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Overspending on Debit Cards Is a Boon for Banks
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

This is a good article on the issue of overdraft fees and legislation to force banks to take steps that will help consumers avoid overdraft fees. Some disturbing stats mentioned in the article:...

Article | Sep 9, 2009 | Views: 157 | Comments: 0 
Tags: debt, banks, checking accounts, banking industry, debit cards, overdraft fees, banking regulation, nsf fees

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Fed Documents Fuel Concerns About Expanding Central Bank's Role
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Documents unearthed by congressional investigators reveal disagreements among senior Federal Reserve officials about how to handle Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, fueling...

Article | Jun 28, 2009 | Views: 163 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, bank of america, federal reserve, merrill lynch, banking industry, financial crisis, regulations

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First Bank Failure of 2009: National Bank of Commerce in Illinois
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

National Bank of Commerce in Illinois was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the FDIC was named receiver. It didn't take long into 2009 to get our first failure...

Article | Jan 16, 2009 | Views: 166 | Comments: 1 
Tags: banks, fdic, banking industry, bank failures

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Better Alternative to the $700 Billion Paulson Bailout Plan?
Submitted by ktexas  (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)

The problem is not a lack of liquidity, it is not a lack of trust, it is not lack of consumer confidence, it is not subprime lending, and in fact the problem is not housing at all. The problem...

Article | Sep 22, 2008 | Views: 333 | Comments: 2 
Tags: economy, banking industry, government bailouts

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New Reward Checking Account Stats: Profitable for Banks?
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

Many reward checking accounts continue to offer yields of 5% APY, and several still offer 6% APY. The best reward checking yield in the nation is 7.01% APY that has been offered by MidWest America...

Article | Sep 1, 2008 | Views: 608 | Comments: 1 
Tags: high yield checking, checking accounts, banking industry, debit cards, reward checking

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Small Banks Face a Looming Hit From Builders' Interest-Reserve Loans
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Regulators are increasingly worried about a lending practice that allows real-estate developers to delay paying construction-loan interest but can mask problems at the banks that made the loans.

Article | Jun 26, 2008 | Views: 256 | Comments: 0 
Tags: housing slump, banking industry, bank failures, interest reserves

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Has the American Dream Become a Fairy Tale?
Submitted by ktexas  (finance.yahoo.com)

A creatively written fairy tale of the mortgage mess

Article | Jun 12, 2008 | Views: 364 | Comments: 2 
Tags: subprime, housing bubble, mortgage mess, banking industry

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Bank of America Is Firm on Countrywide Buyout
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

Many say this is a horrible deal, but Bank of America seems intent to close this deal. Here's one quote from a Bank of America official that was mentioned in the article: “We understood that...

Article | Jun 8, 2008 | Views: 368 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bank of america, countrywide, credit crisis, banking industry, mortgage meltdown

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Homes in foreclosure top 1 million
Submitted by ktexas  (money.cnn.com)

Mortgage bankers report hits grim a benchmark in first quarter, showing a record number of homes in jeopardy. This marks the sixth straight quarter in which a record percentage of loans went...

Article | Jun 5, 2008 | Views: 310 | Comments: 0 
Tags: foreclosures, economy, mortgage mess, banking industry

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Bad Omens for Banks?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.businessweek.com)

Nobody was expecting an easy year for U.S. banks, but many observers thought the bulk of the industry's credit troubles would come in the first quarter. Now, it seems the rest of the year may be...

Article | Jun 2, 2008 | Views: 271 | Comments: 1 
Tags: economy, credit crisis, banking industry, keycorp

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US banks borrow $50 billion via new Fed facility
Submitted by ktexas  (www.ft.com)

US banks have been quietly borrowing massive amounts of money from the Federal Reserve in recent weeks by using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch....

Article | Feb 19, 2008 | Views: 413 | Comments: 0 
Tags: subprime, federal reserve, credit crunch, banking industry

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Bank of America reports steep earnings decline
Submitted by ktexas  (money.cnn.com)

Bank of America said its net income plunged 95 percent to $268 million, or 5 cents a share, from $5.26 billion, or $1.16 a share, a year earlier. The results were much worse than analysts had...

Article | Jan 22, 2008 | Views: 333 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bank of america, banks, banking industry

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Bank of America's awesome Countrywide tax break
Submitted by ktexas  (money.cnn.com)

Guess who's helping Bank of America pay for its $4.1 billion purchase of Countrywide Financial? Answer: The taxpayers of the United States. That's because Bank of America, which is solidly...

Article | Jan 12, 2008 | Views: 573 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bank of america, countrywide, banking industry



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