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This Week’s Reads: Underbanked, Checks, Biometrics

Banking 2020

From the years 2003 to 2013, the amount of checks used for payments has decreased from 36 million to 18 billion. The disappearing check: how long until the end?:

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What Does A Booming Economy Look Like?

Banking 2020

We saw 5% annualized growth in the third quarter of 2014, the best news of its kind since 2003 — and there’s plenty more. Late in December, the federal government released figures that unquestionably reveal an economy growing rapidly. Consumer spending is up (by.07%

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Henry P Davison: The Record of a Useful Life 2015 Hope Lampert Lampert, Hope Behind Closed Doors: Wheeling and Dealing in the Banking World 1986 Monica Langley Langley, Monica Tearing Down the Walls: How Sandy Weill Fought His Way to the Top of the Financial World. Roth and the Franklin National Bank 1987 E. Rohatyn Rohatyn, Felix G.

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