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The Folly of Peer Groups

Jeff For Banks

But because financial information on competitors is so readily available in banking (we must report to the FDIC our quarterly results and it is available to all), we become over-reliant on them. See below for a snapshot from an Umpqua Bank of Portland, Oregon UBPR. Regulators fall victim to this trap too. That’s the only criteria.

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Millennials Not Alone in Fleeing Big Banks

NCR

So last year, the New York resident left the big bank, setting up an account with Simple, an FDIC-insured direct bank based in Portland, Oregon, where he can do all of his banking online – without any monthly fees. “I Not surprisingly, after months of getting dinged for “maintenance,” Coleman had enough.

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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. The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm 2009 Lowell L. Bonadio Bonadio, Felice A. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F.

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