Sat.Oct 08, 2011 - Fri.Oct 14, 2011

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The Elephant in the Room: Branches

Jeff For Banks

'In keeping up with industry reading it is clear to me that we, as an industry, are perplexed at what to do about branching. The recently released FDIC Summary of Deposits showed the second year of branch decline. The most recent ABA study on delivery channel preference showed online banking eclipsing branch transactions for the 55+ set. That''s right. old people letting their fingers do the walking.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

'Another Volatile Quarter I know I risk sounding too negative, but we cannot seem to shake the crisis mentality that keeps whipsawing bond and stock markets. The crisis du jour originated in Europe with crushing debt levels in Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Ireland and who knows where else. Germany remains fairly strong but sometimes appears to be coming to the rescue, sometimes not.

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