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- Bank Failures: Should We Worry?
- The big U.S. banks are past the danger zone, but the number of small-bank failures this year is near 100. MoneyWatch's editors explain who is really affected.
- Videos 2009-10-15
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- Fed expands definition of small bank holding company
- A final rule that expands the definition of a small bank holding company under die Federal Reserve Board's Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement and the Fed's risk-based and leverage capital guidelines for bank holding companies has been issued.A final rule that expands the definition of a small bank holding...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Operations survey reveals small-bank spending trends. (American Bankers Association National Community Bank Operations and Automation Survey)
- A survey of small bank operations by the American Bankers Assn showed that many banks are concerned about complying with the Truth-in-Savings Act and the costs of such compliance. In addition, bankers were concerned about strategies and costs associated wA survey of small bank operations by the American Bankers Assn...
- Research articles 1993-10-01
- Fed redefines 'small' bank holding company
- The Federal Reserve Board has raised the asset threshold to S500 million from $150 million for determining whether a bank holding company qualifies under the Federal Reserve Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement. "This will reduce the regulatory reporting burden for many small bank holding companies and encourage their formation...
- Research articles 2006-03-15
- How Small Bank Failures Are A Boon For Big Banks
- In the past week, two prominent analysts have said they expect hundreds more small bank failures in the second half of this year. That's great news if you run a big one. by Daniel M. Harrison
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Fed proposes expanded definition of small BHC
- A proposal expanding the definition of a small bank holding company under the Fed's Small Bank Holding Company Policy and the risk-based and leverage capital guidelines for bank holding companies has been issued by the Federal Reserve Board. The policy stA proposal expanding the definition of a small bank holding...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Fed study shows small banks out-performing larger competitors
- Fed study shows small banks out-performing larger competitors Small community banks have out-performed their large competitors since the mid 1980s, according to a Federal Reserve Board study. Between 1985 and 2000, the study found the average small bank's assets grew 10.3 percent each year, compared with 4.3 percent for large...
- Research articles 2001-12-15
- ?Small Business? Initiative Shifts Bank Bailouts from Bad to Worse
- Linus Wilson submits: The President and the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury who heads the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Herb Allison, disclosed details of their “small business lending” initiative last week. It is nothing of the sort. It should be called the small bank subsidy...
- External links 2009-10-25
- Recent Bank Share-Sales May Set Off Industry-Wide Sell-off
- My BNET Finance colleague Alain Sherter highlights an interesting phenomenon in a post here yesterday: Beaten down regional banks badly need capital, and they think know where to find it: the public market. Zions, a $53 billion-asset banking company based in Utah, on Thursday affirmed its...
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- Krung Thai Bank Expands in China.
- By Darana Chudasri, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15--State-owned Krung Thai Bank plans to purchase up to a 12.55 percent stake in the Business Development Bank in China from the Charoen Pokphand Group for up to US$20 million. ...
- Research articles 2004-05-15
- Appleton, Wis.-Based Bank Grows Into Larger Home.
- By Judy Waggoner, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 27--American National Bank Fox Cities will still cling to its proud distinction of being a small bank in the Fox Cities market, but it's planning to get bigger and feistier. ...
- Research articles 2001-05-27
- Federal Reserve Liberalizes Policy Guidelines for Debt for Many Bank Holding Companies
- On March 30, 2006. the Federal Reserve Board ("Federal Reserve") amended its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement (Regulation Y. Appendix C) ("SBHC Policy") and provided an exemption for small bank holding companies from the consolidated risk-based and leverage capital adequacy guidelines (Regulation Y. Appendices A and D) ("Capital Guidelines")...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Fed surveys bank fees
- The Fed recently reconfirmed something we all already know - large banks charge more for consumer services than small banks. In its annual survey of bank fees, the Fed found that in 1998 the average stop payment order on a check at a large bank was $5.21 more than a...
- Research articles 1999-08-07
- First National Lincoln Corporation Receives National Recognition as Outstanding Small Bank
- DAMARISCOTTA, Maine -- First National Lincoln Corporation (Nasdaq NM: FNLC), the holding company for The First National Bank of Damariscotta, today announced that it has been named to Sandler O'Neill's first-ever "SmAll Stars" list. This elite group, constituting the 30 best-performing small-capitalization banks in the United States based upon absolute...
- Research articles 2004-07-29
- Small business customers spur Sterling's shining performance; Healthy margins make it takeover target.(Sterling Bancorp, niche strategy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Even a small bank can make it big in one of the most competitive banking markets in the world. During the last seven years, Sterling Bancorp has consistently produced a stream of outstanding earnings by focusing on a niche strategy of providing hi ...
- Research articles 2000-11-20
- Wells Fargo Joins Bank of America in Charging ATM Fees.(Originated from Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.)
- Dec. 13--If you're a customer at a small bank or a credit union, it's about to get even tougher to find a conveniently located automated teller machine that doesn't charge a service fee. Dec. 13--If you're a customer at a small bank...
- Research articles 1996-12-13
- Commercial Banking and Bank Failures
- John M. Mason submits: Last Friday officials closed the tenth commercial bank this year. It was a small bank in Georgia with $1.1 billion in assets. The problem - rising loan defaults. The FDIC now has 117 banks on its list of institutions that are in danger of failing....
- External links 2008-09-03
- Fed proposes changes to definition of 'small'
- The Federal Reserve has proposed expanding the definition of a small bank holding company to permit higher debt levels. The proposal would create an exemption to its capital guidelines for small BHCs. Currently, the policy defines a small BHC as one with assets of less than $150 million. However, a...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Citizens Bank of Massachusetts to Buy Grove Bank.(Originated from The Boston Globe)
- Nov. 5--Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, the state's third largest bank, grew a bit bigger yesterday when it agreed to buy Grove Bank of Chestnut Hill for $87.1 million. For Citizens, which has branches in Boston and on the South ...
- Research articles 1996-11-05
- Analysts praise Sky Financial's purchase of small bank in Columbus, Ohio, area.
- By MARY-BETH McLAUGHLIN, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28--At first glance, an acquisition of a four-branch bank with $202 million in assets seems like small potatoes for multibillion-dollar Sky Financial Group Inc. But it makes...
- Research articles 2004-09-28
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