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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

According to the FDIC, the causes of the 2008-09 financial crisis lay partly in the housing boom and bust of the mid-2000s; partly in the degree to which the U.S. According to the FDIC, the causes of the 2008-09 financial crisis lay partly in the housing boom and bust of the mid-2000s; partly in the degree to which the U.S.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Using FDIC data, we took into account pre-tax return-on-assets (ROA) figures from the past three years, with the most recent year weighted at 3x, second most recent year at 2x and third most recent year at 1x. Stearns Bank National Association. Saint Cloud. Wallis Bank. Metro City Bank. Greensboro. Cross River Bank. Cedar Rapids.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Using FDIC data for 2021, we calculated a lender score out of 100 for each community bank. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. By Ed Avis. Methodology. First Savings Bank of Hegewisch. Farmers State Bank.

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How Two Expense Reports Cost a Bank's Shareholders $2.5M

American Banker

A breakdown in internal controls at Bank of Princeton almost killed a deal to sell the company to Investors Bancorp.

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