Regional Banks

Community Bank To Pay Customers To Open Accounts In Response To BofA's Fees

Posted 10.14.2011

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While many banking giants are starting to charge fees for debit card use and other once-free services on checking accounts, one regional bank is doing...

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New Rules Help Regional Banks At Expense Of Big Banks: Analysis

Posted 08.27.2011

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NEW YORK (David Henry and Dan Wilchins) - New regulations announced over the weekend will likely benefit PNC Financial Services Group Inc, US Banc...

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Big Banks Are Still Sassy, but Their Branch Offices Are Running Scared

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 08.02.2011

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Nicholas Carroll

As the big banks shrink in assets by their own choices, average Americans can help them shrink to a size where they're no longer Too-Big-To-Fail. Because somewhere ahead is a tipping point, where they become Small Enough To Fail.

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As TARP Ends, Small Banks Still Struggling To Repay

Reuters | Joe Rauch and Dave Clarke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reuters) - The U.S. government's $700 billion bailout of the financial system has become a form of long-standing aid for many of the nation's small an...

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Investing Local: Can the City of Angels Move Its Money?

Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.25.2011

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As New Mexico leads the new wave of "invest local" innovation, Los Angeles is preparing for a hearing next week on its own version of policy-driven changes in banking strategy.

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TARP Continues

bloomberg.com | Elizabeth Hester and Linda Shen | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the U.S. economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional...

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Fed Regional Bank Heads: Congress Threatening Central Bank's Autonomy

bloomberg.com | Scott Lanman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve regional bank presidents are trying to ward off congressional efforts to weaken their clout, saying the moves m...

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Commercial Real Estate Bust Looms For Regional Banks

Jul. 24, 2009 | Colin Barr, Senior Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Regional banks can no longer ignore the elephant in the room -- their exposure to the commercial real estate bust. Though housi...

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

washingtonpost.com | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Community Banks: TARP Is Not A Bailout

Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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