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Ryan Grim

Frank Bites Back, Demands Retraction Of Blue Dog Comments In Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retraction, Walt Minnick, Council, Barney Frank, Recession, Larry Summers, Reform, Regulation, Community Banks, Blue Dog Coalition, Wall Street, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Services Committee, Politico, Blue Dogs, Banks, Economy, Politics News

Backers of President Obama's cornerstone financial regulatory reform proposal pushed back Monday against the Blue Dog Coalition, which is promoting a ...

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Sam Stein

Experts Criticize Obama For Lack Of Focus On Regulation And Community Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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Despite signs of improvement in the U.S. economy, some economic experts, and even officials associated with the recovery effort, have begun to worry a...

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FDIC: U.S. 'Problem' Banks Rise to 305

bloomberg.com | Margaret Chadbourn and Alison Vekshin | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, 305 Problem Banks, Bailout, Community Banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Small Banks, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Problem Banks, Business News

May 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. "problem" banks climbed 21 percent to the highest total in 15 years in the first quarter, and provisions set aside for loan...

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Community Banks Lumped In With Big Players, Forced To Pay High Premiums

washingtonpost.com | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking Bailout, Community Banks, Banking, Banks, Banking Crisis, Bank Bailout, Banking Industry, Regional Banks, Business News

We're hearing a lot these days from well-run regional and community banks that feel that they are being punished for the mistakes of the Citigroups an...

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Banks Declining TARP Funds, $2 Billion Turned Down

bailoutsleuth.com | Avi Klein on February 27, 2009 4:01 PM | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home

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German American Bancorp Inc. said this week it would turn down $25 million in taxpayer capital from the Treasury Department and raise funds through a ...

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Iberiabank Gives Back TARP Funds, Among The First To Do So

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Iberia Bank, Cpp, Iberiabank, Community Banks, TARP Money, Capital Purchase Program, Business News

Iberiabank is giving back its TARP funds, one of the first banks to do so. Iberiabank had accessed nearly $91 million via the government's Capital P...

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Community Banks: TARP Is Not A Bailout

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: TARP Money, Community Banks, Capital Purchase Program, Community Banks Capital Purchase Program, Regional Banks Bailout, TARP Capital Purchase Program, Bank Bailout, Community Banks Bailout, Tarp, Regional Banks, Cpp, Housing Bailout, Tarp Funds, Simple Explanations of the Bank Bailout, Business News

UPDATE: Iberiabank is first bank to return TARP funds it accessed via the CPP program. As Citigroup takes a step closer to nationalization and atten...

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Mortgage Mayhem Misses Main Street Lenders -- How Come?

Bill Donius | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Housing Markets, Mortgages, Subprime Mortgages, Big Banks, Community Banks, Business News
Bill Donius

As a banker this news cycle has been depressing to witness. However, as depressing as it is for me, I can only wonder how dismaying it must be for the average, hard working taxpayer.

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