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U.S. Banker
June 2007
Lee Conrad |
Top Banks Focus on the 'E' in ROE A list of the top 200 Community banks ranked by 3-Year Average ROE.   |
U.S. Banker
May 2005
Lee Conrad |
The Big Guys Had A Good Run Last Year. But don't expect it to last. Median return on equity last year topped 15 percent as many banks rode the fumes of the mortgage boom -- which is now fading. This year and next will be tougher. |
U.S. Banker
April 2002 |
Tougher On The Big Boys Being bigger is not necessarily better for corporations seeking loans from their banks. A study by the Association for Financial Professionals indicates that banks are putting heavy pressure on their biggest borrowers to throw more business the banks' way. Or else: No credit... |
U.S. Banker
March 2007
Lee Conrad |
Best of the Best: Banking's Top 100 The banking industry had a tough gig last year. For proof, take a look at the falling trend in annual return-on-equity figures. Here are the top 100: TCF Financial Corp... Bank of Hawaii Corp... U.S. Bancorp... etc. |
U.S. Banker
May 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Smaller Is Better Smaller was better in 2001 among the nation's 100 largest banks and thrifts. For the most part, the success of the smaller companies reflects their ability to focus on highly profitable niches -- especially mortgage originations during last year's boom... |
U.S. Banker
April 2007
Lee Conrad |
Making Hay While The Sun Shines Top 200 mid-tier banks ranked by 3-Year Average ROE. |
U.S. Banker
March 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Paying the Price Ethics in banking have taken a dive, and it is in the best interest of those who have been engaging in questionable practices to clean up their act... |
U.S. Banker
May 2008
Holly Sraeel et al. |
Playing Both Ends Against the Middle There are plenty of mid-tier banks and thrifts posting respectable performances. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Israelsen & Clement |
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. |
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. |
U.S. Banker
August 2006 |
Mid Tiers' Performance Proves Size Matters Little While the industry may be at odds over what accurately defines a community bank versus a mid-tier one, strong financial performance isn't at issue. Mid tiers have made that point this year. |
U.S. Banker
August 2005
Lee Conrad |
Best In Middle While smaller banks offer the personal touch, the big guys now are stealing their best customers: small business. Still, mid-tier banks in U.S. Banker's annual ranking posted some very healthy numbers |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Fink & Durfee |
The 2006 CFO Survey of Trends in Banking Finance executives' concerns about the banking industry. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 29, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Sticking With the Tried and True The days when large U.S. banks could sustain their old core systems on the IT version of life support are numbered, according to TowerGroup. |
U.S. Banker
April 2002 |
Killer-Pede In Pastoral Paradise In an extensive study of commercial lending risk, the London office of UBS Warburg has kicked over a rock. Lo and behold, it turns out that in a worst-case scenario, the trust banks have much bigger exposure to risk than had been believed... |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
U.S. Banker
August 2010
Alan Kline |
Top to Bottom Mid-tier banks and thrifts ranked by 3-year average return on equity as of Dec. 31, 2009. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Tales of the Tape When you look at annual returns, stocks, equity mutual funds and indexes tell surprisingly different stories. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006 |
Banking Alternatives Investors, don't think you're stuck with Federated First Financial. You might do better elsewhere. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
March 2007 |
Where They Stand Separate accounts ranked by three-year returns as of December 31: Large-cap growth... Large-cap value... etc. |
U.S. Banker
September 2007
Lee Conrad |
Association Consolidation Doesn't Worry Small Banks A planned merger between the ABA and the ACB prompts the question of whether a larger size or a hyper focus is the best way to lobby Congress. It also raises the issue of how the ICBA will fare. |
U.S. Banker
October 2002
Holly Sraeel |
Banking Gets Its Break. Will Players Capitalize on It? In the wake of scandals involving corporations and Wall Street, banks with solid reputations have an opportunity to get a leg up on nonbank rivals. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen |
Mega Protection The performance of U.S. stocks in 2007 resembled, to a surprising degree, the performance of stocks in 2000 -- a year widely perceived as a bear market. One big difference, however, was the performance of mega-cap stocks. |
U.S. Banker
March 2002
John Hackett |
Bottom Falls Out Investment bankers had to find other things to keep them busy in the second half of the year, as the bank and thrift M&A market virtually collapsed... |
U.S. Banker
April 2002
Robert A. Bennett |
Unfairly Treated? Is there regulatory discrimination against smaller banks and thrifts? That question is raised by how the OTS treated the $851 million-asset Progress Financial Corp. Badly chastised, management of the Philadelphia-area company is rethinking a number of key issues... |
Wall Street & Technology
February 14, 2006 |
Small Businesses Big Biz for Banks Capturing small businesses as banking customers will be a top priority for many banks this year, according to a new report. |
PC World
September 30, 2002
Frank Thorsberg |
Hard Drive Vendors Shrink Warranties Maxtor, Seagate, and Western Digital cite business realities for dropping consumer drive warranties to one year. |
U.S. Banker
June 2007
Lee Conrad |
Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? Banks clamored for years for the right to underwrite and sell insurance, but few have proven adept at it. There are signs of progress, however, as some banks embrace the brokerage side and gain revenue. |
Inc.
January 1, 2003
Martin Mayer |
A Borrower Be Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money? |
Bank Technology News
September 2006 |
Performance Of Small Banks Tells Only Part of Their Story The performance of community banks is often an afterthought when talk of what makes the banking industry tick gets going. |
Bank Technology News
May 2001
Maria Bruno |
E-Mania Takes Community Banks by Storm According to Grant Thornton, community banks must commit to big changes, or else... |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Paul Hyde et al. |
Mergers Create Mid-Sized Have-Nots Nearly two decades of steady banking industry mergers have created a landscape dotted with a group of banks struggling to survive in an undifferentiated no-man's land. |
OCC Bulletin
May 22, 2002 |
Unsafe and Unsound Investment Portfolio Practices Description: Supplemental Guidance This bulletin alerts banks to the potential risk to future earnings and capital from poor investment decisions made at the current low level of interest rates... |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 30, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
City National Bank Appoints Rodney Banks VP of Commercial Banking Services Rodney Banks, new executive VP and manager of commercial banking services at Los Angeles-based City National Bank, says customer relationship management solutions are more vital now than ever before. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Eric Uhlfelder |
Bank Shares Near Bargain Levels It wasn't all that long ago that bank stocks rocked. However, by the beginning of 2008, banking shares had collapsed. Is it time to start buying them again? |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
What's on Deck for Investment Banks? It looks like there could be some tougher times for the industry. Investors, there's a lot of uncertainty right now, but keep an eye out for the appearance of a Goldman Sachs or a Merrill Lynch in that ol' bargain bin -- it could happen. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Investment Banking Business: Money Management These days, investment banks do much more than just investment banking. In addition to traditional asset management they're getting involved in hedge funds and private equity. |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Lee Conrad |
In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Make the Most of Falling Interest Rates Act now to lock in some relatively high CD rates. |
Insurance & Technology
November 12, 2007
John Macaluso |
Banks Should Consider Extending SOA With BPM Banks should consider extending SOA technologies with business process management strategies. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 2, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Acquisition Obsession Results In Bank Deposit Growth Deposits have been dropping off at U.S. banks for years. And according to a recent study, there is no one technology or formula that banks can follow to reverse the trend. |
U.S. Banker
July 2007
Lee Conrad |
Community Banks Reporting Greater Pressure to Use BI Community banks are seeing lower prices for business-intelligence products, though they're weathering more competitive pressure from big banks. But BI also helps small banks be better banks. |
Bank Technology News
March 2001
David Rountree |
Up Today, Up Tomorrow Banks appear determined to sustain their leadership in technology as the virtual world creates ever new real-world threats to their traditional business models. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Are Savers Bailing Out Banks? Rate cuts hurt those on a fixed income. A large group of investors, especially retirees who rely on their savings to pay living expenses, have already started to feel the effects of lower interest rates. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 27, 2008
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
The Credit Crisis Has Increased Scrutiny on Trade Finance The global credit crisis has emphasized the importance of cash management while intensifying the spotlight on corporate governance and banks' risk management practices |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
What the Heck Is Investment Banking, Anyway? A look at what investment bankers actually do and the firms that are involved in the business, along with their stock ratings. |
Inc.
October 2007 |
Update Two more companies join a list of the 500 fastest growing companies. |
U.S. Banker
February 2002
John Hackett |
Deposits Grow Despite Drop in Rates The stock market has driven depositors into the arms of banks, but will this love dissolve if the market comes back? |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 1, 2005
Phil Britt |
High Tech, High Touch and High Net Worth As banks attempt to expand their private banking operations to attract high-net-worth customers, they're enhancing their support technologies to provide better customer service, improve profitability, and expand product and service offerings. |
