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Celent Banking Blog » Celent Model Bank Awards 2011
The capstone of Celent’s Innovation and Insight Day held in Atlanta, GA last week was the recognition of Celent Model Bank award recipients for 2011. For the most part, it’s not much fun to be a banker these days. The news media, consumer advocates, regulators and politicians alike seem to make
132 Bank Failures So Far in 2010 -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href="http://register.zacks.com/ucd/step1.php?ALERT=alpha&ADID=ALPHA_content_welcome">Zacks.com</a>submits:</strong><p>Bank failures continue unabated as the U.S. regulators closed down three more banks on Friday. Out of the three failed banks, two were based in Missouri and one in
Bank MHC: Connecticut MHC to Acquire Stock Bank for $13m
Nutmeg Financial MHC, the mutual holding company for Naugatuck Savings Bank, Naugatuck, CT, has reached an agreement to purchase Castle Bank&Trust Company, Meriden, CT, a stock bank, for $13 million in cash, the parties announced today. Following the acquisition, Castle will operate as a separately
What Made Six More Banks Fail -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://www.leasingnews.org/'>Christopher Menkin</a>submits:</strong><p><strong><br></strong><img src="http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/9/21/saupload_maritime_logo_1.png" align="right" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="184" height="127" />The 125th FDIC-insured institution to
Proof That America's Last Banking Crisis Wasn't Wasted -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com'>Rolfe Winkler, CFA</a>submits:</strong><div><div><div><div><p>White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel famously said that crises shouldn’t be wasted. Lucky for U.S. financial markets, the 80s savings and loan debacle wasn’t.
Restructuring Should be Positive for Spanish Savings Banks -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href="http://www.researchrecap.com/">Research Recap</a>submits:</strong><p><em><strong>Restructuring of the ailing Spanish savings bank sector through mergers and other consolidations is likely to prove positive for their intrinsic financial health.</strong></em></p><p>In a Special
Glass-Steagall History Lesson -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://rortybomb.wordpress.com'></a>Rortybomb submits:</strong><p>So there’s good news for financial reform. Before we talk about it, we need to get in the time machine and travel back to the 20th century for a quick refresher.</p><p><img
Bank Failures Reach 140 in 2009 -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href="http://register.zacks.com/ucd/step1.php?ALERT=alpha&ADID=ALPHA_content_welcome">Zacks.com</a>submits:</strong><p><em><strong>Regulators shut down 7 more banks in California, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois</strong></em><br><br>The struggling economy continues to
Cease-and-Desist and Other FDIC Administrative Orders -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://www.creditwritedowns.com/'>Edward Harrison</a>submits:</strong><p>A lot has been made of the most<a href="http://www2.fdic.gov/qbp/qbpSelect.asp?menuItem=QBP">recent FDIC quarterly report</a>, especially the large increase in problem banks to 550– at least<a
Is Saving Really for Suckers? -- Seeking Alpha
<img src='http://seekingalpha.com/wp-content/seekingalpha/images/timiac65sharp.jpg' align="left" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="65" height="81" border='1' /><strong><a href="http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/">Tim Iacono</a>submits:<p>It's hard to disagree with the basic premise of Jon
