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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

We have a long way to go before recapturing the home price highs of 2006 and 2007, but it is a start. The “Fiscal Cliff” Who in their right minds would have so many critical tax codes and laws expiring all on the same year-end date? The tax bracket changes become permanent and that will allow planning to resume.

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

Jeff For Banks

Construction concentration criteria : Loans for construction, land, and land development (CLD) represent 100% or more of a banking institution's total risk-based capital. But isn't fast growth by itself an indicator of increased risk of failure, regardless of the loans that fueled the growth? The below two charts tell a story.

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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

More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. To you, manage your interest rate risk. Before becoming desperate and trading interest rate risk for credit risk.

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Many businesses remain uncertain due to the increased regulatory burden, the drama in the insurance markets due to Obamacare, income tax changes, and a still high unemployment rate at 7%, which serves to keep personal incomes in check and consumer spending under wraps. and Janney Capital Markets at 2.1% Just saying.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships. The Customer Experience Award – Goes to Capital One for moving fleet-footed to react to the new realities of retail banking.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

If I said it once, I said it one thousand times: “My biggest fear is that the Fed is sowing the seeds of the next crisis with their flatter yield curve tricks, leaving many investors holding these low yielding long bonds when rates rise in future years, unable to get out without substantial capital losses.” We should all be so lucky.

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My top five Decentralized Finance predictions for 2020

Lex Sokolin

According to Blockchain Capital below, nearly 40% of the stablecoin market is Ethereum-based Tether, accounting for 80% of transaction value overall. It’s like watching Mint.com emerge in 2007. If you raised money from SoftBank, you have to take on large risk, while the banks will take another 5 years to touch real DeFi. (2)