WASHINGTON
Efforts to reform Home Loan bank investment policies are running into
NATIONAL/GLOBAL
GE Capital said it would buy an $11 billion loan portfolio from Long-
As banks, insurers, and securities firms merge, a few schools are
COMMUNITY/REGIONAL
South Shore of Chicago is unveiling a $20 million loan program today
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
INSURANCE: After getting off to a slow start in life insurance sales,
Dedicated insurance agents at banks are not producing hefty revenues for
GLOBAL MUTUAL FUNDS
Instead of locking Alliance Capital into a single joint venture in
MORTGAGES
Sanwa Bank is scheduled to close Japan's first securitization of
Consolidation of mortgage servicing continues as Mellon evaluates bids
CARDS
A trade group for small banks may play an important role for the defense
An Oregon subprime lender has joined the growing ranks of card companies
DIGITAL FRONTIERS
Bank of Montreal finds volunteers eager to test banking via mobile
TECHNOLOGY
Hewlett-Packard said it is committing $35 million toward system
MARKETS
Investors continued their flight from bank stocks, worried that a