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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? If we lose 4% of FDIC-insured institutions per year, which was pre-pandemic pace, we will have ~ 3,300 institutions in 10 years.

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Deposits: Do you want a relationship or fries with that?

Jeff For Banks

They troll the web for best rate banks, assuming one depository with FDIC insurance is no better than another. As its brand evolved, ING and its well-known Orange savings account has been able to attract deposits that are not priced at the top of the market. Its deposit rates are typically at the top of the market.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better. Last post was dedicated to the #5 Bank, German American Bancorp of Jasper, Indiana (see post here ). They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking.