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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. Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F. Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World 2011 William D.

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Bankers and Strategic Bets. A Slow Embrace.

Jeff For Banks

Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? When I wrote that post in January 2011 there were 7,700 FDIC insured financial institutions. Leader Bank - A $1.2 The bank now licenses the product to other financial institutions. Did I get caught up in the change-or-die crowd?

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Banking's Total Return Top 5

Jeff For Banks

For comparison purposes, here are last year''s top five, as measured during September, 2011: #1 BofI Holdings, Inc. #2 2 Signature Bank #3 ESB Financial Corporation #4 Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. #5 and Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. Those buckshot banks don''t have much representation in this top 5 list. Well done! #3.

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Lack of an M&A Strategy May Leave You Dateless at the Prom

Gonzobanker

The vast majority of exits came from banks with less than $100 million in assets, and more than 10,000 of these institutions left the financial services landscape between 1984 and 2011 due to mergers and failures. At the same time, the pace of new bank charters has dwindled to near non-existence.