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Jun 11
2009

CREDIT CULTURE REBOOT, PART V: GETTING TO THE NUB OF CREDIT CULTURE

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Now we're going to get down to the central issue, credit culture, and I want to hear your thoughts on this as we go forward. The industry needs a dialog on credit culture now, while today's lessons can be freshly learned.
Jun 11
2009

PUZZLE OF THE WEEK, Solvency Is A Puzzle

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

March 25, 09

Jun 11
2009

PUZZLE OF THE WEEK, Annual Checkup

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

March 25, 09

Jun 10
2009

Counterpoint to negative news and views of banks

Posted by Bill Streeter in Untagged 

Oklahoma banker's note to customers shows side of banking the news media never shows
Jun 04
2009

Banks & social media: shred your marketing beliefs (June 04, 2009)

Posted by Bill Streeter in Untagged 

As community banks explore social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin, fresh thinking helps. Social media marketing is DIFFERENT

Jun 01
2009

CREDIT CULTURE REBOOT, PART IV: WHAT'S GONE WRONG IN LENDING PRACTICES?

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Over the last generation or so, it has become almost an article of faith that a strong loan policy is the ultimate defense against poor loan quality. And banks and regulators take loan policies quite seriously. So where did all these bad loans come from?
Jun 01
2009

Turning point for credit cards

Posted by Bill Streeter in Editors Column

The industry just got a second slap in the face over credit cards—this one from Congress. The new legislation imposes all sorts of restrictions regarding pricing, rates, and practices, much of it already covered by the rules issued by the Federal Reserve late last year. It looks like Congress and the Administration wanted to get credit for helping consumers on an issue that has been fanned to red hot by media attention and consumer activists.
May 29
2009

Top Community Banks: A nonprofit specialist profits (May 29, 2009)

Posted by Bill Streeter in Untagged 

Rocky Mountain Bank & Trust prefers handshakes to Blackberries

May 29
2009

1st Quarter Bank Earnings: Some good news, and some cautions (May 29, 2009)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Industry returned to profitability, but down 61% from Q1 '08

May 28
2009

Time to ramp up mortgage lending? (May 28, 2009)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

There’s opportunity amid the carnage