ABA Banking Journal

1. Insurance revenues growing.
The nation's bank holding companies increased their total insurance revenue 18.9% to $44.1 billion in 2005 from $37.1 billion in 2004. Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo ...
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2. New expertise in regulatory compliance.
Sepideh Behram has joined the American Bankers Association as senior compliance counsel in the ABA Center for Regulatory Compliance. She will oversee regulatory efforts on ...
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3. Farm credit demand rising.
Demand for farm credit is on the rise, according to the ABA Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking's annual "Farm Bank Performance" report. Additional findings: ...
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4. Rule those electronic leashes!
To the Editor: Thank you so much for succinctly writing what I have been pondering for some time now. [Editorial, "Rushing to Mediocrity," April 2006.] ...
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5. The deposit growth conundrum.
The question on whether deposit growth has stopped or is starting to tail off is one that is being tossed around quite a bit lately.
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6. The chief business of banking is business.
THAT ASSESSMENT (BORROWED from Calvin Coolidge, with a little modification) seems increasingly apt. How do we know this? One clue comes from the high turnover ...
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7. Can a bank be in flood compliance--and yet not be covered for losses?
Banks tend to focus on strict compliance with federal flood insurance requirements, ensuring that customers have the minimum amount of insurance required. Often, though, they ...
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8. 'Tis the season to hunker down.
The summer season is in full swing, and hurricane season is back. And so is wildfire season and tornado season. People who live in affected ...
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9. From bird flu to basel 2: the new scope of compliance.
Alan Horton-Bentley, director of worldwide industry marketing, financial services, FileNet, Costa Mesa, Calif., is a compliance expert who offers candid takes on the evolving industry ...
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10. Link and go with BPM: business process management systems grow up, get...
Technology for business process management (BPM) is one of those regrettably gettable technologies that seems self-explanatory but tends to inspire a confused recognition. ("It manages ...
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