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U.S. Banker April 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Banks Offer Bonuses to Entice Consumers to Start Saving The current subprime crisis might just push U.S. consumers to once again become savers. Banks need to find innovative bonuses to drive consumer funds back into savings accounts.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 |
Scene and Heard The CEO of Contango Capital Advisors talks about the value of Mideast sovereign-wealth funds in bailing out U.S. banks. Also, Vernon Hill comments on how banks are actively trying to boost core deposits during the slowing economy.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Chris Bledsoe |
Funds-Transfer Pricing? Just Say No. Is funds-transfer pricing worthwhile?  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 |
Noted and Noteworthy The financial industry is one of France's fastest-growing sectors... The chairman of a $1.3 billion-asset Pennsylvania banking company faces perjury charges related to his casino...  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 |
Hits and Has-Beens David Sambol, president and COO of Countrywide, will lead the BofA consumer-mortgage business when the acquisition is completed... Donald Layton becomes chief executive of E*Trade Financial... The president of Wells Fargo's Consumer Credit Group, retires on May 1... etc.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Another Boomer Boom: Sales of Small Businesses The next two decades are a critical window for banks to help Baby Boomers manage their companies toward a sale, actually exit their companies, and manage the liquid assets in retirement.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Joseph Rosta |
If You Build an Exchange, Will They Come? Devising exchange-based trading, complete with futures and options contracts, for the public trading of these securities may be the surest route to creating transparency and setting firm prices.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Banks Search for Right Search-Engine Strategy The Internet continues to pose new marketing challenges for financial institutions, and is at the center of a changing debate over the relative merits of two different approaches to search-engine marketing.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Joseph Rosta |
GSE Loan-Limit Hikes Are A Band-Aid, Not a Cure Some analysts believe the GSEs will be unable to fulfill the intent of the stimulus measure.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 |
The Many Cozy Relationships Of Bond Insurers Some do not view the multi-billion-dollar bank bailout for insurers as a path to recovery but as further enabling of damaging, co-dependent behavior among banks, rating agencies and bond insurers.  |
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