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Mar 15
2010

GETTING MORE PRODUCTIVITY OUT OF PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Personal productivity tools like Blackberries, e-mail, and cell phones that sometimes make business life harder.

Our Question: How do you get out of these "productivity" devices what you originally hoped for?

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

Mar 15
2010

REBUILDING COMMUNITY BANK EFFICIENCY RATIOS

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Community bank efficiency ratios are deteriorating, FDIC reports.

Our Question: Why? And what can be done to reverse the trend?

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

Mar 11
2010

ORACLE OF OMAHA COULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO LENDERS

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Untagged 

Warren Buffet's shareholder letter is required reading for credit officers.
Mar 11
2010

Haunted by the Ghost of Loan Participations Past and Present? (March 12, 2010)

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Here’s some advice on how to find a better future, while cleaning up the current mess
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 11
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 11
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 11
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 04
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 03
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?