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What Should a Bank Sound Like?

Banking 2020

In the digital world, though, banks are now competing against a growing group of non-traditional providers like PayPal or Venmo. You might protest, “we have to sound like that because the FHA/FDIC/FCRA requires it,” but I don’t buy it. The personal touch matters, now more than ever. Technology magnifies the problem.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F. Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. History of the Eighties: An Examination of the Banking Crises of the 1980s and Early 1990s (Volumes 1 & 2) 1997 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

The rapid emergence of crowdfunding, alternative lending, and peer-to-peer transactions strongly indicates that small businesses are shifting away from the traditional banking environment. According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1%