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Pro-Pot SAFE Banking Act Hits Roadblock In US Senate

PYMNTS

Among the main stories in payments in recent months has been the increasing push to reform federal banking laws so that legal cannabis retailers can move away from their cash-based businesses and move further into the world of the digital payments. On Tuesday (July 23), that push lost some steam, at least temporarily.

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Bank of America personnel, tech spend rises in Q1

BankInovation

billion, “driven by seasonal elevation from payroll taxes, FDIC insurance expense and the cost of adding people,” Bank of […] Bank of America saw noninterest expenses increase year over year as employee and technology costs increased during the first quarter of 2023. WHY IT MATTERS: The $3.1

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Four Ideas on Bank Retail Investment Sales

Jeff For Banks

My firm measures line of business and product profitability for dozens of community financial institutions, and hardly any of them make real money in retail investment sales, if they make any money at all. The most profitable program that we measure, on a pre-tax profit as percent of revenue basis, is one that is totally outsourced.

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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

According to my firm's profitability peer group, a branch with $74 million in average deposits made a mere pre-tax profit of three basis points. Similarly, the annual operating cost per account for a retail checking account is $398. Retail banking is heavily regulated. A very high hurdle in an LMI neighborhood.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). We took a serious reputational hit. credit default swaps anyone?).

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BlueVine Business Checking Account Review: No Fees for Transac

MyBankTracker

Other fees that may apply include: Expedited debit card replacement: $15 Cash deposits at Green Dot retail locations: $4.95 Outgoing wire transfers: $15 FDIC-Insured. What to Do If You Haven’t Been Paying Quarterly Taxes. The post BlueVine Business Checking Account Review: No Fees for Transac first appeared on MyBankTracker.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models

Gonzobanker

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. The chatter at AOBA centered on three important topics: #1: The Breaks.

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