DALLAS - (01/12/05)-- Southwest Corporate FCU said itscredit union CEO Confidence Index plunged again to a new low. Thesurvey of nearly 500 CEOs during December 2004 found the index fellto 38.75, from 41.06 in September and 47.40 a year ago. In thesurvey, CEOs are asked to rate their confidence in the economy aspositive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, andnegative. The survey asks credit union executive to assess thecurrent financial condition of their credit union and their creditunion members as well as expected conditions six months fromnow.
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Lake Shore Bancorp in Western New York has reached a "standstill agreement" with the Stilwell Group, which has promised not to force a merger or sale in the next three years.
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Swiss banking giant UBS Group received federal approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to convert its $1.6 trillion-asset UBS Bank USA from a Utah-chartered industrial bank to a national charter.
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Early industry reaction to the Federal Reserve's Basel III proposals points to potential capital relief for banks, though stakeholders say the complexity of the changes makes their overall impact unclear.
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Financial institutions that delay or fail to take this leap risk losing customers and revenue, said speakers at the inaugural On-Chain Executive Summit.
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CISA and Microsoft urge organizations to secure endpoint management systems as threat actors increasingly seek to disrupt operations with wiper malware.
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Piermont Bank hired Dennis Day for a new executive role focused on payments; the American Bankers Association announced the global expansion of its widely used Fraud Contact Directory; MC Bankshares moved one step closer to finalizing its sale to an investor group; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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