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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

The FDIC's quarterly Supervisory Insights for Summer 2011 had a list! Imagine the community bank that is experienced in lending to fuel oil businesses in or near its markets because it's comfortable using trucks, tanks, and oil inventory as collateral. What were disfavored industries?

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Powering-Up Tools: Your Membership Resources

Independent Banker

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Bank Board Reports: War and Peace or Cliff Notes?

Jeff For Banks

Executive recruiter Alan Kaplan recently wrote an article for Bank Director magazine titled What Makes Great Boards Great. Sure, there will be some that do. But my suspicion is there are more that do not. How could they? It's 300 pages! In two days! And most Board members have full time jobs!

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Building Financially Empowered Youth; Our Future Depends on Them

Filene

Earlier this summer, Filene released a research report that examined a systemic problem we face in this country—the lack of accessible financial service options in many low-income, urban communities. Young STAR members also contributed money advice that was printed in BRAVA magazine. Project Teen Money.

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Four Ideas on Bank Retail Investment Sales

Jeff For Banks

Bank Investment Consultant magazine recently published the results of a bank/credit union investment sales benchmarking report from Kehrer Bielan Research and Consulting. trillion in assets , while bank assets in all FDIC insured financial institutions was $14.7 Because it can''t be because our customers don''t demand it.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Or read him in Bank Director magazine. Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. Bye Bye Banks: The End of Community Banking as an Engine of Economic Growth 2010 Robert H. I bet he read them all. It oozes out of him in his writings and in his conversations.

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