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Philadelphia Fed Launches Poverty Inquiry

American Banker

In an announcement Friday afternoon, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said his regional bank is launching an "Agenda on Poverty and Prosperity" to provide research and recommendations to Fed leaders on the interaction between poverty and economic growth.

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CFPB hosts debt collection rulemaking town hall; Ballard Spahr to hold May 14 webinar

CFPB Monitor

Bureau Research, Markets and Regulations Associate Director David Silberman moderated the discussion that followed and External Affairs Policy Associate Director Andrew Duke provided introductory remarks.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia. million on assets of $1.4

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Guest Post: Year End Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

We all have been reading for years how the United States was dramatically increasing energy production, especially from a method of extracting oil and natural gas in shale regions of the country known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Suddenly the US was the world leader in oil production. Jaworski, gave his last full measure.

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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

State/Regional Partners Reception*. State/Regional Affiliate Associations & Exhibitor Receptions*. Regulators Luncheon*. While a bank must have enough financial capital to perform, says Alan Kaplan, CEO of the executive recruiter firm Kaplan Partners in Philadelphia, it also has to have quality human capital.

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Guest Post: Fourth Quarter and Year End Economic Commentary by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Its stock markets are said to have led the world markets plunge, with clumsy attempts by their regulators’ circuit breakers to stem declines actually making them worse. In our region, the Philly Fed indices of business activity all turned negative in December, but, hey, higher rates will help, right?

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Brown gives his employees $100 to go open accounts across the Philadelphia area and then shares the results: good, bad and humorous. Regional bank CIOs will be watching closely to see if Fiserv can pull off its most complex conversion in years and finally challenge FIS IBS in the regional space.

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