- Capital Crossing Bank Shareholders Adopt Merger Agreement with Lehman Brothers Bank.
BOSTON -- Capital Crossing Bank (Nasdaq: CAPX) today announced that its shareholders voted to adopt the agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, will acquire Capital Crossing. At a special meeting of shareholders held earlier today, ......
- Legal developments
ORDERS ISSUED UNDER BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT Orders Issued Under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. Dublin, Ireland Order Approving Acquisition of Shares of a Bank Holding Company Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. ("Allied Irish"), a bank holding company within the meaning of the Bank ......
- In-bank brokerages to unit under new
owner.
First American Corp., the bank holding company, agreed in late March to buy 96% of the stock of INVEST Financial Corp. from Zurich Kemper Investments, Inc. INVEST simultaneously announced that it had agreed to merge with Investor Center Group, Inc. The combination creates the largest bank-based brokerage in the U.S....
- Legal developments
FINAL RULE-AMENDMENT TO REGULATION A The Board of Governors is amending 12 C.FR. Part 201, its Regulation A (Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks; Change in Discount Rate), to reflect its approval of a decrease in the basic discount rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. The Board acted on ......
- Best Banks 2000: Best global banks
HEADNOTE As globalization continues, the financial services industry is consolidating, and a group of premier institutions is emerging with the scale, the technology and the products required to meet the needs of customers anywhere at anytime. In the new world of global banking, customer service is still the key to ......
- New York State Banking Board Approves Acquisition of PennFed Financial Services, Inc. by New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
WESTBURY, N.Y. & WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) and PennFed Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ/Global Market: PFSB) ("PennFed") today announced that the acquisition of PennFed by New York Community Bancorp has been approved by the New York State Banking Board. Pending the approval of PennFed's ......
- Islamic banking - the feasibilty of establishing an
Islamic bank in the United States.
I. INTRODUCTION This paper is written with three goals: to provide a discussion of banking practices that comply with the religion of Islam, to analyze why investment and banking interests in the United States should be concerned with Islamic banking practices, and to examine the American regulatory framework affecting the ......