WASHINGTON
The budget bill that President Clinton signed into law last week
REGIONAL BANKING
The National Association of Urban Bankers has helped minorities increase
The rival bid for Greater New York Savingsis said to have come from
CORPORATE FINANCE
OVER $11.25 billion of collateralized loan and bond obligations have
As others retreat, Fleet plans to expand in the municipal bond business.
COMMUNITY BANKING
One of the nation's few union-owned banks, Amalgamated Bank of New York,
MORTGAGES
Ginnie Mae president Kevin Chavers wants his agency to play a central
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
The capital gains tax reduction that made such a splash in last week's
Lincoln National, fortified by a deal to buy a Cigna unit, is planning
CREDIT/DEBIT/ATMs
Vital Processing Services, Visa's merchant processing partnership with
TECHNOLOGY
Fleet has retooled its call center systems with software from Scopus
Firefly Network, whose Internet intelligent-agent system brings people
MARKET MONITOR
Rebuffing Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, the Financial Accounting