ABA Banking Journal

1. Sleight of mind.
September's puzzle: "How big was it?" brought in a record number of correct responses. The correct answer to the size of Art Otto's fish is: ...
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2. The way we are and the way we must become.
COPING WITH EVER-INCREASING demands of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws can obscure a basic fact: That criminals and terrorists exploit our free-wheeling and open ...
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3. Bank marketing outlays steady, ABA survey says.
Industry spending to promote products and services will likely remain stable for 2006, according to ABA's 2006 Bank Marketing Survey. Bank marketing budgets have been ...
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4. Housing: falling to the floor?
WHEN I WAS A KID, WE LIVED IN a 600 sq. ft. apartment. My brother and I shared a set of bunk beds. The view ...
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5. The future for trade services: [] bright [] cloudy [] both: with global...
To Farhad Subjally, the venerable letter of credit is like a cockoach. It's been around forever and hasn't really evolved. But in the right environment, ...
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6. Jumping into the deep end: Washington hand, Sheila Bair, guides the FDIC...
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has extraordinary credentials. But, then, achievers, not slouches, are generally named to head the agency that insures most of the nation's ...
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7. Records management group meets.
ABA's Records Management Working Group, the only such group for the financial services industry, met recently in Washington to review trends, legal requirements and best ...
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8. Mortgage originations: it's a local story.
One of the hot topics in the press right now is the real estate market and mortgage origination volumes. Will mortgage originations fall off; will ...
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9. Bankers give ear--and cash--to ethanol demand; with a fuel-hungry nation...
Back in the 1990s, Stephanie Moline recalls, she and Bruce Lauritzen, the owner of her institution, First National Bank of Omaha, drove all over the ...
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10. Ka-ching! Or no ka-ching? Must you pay lenders overtime?
Since the beginning of the year, three major players in the financial services industry have announced multi-million-dollar settlements in wage-hour lawsuits. * On Feb. 9, ...
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