Is It a Wise Hand-Up, or An Unfair Handout?
Strugglers' eligibility for small-business funds is in question
American Banker | Feb 9 | Free with RegistrationThe Obama administration has pledged $30 billion to help community banks boost small-business lending. That has led to a big debate centering on one issue: Should strugglers ...
Hedge Gains Prompt New Look at the Bottom Line
American Banker | Feb 9 | Free with RegistrationAmong the small tribe of analysts and consultants who follow such things, Wells Fargo holds a reputation for savvily hedging the value of its mortgage servicing portfolio.
Banks' Eureka Moment on Mobile Services
American Banker | Feb 9Financial companies, discovering that people who bank by phone don't always bank online, are changing how they look at mobile services.
Thain Faces Headwinds in Effort to Transform CIT
American Banker | Feb 9One of John Thain's challenges as the new chairman and CEO of CIT Group will be persuading regulators to let the commercial finance company become more bank-like.
Monday's Bank Stock Wrap
Report on Bernanke Plan Spooks Investors
American Banker | Feb 9 | Free with RegistrationBanking stocks fell Monday after a report surfaced that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will lay out plans this week to tighten credit at banks in coming months as the economy rebounds.
Announcement
American Banker Symposium: Best Practices in Retail
Speakers include: Martin Bischoff, vice chairman, Citizens Financial; Ricky Brown, senior EVP, BB&T; Shelagmichael Brown, EVP, BBVA Compass; Brad Dinsmore, group EVP, Citigroup; Eugene Ludwig, CEO, Promontory Financial; Aubrey Patterson, chairman and CEO, BancorpSouth; Peyton Patterson, chairman and CEO, New Alliance Bancshares; and Diana L. Starcher, group EVP, Wells Fargo.
U.S. Banker
The Small Business Issue
If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies.
Viewpoint
Why Lenders Can't Do Workouts
A financial services consulting exec explains why it's a bad idea for community banks to rely on their lending staff to handle workouts, and advises them to consider workout consultants.
A Closer Look
Epic Crisis, Middling Contraction in Consumer Credit
So far, the recent contraction in consumer credit has been roughly in line with the aftermath of the relatively mild 1990-1991 recession.
