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How to Manage Your Efficiency Ratio with Loan Size

South State Correspondent

The national banks have already indicated how they plan to reverse the efficiency ratio increase – through headcount reduction. The national banks have been clear and loud about how they intend to decrease their efficiency ratios – with headcount reductions. That is, bank managers should incent the desired portfolio construction.

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Live Nation Settles With DOJ Over Ticketmaster Antitrust Violation

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Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. The agreement — which was set to expire in 2020 — bars Live Nation from forcing venues to use Ticketmaster when they want to book tours, as well as retaliating when a venue uses another ticketing service.

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easyJet’s New Instagram Booking Takes Off

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It manage to keep it open for less than two weeks (13 days to be exact) when hoards of camera-toting tourists flocked to the location to grab that perfect shot. In 2016 in had over 50,000, according to National Geographic. Demonstrable, and occasionally annoying. In 2016 China opened the world’s highest and longest glass platform.

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Lawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law

PYMNTS

to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to agree on how strict the rule should be. If Congress comes up with a national law, the tech companies hope it will override what California has on the books. I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t manage to come up with a draft at all.”

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. More sophisticated entities can handle a higher ratio because they possess system and managerial sophistication to manage the risk.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. More sophisticated entities can handle a higher ratio because they possess system and managerial sophistication to manage the risk.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

That's the number of books in John Maxfield's banking book library. Doesn't your bank have a bank book library? Two hundred and forty three books. Books are in author last-name order. Because it's a library's worth of books! Two hundred and forty three. How do I know? He sent me his list. Interesting idea.

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