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Mar 11
2010

Community Bank Focus: Don't paint all de novos with the same brush (March 12, 2010)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Recent “arrivals” may be sitting pretty
Mar 10
2010

CONSIDERING TARP-LIKE SMALL BUSINESS LENDING HELP

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Washington wants to see more small-business lending.

Our Question: President Obama proposed transforming $30 billion in TARP funds into a separate, new "Small Business Lending Fund." How would your bank respond if this proposal were passed by Congress?

Come see what other bankers think, and add your own views

Mar 10
2010

MAKING EXAMINATIONS GO BETTER

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Coping with bank examinations in a troubled industry environment

Our Question:  Examinations have been a trying experience in this environment for most community banks. In your own recent exam, were there any steps that your bank took that helped ease the understandable tension?

 Come share your ideas and views, see what other bankers have tried

Mar 10
2010

ORACLE OF OMAHA COULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO LENDERS

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Warren Buffett's shareholder letter is required reading for credit officers.
Mar 03
2010

TOO MUCH INFORMATION OR TOO LITTLE?

Posted by John Byrne in AML Fraud and other things

We need to decide what we need.
Mar 02
2010

"AN ORDER ALWAYS HAS TO BE IN PLACE"

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Will inflexible bureaucrats drive off would-be bank investors?
Mar 02
2010

TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACKWARD

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Kay the executive secretary, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and Ed O'Leary on better management of your career...and yourself
Mar 01
2010

One way to rebuild trust

Posted by Bill Streeter in Editors Column

A great many banks and savings institutions rightfully feel that the ignominy heaped upon the industry by an angry Congress and its media cohorts is not justified by anything they did. Feeling abused, however, won’t make the tarnish go away.
Feb 25
2010

ALCO BEAT: Don't trash a trusty hammer! (February 26, 2010)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Wholesale funding remains a critical tool regulators shouldn’t remove

Feb 25
2010

Social media damage control: Why you must plan now (February 25, 2010)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

If one little online video could move FDIC, why should your bank be different?