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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. We have seen the elimination of several regulations; the lifting of burdensome regulations will help everyone. Dorothy has been with Penn Community Bank and its predecessor since November, 2004. Tax cut and tax reform proposals have been floated.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Heavy-handed regulators. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. FinTech threats and distractions.

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Can a Simple Word Change Reshape the Brokered-Deposit Market?

American Banker

Community bankers say that reclassifying "reciprocal deposits" as a less risky type of deposit will help them to compete with large banks. Some deposit brokers are crying foul, arguing that the proposed legislation would put them at a competitive disadvantage.

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Does Brokered-Deposit Bill Give Special Treatment to Promontory?

American Banker

Some providers of deposit-placement services to banks are crying foul over a proposal they say would give the market's dominant player, Promontory Interfinancial Network, an even bigger competitive edge.