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A Better Deal

Independent Banker

Tax credits for Main Street lending. As a small urban community bank, North Valley Bank is increasingly challenged with heavily government-subsidized competition. In response, ICBA is promoting a new tax policy idea as part of its Plan for Prosperity regulatory-relief legislative package.

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Taking Our Stand

Independent Banker

The National Credit Union Administration’s irresponsible power play earlier this year to ignore the explicit member business lending limits Congress has set for credit unions could not be ignored. percent-total-asset cap on credit union commercial lending that Congress purposefully put in place. Supreme Court if necessary.

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Hot Wheels

Independent Banker

Troy Peters, Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. Half a dozen years ago, the community bank held $13 million in auto loans. Considering exiting auto lending.

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Hot Wheels

Independent Banker

Troy Peters, Jonestown Bank & Trust Co. Competition and regulatory risk in car lending race off. Indirect auto lending has played a major role for Security Federal Savings Bank in Jasper, Ala. Half a dozen years ago, the community bank held $13 million in auto loans. Considering exiting auto lending.

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What Can a HELOC do for You? A Guide for VT & NH Homeowners

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As a homeowner, there may be times when you question the advantages of ownership as you calculate the annual amounts you spend on property taxes, home repairs, homeowners’ insurance, and mortgage payments. If you’re unsure of your home’s value, the lending team at Union Bank can help you determine the current amount of equity in your home.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad? What caused it?

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Thoughtful lending and an open mind keep profits strong for incoming ICBA chairman Jack Hartings. The Peoples Bank Co. While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. s main office in Coldwater.

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