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Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005	"Initiating Coverage" Read Wall Street coverage of your stocks with a wary eye.
Registered Rep. November 9, 2009 Kristen French	BofA Pressures Merrill FAs To Sell Bank Products Some of Merrill Lynch's 15,000 financial advisors are feeling pressure to sell parent company Bank of America's checking and savings account products -- and they're not happy about it.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bank of America Looks Toward China One of America's largest banks takes a large stake in a major Chinese bank.
FDIC FYI June 3, 2002	Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent.
Registered Rep. July 19, 2011 Diana Britton	Wells Fargo's Wealth Management Earnings, Headcount Dip but Cross Selling Improves Wells Fargo's wealth, brokerage and retirement business posted slightly lower second-quarter earnings.
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BusinessWeek April 4, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	Ballooning Bank Deposits At ETrade Shares of ETrade, a provider of online brokerage and banking services, have languished this year because investors have been disappointed at weak trading and stiff competition. But investors should focus on its banking, which is growing fast.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	It's in the Bank Wirehouse veterans who have switched to bank brokerages say Wall Street's perception of bank brokerages is stuck in the past, and that the best bank brokerages have become much more competitive in terms of production, assets and compensation.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011	Poll: Are Advisors Being Pressed to Peddle Bank Products? To what extent do brokers at Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors and elsewhere want to sell banking products?
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Bottom-Fishing With National City National City shares hit a 52-week low. Unfortunately for the Cleveland-based bank, better-performing peers have also reached new lows, putting National at the bottom of the bottom.
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2008 Cory Levine	Brokerages Still Fail to Offer Full Web-Based Banking Services A new report suggest only 40 percent of brokerages can be considered a full 'bankerage,' a brokerage that offers traditional banking products with all accounts accessible via a single Web login.
Registered Rep. July 18, 2008	Woo-hoo! Citigroup Only Loses $2.5 billion In 2Q; Client Assets Flee Smith Barney Citigroup reported its second quarter earnings today, beating analyst expectations by losing far less money than anticipated.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2005	How to Bank Online Consider online banking to save time, trouble, and money. Here are some tips.
Entrepreneur September 2005 Dian Vujovich	Seeing Green When the financial services sector is hot, it can sizzle. This sector includes commercial and community banks, insurance and mutual fund companies, the brokerage business, real estate investment trusts, and anywhere else money can be harvested.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Better Tune From KeyCorp Fourth-quarter results surpassed expectations, but more work is needed on the consumer business. Patient investors might just want to hang on.
Registered Rep. April 18, 2008	Merrill: An Able Foil to Bear? Merrill Lynch's streak continues -- a third quarter in a row that the firm has reported a loss.
Registered Rep. July 23, 2008 John Churchill	Wachovia Earnings Down; Stock Up 27 Percent In Two Days While Wachovia Corp. was busy posting bad numbers, its two retail financial advisory units -- one for high-net-worth financial planning and the other for retail brokerage, including A.G. Edwards -- did relatively well.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Banker, Broker, or Both? Be careful to figure out which hat your bank's employee is wearing. The key to dealing with bank-based brokers is to know exactly what you're being offered at all times.
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BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Amey Stone	How Banks Pretty Up The Profit Picture Playing with loan-loss reserves can produce deceiving earnings. Investors who assume the profits are humming and decide to buy bank stocks could be in for a shock.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2008 Kristen French	Post Bear, Regulatory Reform May Squeeze Brokerage Margins Could increased regulation of the brokerage industry in the wake of the subprime crisis and Bear Stearns debacle tighten the screws on brokerage business revenues and margins?
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Shubh Datta	1 Regional Bank Shareholders Will Like First Horizon posted strong earnings on the back of falling provisions for bad loans.
Bank Systems & Technology May 16, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Bank of America Promotes Dean Athanasia Athanasia becomes Bank of America's president of premier banking & investments.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Leapin' Lehman! The brokerage reports a fabulous first quarter. Things are looking good for brokerage companies, and their stocks reflect that.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Emil Lee	Bank of America Doesn't Impress The banking giant notches an average quarter. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2005 Bobby Shethia	ETrade, Lean and Mean for Round Two Banking bulwark makes ETrade the best pick among online brokers. At 12 times trailing earnings, it stacks up well against Ameritrade's P/E of 15, and Schwab's P/E of 34.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 David T. Berman	Bank Branch Secrets A former bank-affiliated financial advisor dishes on the pros and cons of working in a bank.
Registered Rep. October 24, 2007 John Churchill	Merrill Earnings Ugly, But Brokerage Is The Sweet Spot Stan O'Neal opened Merrill Lynch's earnings call by not beating around the bush: The firm had a net loss of $2.3 billion, due largely in part from $7.9 billion in write-downs related to exposure to sub-prime mortgages and collateralized debt obligations.
FDIC FYI August 29, 2002	Strong Bank Earnings Reflect Nature of U.S. Downturn Second quarter 2002 earnings results for commercial banks show that the benefits of a steep yield curve continue to outweigh the costs of higher credit losses.
U.S. Banker February 2007 Andrew Reinbach	Still Smarting From Flat Yield Curve, Startups May Sell Out in '07 Startup banks have had to be more than nimble in 2006, and only the lucky ones will survive this year. But the luckiest may be those that find a buyer-quickly.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2003 Chere LaRose-Senne	Congress Revisits the Issue of Banks Selling and Managing Real Estate Commercial real estate professionals should stay informed on the progress of the Community Choice in Real Estate Act.
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The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Commerce Bancorp: Still Controversial Investors, it's not often that you see this much growth and controversy in a banking name, so it's likely to be a volatile name for some time to come.
Registered Rep. October 17, 2011 Kristen French	Wells Fargo Wealth/Brokerage Client Assets Decline; Asset-Based Revenue Up Wells Fargo's wealth brokerage and retirement businesses reported third quarter income of $291 million, up 14 percent versus the year ago quarter, while revenue for the division was down 1 percent from the year ago quarter.
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Bank Technology News March 2007 Glen Fest	Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 John Churchill	Fighting for Dollars The retail brokerage model in the U.S. is flawed. Why? Because advisors get too much of the revenue pie.
Registered Rep. June 10, 2004 Will Leitch	BofA Makes Quick Work of Quick The discount brokerage Quick & Reilly will be folded into Bank of America Securities and the firm's upper management will be reshuffled. At the end of the year, the Quick & Reilly name will be gone.
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The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Brokerages and Your Cost Basis Does your brokerage track your cost basis for you? Should it?
Registered Rep. October 30, 2007 Christina Mucciolo	O'Neal Gone: Reps Apathetic, Analysts Say Get Back To Basics If you work at Merrill, enjoy the cloak-and-dagger board room fight. In reality, things aren't so bad. The bottom line: Merrill ought to stick to what it is good at -- retail brokerage.
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