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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. They need a marketing person to title their reports.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

If this were 2006, things would be good. Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market.

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Bankers and Strategic Bets. A Slow Embrace.

Jeff For Banks

When I wrote that post in January 2011 there were 7,700 FDIC insured financial institutions. Didn't even exist in 2006. SunTrust - Developed Lightstream , a national online lending platform to provide consumer loans for practically any purpose. Did I get caught up in the change-or-die crowd? Was I, gulp, a futurist?

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold 2008 Cordelia Frances Biddle Biddle, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War 2021 Alan S. Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath 2015 Peter L.

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