Bank & Financial

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

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U.S. Banker April 2010 Glen Fest	Cities Take the Keys A nonprofit housing program is gearing up to rehab and prepare lender-owned homes for resale, and relieve banks of some high-cost inventory.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Alan Kline	Savings Program Hits the Jackpot More than 20 Michigan credit unions encourage savings with a sweepstakes- one of a handful of programs financial institutions have tested in the last few years.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Steve Garmhausen	A New Standard for Bank Brokers? A bill mandating that brokerages adhere to a fiduciary standard would mean more disclosures, more work for bank compliance departments and more training.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Glen Fest	A Real Live Wire Corporate treasurers celebrate enhanced remittance data coming to B2B wires, but worry banks might be slow to change.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Maria Aspan	Get Cash for Not Using Cash In pushing debit cards, banks are more willing to take short-term losses to encourage long-term behavior change. The goal is lasting interchange income.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Bonnie McGeer	NewAlliance's New Look From a splashy Super Bowl debut to an interactive Web site redesign, a Connecticut bank makes its largest marketing push ever.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Laura Thompson Osuri	Coming to America Grameen, one of the world s best-known microlenders, is out to prove that small loans can make a difference for the poor in developed countries, too.
U.S. Banker April 2010 John Hintze	A Wealth of Progress Bank of America aims to turbocharge cross-selling between its banking and wealth management units and move a step closer to building a true one-stop shop.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Kate Berry	Paying Seconds First Despite falling behind on mortgages, borrowers continue to make payments on home equity loans.
U.S. Banker April 2010 Sean Jones	Rate Spike Would Hit Asset Quality, Not Net Interest Margins Most U.S. banks are not liability sensitive, so any unexpected spike in interest rates would not necessarily result in a squeeze on their net interest margins. However, timing is everything.
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