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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

Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 800%, only to fall 740% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? What caused it? credit default swaps anyone?).

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Are the regulators getting you down?

Jeff For Banks

The FDIC has nearly quadrupled its enforcement actions (“EA”) over the past three years. Imagine a bank that seeks to grow organically by positioning itself as a small business expert within its communities. Perhaps the bank would like to pay higher than market dividend yields because their investor base enjoys dividends.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

market for legal weed. Such prohibition could involve limiting FDIC protections for those deposits, for example, or trying to prevent loans to those businesses. Without access to legitimate banking services, the people who run those cannabis shops are forced into “connections” with unsavory people from the black market.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight in Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

market for legal weed. Such prohibition could involve limiting FDIC protections for those deposits, for example, or trying to prevent loans to those businesses. Without access to legitimate banking services, the people who run those cannabis shops are forced into “connections” with unsavory people from the black market.

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