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Welcome to New Orleans

Independent Banker

I’m from Detroit: Henry Ford came out with the Model T and said, “Look, you can have any color you want as long as it’s black.” So we want our checking accounts to be FDIC insured. People tend to overestimate the security of the status quo. One thing I think is really important for community banks is customer experience.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. Detroit and Its Banks: The Story of Detroit Bank & Trust 1974 Bob Woodward Woodward, Bob Maestro: Greenspan's Fed And The American Boom 2000 Robert Wright Wright, Robert Genealogy of American Finance 2015 Robert E.

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