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Welcome to New Orleans

Independent Banker

I’m from Detroit: Henry Ford came out with the Model T and said, “Look, you can have any color you want as long as it’s black.” So we want our checking accounts to be FDIC insured. We want to have easy access to our online accounts, we want our credit cards to be beautiful, et cetera. But what happens next?

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street 2009 William D. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F. Bovenzi Bovenzi, John F.

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