ABA Banking Journal

1. Creativity on demand?
EVERYONE HAS IMAGINATION. IF you can think, you can conjure images of things that don't exist based on pieces of things you know do exist.
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2. ABA marketing conference highlights: the many aspects of connecting with...
Reaching the customer was, unsurprisingly, a dominant theme at the ABA Marketing Conference in September. What made the message distinct, however, were the particulars offered ...
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3. ABA endorses new funding tool.
ABA has endorsed the Insured Network Deposits service, a retail sweep service for broker-dealers that enables participating banks to acquire cost-effective, long-term wholesale funding in ...
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4. NCCB: not business as usual.
The 2007 ABA National Conference for Community Bankers, Feb. 18-21 at the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, Calif., promises new ...
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5. Sleight of mind.
October's puzzle--trying to figure out how big Art Otto's fish was--went quite well. We had a record turnout of dose to 70 answers. The first ...
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6. The real story behind "Horizons".
A TAX ADVANTAGED INSTITUTION strays from its original mission and begins competing directly and aggressively against tax-paying businesses. Sound familiar? I'm sure it does to ...
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7. The phoenix bank of Hallam, Nebraska: after a devastating twister blitzed a...
May 22, 2004, around 8:30 PM. It was a crowded Saturday night at The Hitching Post, a popular restaurant in Hallam, Neb. It had been ...
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8. M&A outlook: will a catalyst emerge in '07?
Going into 2006 there was a feeling among many industry watchers that deal activity in the bank and thrift space would heat up and outpace ...
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9. Overdraft programs and UDAP challenge.
Q. I have been told that certain regulators are writing up banks for unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP) for failure to disclose to ...
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10. Paper, plastic, or point-of-sale checks? No matter which one consumers use,...
After a long quiet period, the Federal Reserve Board has been busy this year making changes to Regulation E, the regulation that implements the Electronic ...
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