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The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Banks' Next Roadblock: The FDIC The FDIC is running out of cash. Here's what that means for you and your bank.  |
FDIC FYI September 12, 2002 |
Bank Insurance Fund Reserve Ratio Above Statutory Minimum - For Now The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported today in the Quarterly Banking Profile that the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) reserve ratio rose to 1.26 percent at the end of June, just slightly above the statutorily mandated Designated Reserve Ratio (DRR) target of 1.25 percent.  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Tough Times at the FDIC Show me the money. Things are looking bleak for deposit insurance fund levels.  |
FDIC FYI March 1, 2002 |
FDIC Notifies Banks that Higher Insurance Premiums Are Possible The Board of Directors of the FDIC today alerted insured institutions to the possibility of higher deposit insurance premiums in the second half of 2002...  |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2009 Morgan Housel |
How Not to Solve a Banking Crisis The FDIC's latest proposal just kicks the pain down the road.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Should Your Bank Deposits Be at Risk? Is the FDIC's guarantee of bank deposits a benefit to the system?  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Paul M. Thomson |
Is the Law of Unintended Consequences at Work at the FDIC? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) temporarily increased the limit on bank checking and savings deposits to $250,000 per qualified account through 2009.  |
FDIC FYI June 12, 2002 |
Better Deposit Data Show BIF Below Target in First Quarter Estimated insured deposits of the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) increased by $75 billion during the first quarter. The increase is noteworthy because it caused the ratio of the BIF to insured deposits to decline to 1.24 percent, below the 1.25-percent Designated Reserve Ratio target.  |
U.S. Banker February 2009 Anthony Malakian |
Community Banks Paying for Bigger Brothers' Sins Community bankers have many reasons to be pessimistic about 2009, including the added pressure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation raising the risk-based assessment rates in order to restore the Deposit Insurance Fund.  |
BusinessWeek September 30, 2009 Theo Francis |
The FDIC's Gift to Banks The FDIC's plan to raise roughly $45 billion to help dodge a cash crunch also offers a way for financial firms to boost capital and profits.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Smart Move That's Long Overdue It's about time banks stopped bilking the FDIC.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
More Mind-Numbing Stupidity The FDIC didn't collect premiums from many banks for 10 years. Say what?  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Russ Krull |
Citigroup Is Starting to Look Good Despite some low points, the FDIC report shows a much healthier banking industry compared to a year ago.  |
U.S. Banker May 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Banks are Failing -- But It's Nothing Like the Old Days Today's bank failures have nothing on the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s.  |
FDIC FYI March 13, 2002 |
Banks and Thrifts Post Record Earnings, Insurance Funds Slide Full-year 2001 financial data for all FDIC-insured institutions, released today in the Quarterly Banking Profile, depict record bank and thrift earnings even as the reserve ratios of the FDIC insurance funds continue to slide...  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2009 Morgan Housel |
How Bad Are These Bank Failures? Let's take a look at the coming wave of bank failures compared to other banking meltdowns.  |
U.S. Banker August 2010 Bill Byerly |
In Defense of Startups That the FDIC should determine how many banks exist is ludicrous.  |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Russ Krull |
Big Banks Banking Big Bucks Some good news on banks from the FDIC.  |
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 L. William Seidman |
It Will Get Better--But Not Soon The good news is that oil is under $50 a barrel. The bad news is the recession is going to get worse before it gets better.  |
Bank Systems & Technology September 29, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Wachovia to be Acquired by Citi Wachovia will be acquired by New York-based Citigroup in a deal facilitated by the FDIC.  |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Robert A. Bennett |
A Clear Perspective Needed at FDIC But the new chairman has shown little indication he has one. In fact, he seems to oppose his predecessor's view that reform should be achieved in a single package.  |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Now It's Wachovia's Turn Citigroup makes a deal to take over Wachovia's banking operations.  |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bad News for Big Banks How the new FDIC rules will impact megabanks.  |
FDIC FYI October 3, 2002 |
FDIC Looks to Research Used in Private Sector for Pricing and Managing Risk Results from a conference exploring how to more closely tie premiums for federal deposit insurance to banks' risk profiles.  |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Insuring Your Investments Several entities combine to protect assets in various accounts. Although all of these organizations provide some protection for investors, it's still best to avoid having to go through the process of dealing with an insolvent financial institution in the first place.  |
CFO April 1, 2011 Vincent Ryan |
The Big Fail Despite the reach of Dodd-Frank, the "too-big-to-fail" bank dilemma lives on.  |
The Motley Fool December 18, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
4 Key Steps for Economic Recovery When you dig yourself into a hole, stop digging.  |
U.S. Banker April 2009 John Engen |
The Experiment For Sheila Bair, who had taken the helm of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. two years earlier, the IndyMac failure was a defining moment.  |
FDIC FYI December 10, 2003 Steven Burton |
A Portfolio Perspective for Evaluating the Adequacy of the Insurance Funds FDIC economists have teamed up with prominent members of the academic community to develop a state-of-the art approach to measure risks posed to the bank (BIF) and savings association (SAIF) insurance funds.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
More Banking Panics Are on the Way Short-term lending agreements between banks prime the system for bank runs.  |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu |
Roundtable: The Future of Banking Where Motley Fool analysts see banking in 10 years.  |
FDIC FYI May 19, 2004 |
Effects of Interest Rates on Money Market Mutual Funds The prolonged low interest rate environment has pressured returns on money market mutual funds (MMMFs). Although low rates are a boon to borrowers, the opposite, of course, is true for savers.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 Emil Lee |
6 Keys to Bottom-Fishing for Banks A tip sheet for buying banks on the cheap: 1. Low price-to-book multiple... 2. Small deposit premiums/high deposit quality... etc.  |
U.S. Banker September 2009 Glen Fest |
Systemic Options: Too Big to Bail? A systemic risk regulator faces a dilemma on unwinding a fallen giant: is bankruptcy or receivership better?  |
AskMen.com June 22, 2003 Dan Carter |
How To Protect Your Money As money is likely the end goal of your long, hard hours of work, protecting it should be one of your top priorities. To enjoy the fruits of your labor, certain measures should be taken to insure that the cash you earn stays in your pocket.  |
U.S. Banker July 2009 Glen Fest |
Bidder Medicine While its house was burning down, BankUnited of Coral Gables, Fla., was on a deposit-gathering spree.  |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Keehner & Mattingly |
Taxpayers May Get a Piece of the FDIC Action If bad loans rebound, Sheila Bair's FDIC gets a portion of the profits  |
BusinessWeek May 20, 2010 Schmidt & Mattingly |
A Wall Street Sheriff with Fewer Bullets The FDIC's Bair is losing out to the Fed in the regulatory overhaul  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Russ Krull |
How Taxing Will Bank Taxes Be? Proposed fee hits some banks hard.  |
Bank Systems & Technology October 14, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz |
U.S. Govt. Unveils Bank Buy-in Plan Also, Treasury announced it will apply compensation restrictions to the most highly compensated executives down the corporate ladder.  |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
This Could Blow a Hole in the Recovery A new report suggest the bank sector's difficulties could be a drag on the broader economy for some time yet.  |
U.S. Banker November 2009 Cheyenne Hopkins |
PPIP Finally Ready, But Who's Selling? Now that a government program to buy up toxic assets finally appears ready to fly, many observers are wondering if there is any need for it.  |
U.S. Banker March 2010 Joe Adler |
Get Ready for Rising Rates Near-zero interest rates won't last forever, and regulators are warning banks -- particularly those that added long-term assets using short-term funds -- to take steps to manage their risk.  |
OCC Bulletin July 12, 1999 |
Year 2000 FDIC Asset Liability Backup Program FDIC's interim final rule dealing with the backup of limited deposit and loan account information. The rule only applies to insured depository institutions with "needs improvement" and "unsatisfactory" Year 2000 ratings on or after July 31, 1999.  |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Could This Be a Banking Winner? East West Bancorp could be a bank to watch.  |
U.S. Banker September 2009 Alan Kline |
A Pricier TAG is Better Than No TAG at All TARP comes with a stigma and TALF and PPIP haven't worked as well as intended, but if there's one government program that many small and regional banks will be sorry to see go it's the TAG, or Transaction Account Guarantee program.  |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why This Government Program Deserved to End You shouldn't have your money in money market mutual funds.  |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
You Can Get Better Rates When interest rates decline savers have to reconcile themselves to either earning less interest, or taking more risk to maintain their income level. Are the new non-bank higher interest accounts right for you?  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 Danielle Reed |
Flight To Safety This year, total insured deposits at U.S. banks totaled $6.5 trillion at the end of the second quarter, up more than $1 trillion from the same period in 2010, and up from $4.3 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to FDIC data.  |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen |
Back in the Saddle Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp. Here, he talks about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster.  |