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		<title><![CDATA[Executive Compensation: Why the Fed Should Steer Clear of Banker Pay]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/executive-compensation-why-the-fed-should-steer-clear-of-banker-pay/349444/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fed is proposing to get involved in overseeing pay at the nation's banks in order to reduce risk in the financial system. But executive pay isn't really the right issue to focus on.   Feinberg&#8217;s proposals to shift a portion of executive salaries into stock options that would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Top Bank: FirstMerit Steers Smooth Course Through Industry Storm]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002422/top-bank-firstmerit-steers-smooth-course-through-industry-storm/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase draws praise these days for having survived the U.S. banking crisis. But the financial giant has nothing on FirstMerit Corp.    Who, you say? The publicly held banking company may be relatively anonymous, but it's well-known to industry analysts, not to mention contented shareholders. FirstMerit, a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:35:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Banks Hope to Scuttle Plan for New Consumer Watchdog]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10001537/banks-hope-to-scuttle-plan-for-financial-watchdog/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Puzzling story today in American Banker, which writes that the U.S. banking industry "refuses to engage" with lawmakers on Capitol Hill writing legislation to establish a so-called Consumer Financial Protection Agency registration required.    Yet the same piece offers this quote from Scott Talbott, the chief lobbyist for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:57:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jacked Up Interest Rates]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/video/jacked-up-interest-rates/291373/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The banking industry collects more than $15 billion a year in credit card penalty fees, a tenth of its revenue. President Obama wants new legislation to protect consumers. Anthony Mason reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:45:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does Size Matter? The Effects of Bank Mergers on Small Firm Financing across the United States]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=70922]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article asserts that financial intermediaries have a fundamental role in determining the amount and distribution of credit to the economy. There is less agreement, unfortunately, about the precise way in which alternative structures of the banking industry manifest their influence on the economy. Recently, it has been shown that,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Sector Profitability and Double-Gearing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=140816]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper shows that Japan will not be able to have a viable banking sector without stopping deflation. The banking industry has not shown a profit since fiscal 1993 (ended March 1994) if one excludes capital gains from stock and real estate portfolios. It quantifies the financial condition of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Sense Of Urgency]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=131173]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From the executive summary: ‘Banks race to overhaul outmoded disaster recovery and business continuity plans. The banking industry has prided itself on its ability to weather a range of actual and potential disasters, a result of strict government regulation, and the cost of system downtime. Yet, no firm was prepared...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internet Banking in the US - Landscape , Prospects & Industry Information]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=103535]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper describes the current state of Internet banking in the U.S. and discusses its implications for the banking industry. In addition to affecting the way customers receive banking services, Internet banking may become an important influence on banking industry structure. However, the effect of Internet banking on consolidation in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Transformation of Banking and Its Impact on Consumers and Small Businesses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=135624]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The banking industry has undergone profound changes during the last decade. The most obvious change has been the large number of bank mergers, which have increased both the average size of banks and the area over which they operate. Other changes may also prove dramatic but are at this point...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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