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U.S. Banker January 2008 Engen et al.	All-Star Banking Team 2008 Richard Davis, new CEO of U.S. Bancorp, won plaudits from shareholders for his transparent handling of the bank's subprime situation, and landed him and the bank on U.S. Banker's annual All-Star Banking Team.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Wells Fargo & co. - Top Retail Bank The giant San Fransisco-based bank has demonstrated for the past decade that they handle the retail-bank sector better than anyone, earning them the top retail bank award on U.S. Banker's All-Star Banking Team.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Karen Krebsbach	Citi - Top Wealth-Management Team U.S. Banker has chosen Citi Global Wealth Management as its top wealth-management team, due to the bank's double-digit organic growth, and the trust placed in the company by its affluent overseas investors.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Joseph Rosta	MBS Risk Models Ignored Fundamental Tension It seems obvious now, in hindsight, that the welding that holds mortgages and investment vehicles together was bound to fail, due to a poorly understood tension between home owners and investors.l
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian	Crime: Websites Help Nab Today's Bonnie & Clyde Wannabes Websites from coast to coast, such as bankbandits.org, are helping to snare bank robbers by posting their photos and gathering public tips.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Michael Sisk	Keeping The Spigot Open The fact is not lost on banks that American consumers are, by and large, still employed and paying their bills. Credit is, and will be, still available.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian	Direct Banking Appeals To the Up-and-Comers Once scoffed at by traditional, stodgy brick-and-mortar banks, ING Direct is now the envy of the booming direct-banking sector.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian	Poor Branch Placement Could Kill Revenues For smaller community banks, poor branch placement is a far greater concern than for a trillion-dollar behemoth.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Figgat et al.	Making Contact Centers Profitable Forty percent of contact centers today are revenue drivers -- up from zero just ten years ago. What are these institutions doing differently from those that seem stuck in the cost-center model? And what can the latter do to improve?
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian	Ad Beat: At 2 Banks, Rethinking Rebranding Strategies Two community banks tell two very different stories of rebranding themselves.
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