Bank & Financial

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

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Registered Rep. July 21, 2005 Kristen French	On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Lee Conrad	Stalled Deposit Growth Challenges Community Banks The value of community bank stocks remains high, but many challenges await. Buckle up. The road ahead could get bumpy.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Michael Grebb	Changing Of The Guard When security vendors used to attempt to call on bank CEOs and CFOs, they'd typically get ignored or handed off to the IT department. Those days are long gone. Fraud is becoming trickier to combat and posing more reputational risk for institutions.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Holly Sraeel	Want to Make a CEO Wince? Talk About Fraud. When bankers refer to fraud in public, it often comes off as if the theft does not involve a human being. Behind the financial losses and data breaches are people-on both sides of the problem.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Karen Krebsbach	Data Theft: States Force the Issue Of Customer Notification Regulators reiterate guidance for banks.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Glen Fest	Incentive-Pay Software: Rewarding Results, Not Just Account Openings Banks are rewarding salespeople to create new accounts, but some funds are merely transferred from closed CDs at the same bank. Software can help sort fact from fiction.
U.S. Banker July 2005	Hey (Freddie) Mac, Can You Spare a Mortgage? Never mind the rising interest rates. The quasi-government firms are rolling out products aimed at low- and mid-income workers to help them become first-time homeowners. They've got banks' attention. But the stock price for both companies has plummeted this year.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	JPMorgan Chase Shapes Up What a difference a year makes. Add a price-to-book ratio that's roughly half the industry average, and you've got a bank that might just be a bargain now.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Capital One Leads the Charge The lender posts solid second quarter results ahead of its merger with Hibernia. Investors looking for stock in a card company could do worse than Capital One, but don't forget to examine the fine print first.
Registered Rep. July 20, 2005 John Churchill	Wall Street's Second-Quarter Results: It Could Have Been Worse The big financial services players have released their second-quarter earnings, and most private client divisions didn't do as badly as analysts were expecting -- thanks, in part, to an improving equity market. Charles Schwab... Merrill Lynch... etc.
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