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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Sure, we bought some December options on west Texas crude at $100 a barrel, but it was only with a third of the 401(k)—plenty of time to make that up, right? It’s hard for any banker to avoid gulping at the sheer long-term performance of George Gleason II and his team at the Bank of the Ozarks. ” – Tom Armstrong. That’s two.