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- A.M. Best Special Report: Commercial Real Estate Concentration Levels in U.S. Banks
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A significant number of U.S. banks may find their commercial real estate lending activities under increased regulatory scrutiny if the proposed Inter-Agency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending is implemented. The proposed guidance establishes two thresholds in relation to total capital (defined as total risk-based...
- Research articles 2006-04-13
- A.M. Best Special Report: U.S. Banks' Earnings Reach Quarterly High on a Variety of Operating Tactics
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- U.S. banks ended the first quarter of 2006 with record earnings of $37.3 billion in aggregate (from an average of $33.9 billion in 2005), benefiting from higher fee income and lower loss provisions, which offset a continuing trend of lower net interest margins. However, the industry's profitability...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
- A.M. Best Special Report: U.S. Banks' Reliance on Large CDs Outpaced Other Deposits in the First Quarter of 2006
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- Recently, U.S. banks have become increasingly dependent upon more volatile liabilities, such as large certificates of deposits (CDs with balances of more than $100,000) to meet their overall funding needs, as the competition among financial institutions to develop funding sources has intensified. Since the Federal Reserve began...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- A.M. Best Introduces Interactive Rating Services on U.S. Banks and Bank Holding Companies
- OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. today announced plans to expand its analytical coverage of the U.S. banking industry by introducing interactive rating services on U.S. banks and bank holding companies. A.M. Best's bank rating services include Bank Deposit Ratings on operating banks and Issuer Credit Ratings on banks and...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- Richmond Fed's "Economic Quarterly" Examines Changes in the Size Dynamics of U.S. Banks
- Banks are viewed as pillars of local communities, but recently the banking industry has experienced significant consolidation, with many community banks being acquired by larger institutions. Are we headed toward a day when there will be just a few huge banks operating throughout the country? Hubert P. Janicki and Edward...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- U.S. Banks Earmark $20 Billion for Reengineering in 1997; According to New Ernst & Young American Bankers Association Technology in Banking Report
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 7, 1995--CEOs and CFOs of the top 100 U.S. banks say reengineering is their top priority to elevate customer service through new technologies such as imaging, client-server systems, mobile computing, and high-speed telecommunications networks, according to The Fourth Annual Ernst & Young/American Bankers Association Report on Technology...
- Research articles 1995-03-07
- Banks: A Force To Reckon With.(report by American Bankers Insurance Association)(Brief Article)
- Banks have become a force that carriers have to reckon with in insurance distribution. In 2003, the value of insurance products sold by U.S. banks reached $78.1 billion, more than double the amount just four years earlier, according to a report by th Banks have become...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- A quick comparison of USDA's Export Credit Programs - The Big Picture - Brief Article
- A Quick Comparison of USDA's Export Credit Programs GSM-102 GSM-103 The GSM-102 Export Credit ...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- Citigroup's Big Bet on China
- China is the final financial frontier for U.S. banks, as the country's protectionist measures begin to dissolve under WTO membership. Citibank, which has been offering corporate services on the mainland since 1902, is poised to grab a large share, partic China is the final financial frontier for U.S. banks, as...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- U.S. Banks Are Still Shrinking Their Loan Books
- The research staff Federal Reserve reaches out to bank senior loan officers every three months, to get a feel for the markets in lending to business, commercial real estate, home mortgages and credit cards. Like so many economic data points this year, the October 2009 survey tells us that while...
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
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- U.S. Banks Losing Ground in Debt Underwriting
- Banks in Asia, Europe and Canada are growing more active in underwriting the debt that companies raise to finance buyouts, the Daily Deal reported, mentioning HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Capital, Société Générale and Bank of Ireland. The non-U.S. banks are handling a larger share of...
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Top Market Cap U.S. Banks: A Long Term View on Value
- Barel Karsan submits: Contrarian value investors following methods prescribed by David Dreman in his book "The New Contrarian Investment Strategy" book review notes here might be tempted today to take a closer look at some U.S. banks. Dreman doesn't believe in market timing but he does believe that market...
- External links 2008-09-08
- Moody's RiskCalc Model For Privately-Held U.S. Banks
- "This article documents RiskCalc for U.S. Banks, Moody's model for estimating the probability of default PD for privately-held U.S. banks, thrifts, and bank holding companies. RiskCalc for U.S. Banks is a robust and validated model that produces one- and five-year PDs. It predicts separate PDs for bank holding...
- White papers 2002-07-01
- Why Israeli Banks Look Better than U.S. Banks
- Aaron Katsman submits: With most of the world trying to cope with a banking sector that is teetering on the brink of disaster, it’s refreshing to see that someone thinks Israeli banks are safe. Barclays came out with a call on the Israeli banking sector, and while they give...
- External links 2009-03-04
- International Risk Exposures of U.S. Banks
- The authors analyze recent trends in both the direct and indirect risks associated with the international lending activities of U.S. banks. Foreign lending risk therefore has at least two components, direct and indirect, and to identify the true magnitude of the exposure, one cannot take a piece-meal approach. This article...
- White papers 1998-12-01
- Global Integration in Primary Equity Markets: The Role of U.S. Banks and U.S. Investors
- This paper examines the costs and benefits of the global integration of primary equity markets associated with the parallel diffusion of U.S. underwriting methods. It analyzes both direct and indirect costs (associated with under-pricing) using a unique dataset of 2,143 IPOs by non-U.S. issuers from 65 countries in 1992-1999. Book...
- White papers 2001-04-10
- U.S. Banks ARE Lending, An Open Letter to the United States Congress from Treasury Strategies
- CHICAGO -- Banks in the United States ARE lending. In the midst of so much misleading information around lending activities of U.S. banks, as well as banks' use of the federal bailout money, Treasury Strategies Partners, Anthony J. Carfang and Cathryn R. Gregg, are compelled to set the record straight...
- Research articles 2009-02-02
- Should Large U.S. Banks Outsource Their Check Processing?
- From the executive summary: ‘Although the largest U.S. banks have aggressively outsourced the processing of credit card and electronic bill payment transactions, almost all of these banks process checks in-house. With check volume declining and new technologies introduced to electronify the processing of checks, the paper argues that banks should...
- White papers 2004-03-23
- U.S. banks ease loan standards
- WASHINGTON Bloomberg -- U.S. banks, facing tough competition, are easing terms and standards for commercial and industrial loans, the Federal Reserve said Monday. At the same time, banks remain cautious in their dealings with consumers, the Fed said, following last year's surge in personal bankruptcies and late credit...
- Research articles 1997-11-18
- U.S. Banks Merely Papering Over Losses
- FP Trading Desk submits: If the home team has a weak goaltender, narrow the goal posts. Relaxation of mark-to-market rules is coinciding with a profit recovery for U.S. banks in the first quarter of 2009. Despite the rally in bank stocks, papering over losses is no reason to buy...
- External links 2009-04-14
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