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OCC Bulletin August 7, 2003	Bank Activities and Operations; and Real Estate Lending and Appraisals The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published the attached notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on August 5, 2003. The NPRM invites comments on proposed amendments to 12 CFR 7 and 34 of its regulations.
U.S. Banker August 2003 Michael Dumiak	Coast to Coast There are as many ways to mint money as grains of sand on the beach. In the mid-Atlantic, the WSFS team does it with savvy sales moves. In Michigan, Flagstar's moving mortgages. In the shadow of the Golden Gate, Westamerica is humming and looking to buy. They lead the USB 100 of mid-tier banks.
U.S. Banker August 2003 John Engen	Hitting for the Cycle Citizens CEO Larry Fish runs his $68 billion bank like a ball club, mixing the art of dealmaking with a healthy dose of home-grown talent. With 20 mergers under his belt and organic growth making for 40 percent of its rise in deposits, can the official bank of the Phillies keep it up?
U.S. Banker August 2003 Lee Conrad	How Much is Too Much? Calpers, The market-moving pension fund covering California's government workers, is turning up the heat on companies that overpay the suits. And even though it's mum on possible suspects, Citigroup is singled out by other industry watchdogs for its flagrant use of commas and zeros on payday.
Registered Rep. August 5, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Tussle Over Designations at IMCA Rankles Advisors The Certified Investment Management Associate degree, or CIMA, is an exclusive certification, and some brokers with the similar CIMC designation are finding that out the hard way.
OCC Bulletin August 4, 2003	Proposed Revisions to Risk-Based Capital Implementing the new Basel Capital Accord This bulletin briefly summarizes the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) and Supervisory Guidance developed for corporate credit risk and operational risk that were published today in the Federal Register.
BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Amy Barrett	Is This Banker Too Brazen? Commerce Bancorp's Vernon Hill has led a rapid expansion, but his style is raising a few eyebrows
IDB America July 2003 Charo Quesada	Profitable solidarity An Ecuadorian bank with social aims and healthy profits
IDB America July 2003 Charo Quesada	Do it with plastic Electronic transactions and bank accounts for emigrants
Knowledge@Wharton July 30, 2003	A Non-Random Walk Through Financial Innovation: Four Titans Explain How It Occurs The panel on financial innovation included Michael Milken, Lewis Ranieri, Richard Sandor and Myron Scholes. It was moderated by Glenn Yago, director of capital studies at the Milken Institute, a West Coast business and public-policy research institute.
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