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A most significant global institution, the G20, made up of the sovereign heads of the 23 largest global economies, late last year formally accepted the responsibility of creating a global identification system for financial market participants and the financial products they trade in.

To increase the odds of a successful execution many organizations create "strategy centered scorecards" to measure the journey toward their established vision and objectives.

Why shouldn't the public know the CAMEL rating and associated problems in a credit union when the CEO is under consideration for an NCUA Board post? The public has a right to know.

The former PSCU Financial Services in St. Petersburg, Fla., is now just PSCU. It's new tagline and brand are a simple word: "Forward". CEO Mike Kelly says the company is living that word through the "relentless pursuit of better ways."

Editor's note: Morning Scan will not publish on Friday, April 6 in observance of the Good Friday holiday. We'll be back on Monday, April 9.

The Durbin amendment did not so much make the economics of low value payments unsustainable as reveal the fundamental truth that they were unsustainable to begin with.

Nancy and Ray are day-trippers, but their usual destination is not a historical or cultural attraction. Instead, they scour the highways and byways looking for ATMs lacking proper fee-notice signs. When they find one, they make a cash withdrawal, take a picture, and file a class-action lawsuit. And they are not alone.

Receiving Wide Coverage ...Dream State: Just stop for a second. Put down your coffee and consider this: the head of the government said the nation’s biggest banks are too strong, make too much money and need to be broken up.

Re: "Bank of America Sold Card Debts to Collectors Despite Faulty Records"

On a recent flight, the gentleman next to me shared a banking story that made my day.