Certain Even though Letters of Credit can be quite profitable for banks, global uncertainty and a renewed appreciation for the difficulty of measuring risk make for a profile that might give some institutions pause.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian	NSF Fees Pay the Bills But Make Customers Bolt NSF fee income may be rising as consumers struggle to pay their bills, but institutions counting on this rising revenue stream to counterbalance other declines should be on the lookout for both consumer and regulatory blowback.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian	Liquid Gives Way to Solid At SunTrust Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank is reacting to the new savings phenomenon with a new campaign to attract depositors, making them think frugal is sexy.
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.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Howard Stock	PA Community Bank Hits the Gas on Trusts Previously struggling dairy farmers in rural western Pennsylvania are cashing in on a windfall of natural gas reserves located under their land. Local community banks are supplying the wealth management expertise for many of these overnight successes
U.S. Banker February 2009 Earl Howell	The New Model for Correspondent Banking The correspondent bank in the form of a "bankers bank" has a proud history of service and the success of community banks is in no small part a result of the products and services provided under the bankers bank banner.
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