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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The operating cost is largely attributable to the distribution through the branch network and regulation. The edited Q&A is below.

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Deposits: Do you want a relationship or fries with that?

Jeff For Banks

They troll the web for best rate banks, assuming one depository with FDIC insurance is no better than another. First Internet Bank of Indiana is primarily a pure Internet play that does not enjoy the same brand splash as ING. Internet depositors most likely have no affinity for the bank in which they do business.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

Last post was dedicated to the #5 Bank, German American Bancorp of Jasper, Indiana (see post here ). Bank of the Ozarks began in 1903 as a small community bank in Jasper, Arkansas, and by 1937, included an additional bank in Ozark, Arkansas. I will review my top five in descending order. billion bank with a 3.60% ROA year to date.