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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. It has since been modified and the list removed because it was too obvious what they were doing.

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Community Banking According to Andy

Jeff For Banks

10/ @Schornack For perspective, the net interest income + non-interest income (Revenues for 2012) were a total of $4.2 This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. million in 2012 to $12.2 12/ @Schornack So this was my charge.

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Beneficial State Bank’s financial activism

Independent Banker

Under the leadership of CEO Randell Leach, Beneficial State Bank is pursuing an ambitious mission of financial activism and strong corporate values. The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism.

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Why Branch Building (Sometimes) Makes Sense

Celent Banking

The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater rock off Tuscany, in January 2012, resulting in 32 deaths. One noteworthy item in its 2017 study is the continuous measured decline in average monthly teller transaction volume from 1992 – 2012. Source: 2017 FMSI Teller Line Study.

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Powering-Up Tools: Your Marketing and Communications Resources

Independent Banker

Leading a team of marketing and communications experts, he is an outside-the-box thinker who believes strongly in the mission of the organization and the importance of community banks. Our members are thought leaders and visionaries who are the backbone of every community,” he says. Community Banking Month.

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Among the Last to Leave

Independent Banker

Army Infantry Platoon leader who became a community banking manager. It’s no different in community banking. When I returned home from the deployment, the support I had from my community was clear—the same way Think Mutual Bank supports its local community. By Jeff Sabatke. It was 1 a.m.

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American Greed: Can being an honest broker be banks and credit unions competitive advantage?

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2012 Boston College Center for Retirement Research study , 63% of American males (why only males I do not know) participated exclusively in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans in 2007, up from 47% in 1992. Others use very large financial institutions that can only loosely be called banks. Probably not.

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