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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market. Sure, your home value declined, but what does that mean to someone with little to no mortgage and isn't in the market to sell? Forcing savers into equities, which has driven markets up. Taxes go down?

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Are the regulators getting you down?

Jeff For Banks

The FDIC has nearly quadrupled its enforcement actions (“EA”) over the past three years. Bay National failed on July 9th. Perhaps the bank would like to pay higher than market dividend yields because their investor base enjoys dividends. The stark increase in such orders has been alarming. I would vote no.

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

Jeff For Banks

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. What is the trend in your market? Let your markets and customers do the talking. Maybe sub out an economist or two.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Jack Hartings and Mindy Kremer, marketing director for Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater, talk in a patient care unit. When the economy came crashing down in 2009, The Peoples Bank was able to work with customers facing hard times. Today the bank originates almost three times as many secondary market loans as portfolio mortgages.

Ohio 70
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Cryptocurrency risks, rewards and red flags for financial institutions

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 While these financial products are appealing, the lack of stability and consumer protections surrounding them are a concern for the FDIC. ? . Takeaway 3 Financial institutions should notify the FDIC of crypto-related activity and be familiar with the risks of the cryptocurrency world. . A new and unpredictable market.

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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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