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OCC Bulletin April 18, 2006	Final Rule: Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a final rule that imposes special measures against Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS), including its subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Michael Leibert	Bank of America: The Flip Side of a Tough Year Disappointing operating results in 2005 shouldn't obscure the promise of Bank of America's powerful franchise. Investors, increased lending activity would validate the company's expansion strategy and portend more robust earnings growth when the interest rate environment improves.
BusinessWeek April 24, 2006 Mara Der Hovanesian	Mortgage Lenders: Who's Most At Risk As delinquency rates rise, red flags are flying over some aggressive finance outfits.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Back in the E.U.S.S.R. Europe just doesn't get it. In the latest example of Europe's anti-free market bent, the European Commission issued an ultimatum to the credit card companies last week: Lower your prices or face fines of as much as 10% of your annual revenue.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest	Patently Unaware Bankers breathing easier because their Blackberry still work have no cause for relief over patent disputes in their industry. Intellectual property litigation is a booming business against financial institutions.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest	Enterprise Content Management: Honey, I Shrunk The Doc Management System Regulatory niches are becoming an electronic content management specialty, as when Systemware went down market with a big-bank tool to aid a community bank's growing compliance needs.
Bank Technology News April 2006 John Adams	Online Mortgage Delivery: Fannie And Freddie Await An E-boom GSE execs say innovation at all stages of the lending process and pressure from the waning refi boom spell imminent growth in the Web-enabled mortgage secondary market.
Bank Technology News April 2006 John Adams	Market Intelligence: Commerce Takes A Crash Course The Kansas City bank is using detailed knowledge about specific lines of business and market conditions to give its interaction with business clients added sophistication.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest	Fraud Prevention: Engaging More Than The Enemy Banks could improve anti-fraud measures if they provided tools that draft customers into the battle. But it's not that simple for an industry still rife with soft spots.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk	Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed.
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