Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) were primary sponsors for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was signed by President Obama on July 21, 2010. I don''t believe they require large bailouts (Note: Actual July 2008 quote by the gentleman from Massachusetts. See video below).

Massachusetts 71

Massachusetts Florida Regulation Video 71

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. Keeping up communication. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. LESS THAN $250 MILLION.

Community Bank 164

Community Bank Community Texas Leadership 164

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. 1 issue raised by CEOs in our surveys, bankers had to craft a new and compelling post-Covid value proposition to attract it. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down. Nobody did.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

When M-Pesa first went online in Afghanistan in 2009, police officers who agreed to be paid through a pilot program with the system thought they had all gotten a raise — according to BBC reports — because their salary appeared to have gone up 30 percent. It seems when it comes time to pay the piper in the store, consumers in the U.S.

Mobile 119

Mobile Study Survey United States 119

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

While everyone is gearing up for the Oscars, some of us may be in La La Land blithely ignoring smoke coming from the auto industry. Turns out numbers are popping up in other places that corroborates the bigger picture. Mobile is the wave of the future in payments, and the wave shows no sign of cresting. From Ring comes ca-ching.

Lending 101

Lending New York Retail CA 101

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Long-time Free-Space Optics (FSO) player AOptix has shut up shop and is selling off its assets at auction next week… the company is currently trying to shop around its intellectual property. For those who’ve been reading, we’ve had failure on the brain recently. Some of the fail-related research we’ve issued includes: The Downround Tracker.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

The Main Street storefront: Growing so rapidly, one must wonder if there are enough hammers, nails and plaster to keep up. The fitness industry was up 6 percent, driven in part by 7 percent employment growth. Clearly the smaller business climate is muscling up. The banks, bankers and traders want Dodd-Frank scaled back.

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Bitcoin Maine Retail Lending 100