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Oct 08
2009

The mysterious case of the reactivating customer

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

A dormant customer suddenly becomes active. Cause for alarm or rejoicing?
Oct 07
2009

INSIDER LENDING NONCOMPLIANCE NOW DISCLOSABLE

Posted by Nancy Derr-Castiglione in Lucy and Nancys Common Sense Compliance

Revised FDIC rule requires disclosure of errors in insider lending compliance
Oct 07
2009

GOT THE BLUES? GO SEE A CUSTOMER TODAY--AND TOMORROW

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

You won't produce a better tomorrow just from behind your desk. Ed says, get up, get moving, and visit your borrowers today
Oct 06
2009

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS–-SHOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE VEGAS

Posted by John Byrne in AML Fraud and other things

John brings back highlights from ACAMS' Las Vegas conference

First of a two-part series reporting on fall AML/BSA conferences
Oct 05
2009

FDIC PROPOSED PRE-PAID ASSESSMENTS: HOW WILL YOU PAY FOR THEM?

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Considering FDIC's proposed pre-paid assessments

Our question: How will your bank pay for the proposed FDIC prepayment, if it is approved?

Come share your ideas and views, see what other bankers think about this critical new proposal
Oct 02
2009

FDIC proposes multi-year billing for late 2009 to raise ready cash

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Rejecting further special assessments, FDIC seeks to handle today’s failures with tomorrow’s assessments
Oct 01
2009

Banking vital signs now vs. 1988-90 (October 2009)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Many comparisons are made to the last recession. So far, things are better now
Oct 01
2009

Watch out for the little guys

Posted by Bill Streeter in Editors Column

There’s a tendency in some circles to adopt a tone of condescension in speaking about community banks; the equivalent of the owner of a big dog patting a little dog on the head, saying, “There’s a nice a little dog.

Oct 01
2009

A CURE FOR THE LENDER'S BLUES

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Are you a young lender depressed by today's troubles?
Ed's got a message for you. And if you're younger than 100,
you should hear it.

Oct 01
2009

If you could read my mind

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Gordon Lightfoot’s classic song by that title was all about romance, but what if you could walk up to a point-of-sale terminal in a grocery store, place your hand on a pad, think your PIN and you're done? No more cash, cards, or contactless key fobs with chips! Call it “Think n’ Pay”! Take this same concept and apply it to an ATM, and so on. Could we invent a device that can read our minds in such a way that all we have to do is think, and things happen?