Month: December 2015

Banking News – Thought-out Buying Instead of Leasing Your Bank’s Twigs
&nbspHaving shored up capital later the fiscal crisis, many banks are flush with cash and in search of ways to place it to use. One option for banks that did sale-leasebacks in the past is to reacquire their twigs.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/dealmaking-approach/thought-out-buying-instead-of-leasing-your-banks-twigs-1078580-1.html

Banking News – Brace for the Return of Huge M&A in Banking
&nbspM&A momentum is construction, even among larger banks that have been sidelined for years.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/dealmaking-approach/brace-for-the-return-of-huge-m-and-a-in-banking-1078578-1.html

Banking News – New Ways to Raise Capital for Your Bank
&nbspRaising capital has been tough for union banks ever since the fiscal crisis, mainly the nominal ones. But a few firms have urban structured harvest that offer banks a chance to band collectively to raise needed Tier 1 capital at moderately low cost, while avoiding the dictatorial ire that befell trust-ideal securities.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/union-banking/new-ways-to-raise-capital-for-your-bank-1078567-1.html

Banking News – Learn to Like Consumer Lending
&nbspConsumer credit is better than ever before, even as Americans households have started levering up. But the huge inquiry for banks looking to re-commit to consumer lending is how.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/consumer-finance/learn-to-like-consumer-lending-1078552-1.html

Banking News – Get Tech Expertise in Your Bank’s Hall
&nbspA lot of bank boards have a huge information gap when it comes to equipment. A recent Accenture study found that, of 109 large banks globally, more than 40% did not have a single board member with a equipment social class. And the circumstances is even more troublesome at small banks.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-equipment/get-tech-expertise-in-your-banks-hall-1078542-1.html

Banking News – Reckon of Practically priced Housing as an Chance, Not an Obligation
&nbspBanks can help ease a severe inhabitant famine in practically priced rental properties — and make money doing it.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/inhabitant-regional/reckon-of-practically priced-housing-as-an-chance-not-an-obligation-1078541-1.html

Banking News – Cash lures investors from high-grade debt
&nbspUS corporate bonds suffer as money market funds pull in $17bn
Fiscal Times – Fiscal Air force – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/90125d24-b012-11e5-b955-1a1d298b6250.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-air force%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Banking News – Heritage in Va. Exits SBLF Ahead of Hold by Southern in N.C.
&nbspHeritage Bankshares in Norfolk, Va., has exited the Small Affair Lending Fund, ahead of its projected deal to be bought by Southern BancShares in Mount Olive, N.C.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/dealmaking-approach/heritage-in-va-exits-sblf-ahead-of-hold-by-southern-in-nc-1078603-1.html

Banking News – SB Fiscal Buys Ex-Fifth Third Branch in Bowling Green, Ohio
&nbspSB Fiscal Group in Boldness, Ohio, has bought a former Fifth Third Bank branch in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/dealmaking-approach/sb-fiscal-buys-ex-fifth-third-branch-in-bowling-green-ohio-1078597-1.html

Banking News – GAO: Dodd-Frank Is Costing Banks; How Much, We Don’t Know
&nbspThe Dodd-Frank Act is a burden on union banks and credit unions but regulators are struggling to place a figure on the costs, according to a report unhindered Wednesday by the Regime Answerability Office.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/law-parameter/gao-dodd-frank-is-costing-banks-how-much-we-dont-know-1078598-1.html

Banking News – Prime Meridian in Florida Names Boss Chief Fiscal Officer
&nbspPrime Meridian Holding in Tallahassee, Fla., has tapped a board member to serve as its new chief fiscal officer.
Union Banking – http://www.americanbanker.com/news/union-banking/prime-meridian-in-florida-names-boss-chief-fiscal-officer-1078596-1.html

Banking News – IFRS: lingua francas
&nbspThose keen on a single set of global accounting values might need to settle for bilingualism
Fiscal Times – Fiscal Air force – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/1abb454a-9fe6-11e5-beba-5e33e2b79e46.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_financial-air force%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct

Banking News – Osborne urged to revive banking review
&nbspShadow chancellor John McDonnell says ditching FCA probe ‘sends incorrect message at incorrect time’
FT.com – Banks – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca6ff810-afbc-11e5-993b-c425a3d2b65a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcompanies_banks%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct