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Re: "Geithner Blames SBLF Delays on Bank Regulators"

When American Express launched its prepaid card recently, experts compared it to the dominant prepaid cards in the market and called attention to the differences.

Re "Shiller on Why Valuing Banks' Real Estate Holdings Is 'Simmering Problem' "

"If only we could see the whole relationship on one screen" is the lament of every executive dedicated to raising the bank's cross-sell ratios.

A total of 360,083 North American Citigroup credit card accounts were affected by a recent breach of customer's names, emails, account numbers and transaction histories. This is a breach that could have been avoided by inserting simple access controls.

The banking industry is getting more scrutiny. That scrutiny can and should include a look at who is in charge.

The political effort to derail the Durbin amendment has been driven by a cynical and false argument that small banks that are exempt from the regulation, nonetheless, will ultimately be forced to receive the lower regulated rates.

What major banking stories from the last 175 years would you like to see from our archives?

Credit unions like to think of themselves as Main Street institutions, but seldom give thought to how Main Street itself has morphed and evolved, much of it often painful.

Hope and optimism: That should be the outlook for CUs today. We are the best option for consumers, and that drives everything that we do.