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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation. The operating cost is largely attributable to the distribution through the branch network and regulation. Since a bank can't cut regulation, they trim their branch network to lower those costs. What does that write-up look like?

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Deposits: Do you want a relationship or fries with that?

Jeff For Banks

Regulators have been particularly harsh to those banks whose business plans call for other-than-traditional deposit acquisition. If your bank has brokered deposits, Internet deposits, jumbo CDs, rewards checking, and in some cases CDARs, a regulator near you may be calling to order you to seek more traditional funding.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better. Last post was dedicated to the #5 Bank, German American Bancorp of Jasper, Indiana (see post here ). They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking.