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BlueVine Business Checking Account Review: No Fees for Transac

MyBankTracker

To sweeten the deal: Your account balance (up to $100,000) earns a market-leading interest rate. Earn a Market-Leading Interest Rate. The ATM operator may impose an additional surcharge on this transaction.). Outgoing wire transfers: $15 FDIC-Insured. What to Do If You Haven’t Been Paying Quarterly Taxes.

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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? According to my firm's profitability peer group, a branch with $74 million in average deposits made a mere pre-tax profit of three basis points.

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. And since NIMs are holding steady, it leaves me to think that operating expense control or increased profitability in fee-based businesses are at work. As balance sheets grow, operating expenses grow less, creating greater efficiency. Positive operating leverage!

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Can You Have Multiple Brokerage Accounts? When It Makes Sense

MyBankTracker

Many brokerage companies operate their own mutual funds. Money Market Rates. When your money isn’t invested in the market, your brokerage will keep your cash in a money market fund. Each brokerage operates its own money market fund and the interest rates can vary. Recordkeeping and Taxes.

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Three Wishes for Bankers

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , seven percent of US households were unbanked, meaning they had no account at an insured financial institution, and 19% were underbanked, meaning they used non-traditional financial providers like pre-paid cards and/or payday lenders. But the tax thing.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. Webster says FDIC officials had “no issue” with the mortgage company’s use of electronic signatures during a recent exam of PrivatePlus Mortgage. By Howard Schneider. Fewer errors.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

Percentage of Uninsured Deposits: At the time of failure, SVB had approximately 88% of their deposits above the FDIC-insured $250k limit and ran at 95% at the end of last year. Previously, if banks were able to borrow against these securities, it would be at 98% of the market value or less, depending on the investment type.