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The Board`s Role In Making Loans

For years, banks coasted. But with future economic conditions uncertain and dire warning from regulators becoming more frequent, the responsibility of the board’s loan committee has gotten heavier. Our look at the landscape reveals how today’s top-performing community banks involve their directors in the make-or-break process of loan review.

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The Top 10 Technology Trends

Here`s our list of front-running technologies that are poised to alter the world of banking.

Article ON – 06/03/2011
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Banking Inside Out

Learning to let go is hard. But the proponents of business process outsourcing have got it all figured out: Just do what you do best, and let someone else do the rest. This strategy makes sense, but it requires trusting outside companies to handle functions normally controlled from within. Are bankers ready for this?

Article ON – 06/03/2011
Author
susan-lahey
Eyes on the Market

Our 1998 bank analyst team gives sage advice to directors on mergers and acquisitions, investing in technology, and how to retain the value of the franchise in a volatile market.

Article ON – 06/03/2011
Author
deborah-scally
Maintaining Control

We asked several individuals who might play roles in such a situation how they would react.

Article ON – 06/03/2011
Author
tk-kerstetter
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The rising tide that lifted the value of all banks is clearly ebbing.

Article ON – 06/03/2011
Author
alex-sheshunoff
Technology’s Impact on M&A

With larger acquisitions, mergers of equals, and purchases of nonbank entities, directors should look at some practical rules to prepare for the new merger integration issues ahead.

Article ON – 06/03/2011
Author
marilyn-seymann-and-steve-williams

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