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U.S. Banker July 2007 Karen Krebsbach	After Estonia Cyber Attacks, U.S. Frets Over Potential Cyber War The U.S. Treasury Department's decision to sponsor an industry-wide exercise this fall for the financial-services sector to test its ability to respond to a pandemic crisis is taking on a different, and more sinister tone.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Karen Krebsbach	Next for Top Court: Securities Fraud Whether banks that help public firms commit fraud are also liable soon will be a question before the Supreme Court. Its decision will affect litigants in the still-simmering Enron case.
U.S. Banker July 2007 John Adams	Core Systems: Metavante, Temenos Get to Core on Offering In a technology market rumored to be ripe for consolidation, banks will have to survey the landscape carefully.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Glen Fest	Customer Feedback: In-Store E-Surveys Or Mystery Shoppers? Banks once relied heavily on mystery shoppers to gauge customer-service levels. Customer e-surveys could change how banks obtain feedback-and provide a better idea of the real quality of client interaction.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Karen Krebsbach	AD Beat: Community Bank's 'Bank Happy' Sets Cheerful, Playful Tone One small-town bank decided not to look to its big-city neighbors for inspiration. Instead, it decided to highlight what makes community banking worth choosing.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Community Banks Reporting Greater Pressure to Use BI Community banks are seeing lower prices for business-intelligence products, though they're weathering more competitive pressure from big banks. But BI also helps small banks be better banks.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Paul Muolo	Of Top-25 Subprime Funders, Four in '06 Went Bust Four of the nation's top-25 subprime funders in 2006 have gone bust over the past four months, with several others trying to sell themselves to avoid liquidity crunches.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Retirement Redefined: More Work, Less Leisure Baby Boomers may want-and need-to start small businesses in retirement. Are banks ready for this potentially huge small-business loan demand? KeyBank, for one, is positioning itself.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Banks Fret Over Expected Spike In Company Failures Banks that extend loans to middle-market firms will have their work cut out for them in the next 12 months.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	If Your Client Has Hit the Big Five-O, Does She Have Another 50 Years to Go? The danger of clients outliving their money is a reality, as more people reach their 100th birthdays. Insurers are responding with innovative products that address that growing need.
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