Banking Fees, Simplified
see photosAFP/Getty ImagesClick for full photo gallery: 7 Fees That You Should Always Negotiate While everyone enjoys bashing the largest banks (Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo)...
View ArticleThree Questions You Need To Ask About Your Bank
FDIC placard from when the deposit insurance limit was $2,500. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yes, I have a dog in this fight, however the question asked of me the most is how we at North Jersey Community...
View ArticleBernanke’s 5 Lessons for Business Leaders
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) NOTE TO MY READERS: I’ve invited Michael W. Kempner, founder and CEO of MWW Group who also sits on our board at NJCB, to join me in sharing a joint...
View ArticleDon’t Look At The History Books For Insight Into This Recovery
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building (Photo credit: epicharmus) While the mood was not somber as in years past, the discussion revolving around the economy at the Federal Reserve Bank of New...
View ArticleChicago Fed Panel: Increased Capital Will Not Save The U.S. Banking System
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is located at the corner of LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in the city's financial district. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Following Ben Bernanke’s address on The...
View ArticleWhy JPMorgan Chase Is Not A Sacrificial Lamb For Big Banks
Volcker Rule hearing (Photo credit: Medill DC) Since JPMorgan Chase lost $2 billion in a bad investment strategy last week, many argue the failure validates the Volcker Rule, that the big banks need...
View ArticleWhy Is The Fed Hitting Community Banks With ‘Too Big To Fail’ Capital Standards?
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) While the world clearly was expecting the Basel III Accords on bank capital to be adopted in the United States, the timing has certainly surprised many...
View ArticleFour Reasons The Housing Market Is On Your Side
Infographic: When Americans Think the Housing Market Will Recover (Credit: truliavisuals) Recently, on Fox Business I discussed the state of the housing market, which has been under scrutiny for the...
View ArticleWhere Banking Meets Tech: Why Businesses Must Adapt, Or Else
E-readers, over the years, and the iPad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) rel·e·vant: bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: If your business isn’t relevant, is it outdated, and...
View ArticleWhy ‘One Size Fits All’ Capital Rules Will Not Prevent Bank Failures
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Basel III – scheduled to roll out its first phase in 2015 is leading headlines in the banking industry and has sparked heated conversations among industry leaders for good...
View ArticleDear Bank CEOs: Take the Social Media Plunge
Warren Buffett often quips: “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” As a panelist on Social Media Week’s “Socializing the C-Suite”* hosted by MWW recently, I observed first hand that risk is...
View ArticleHow The Fed’s Rules On Bank Capital Will Derail A Small Business Recovery
The Federal Reserve (Photo credit: dctim1) The uproar from community banks might be just enough to push back the rollout of the first phase of Basel III, the global banking regulatory framework...
View ArticleHigher FDIC Insurance Helps Main Street Banks, Not Just Too Big To Fail
FDIC placard from when the deposit insurance limit was $2,500. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Wall Street Journal recently published an op-ed, “Tagging the Taxpayer“, which criticized banks for their...
View ArticleIs Small Business Ready For The Recovery?
No one can argue that the past 24-36 months have tested the confidence of small business and its ability to regain footing in the current economic environment. The facts are the facts: our country...
View ArticleForget The Fed: For Small Business And Consumers, Rising Rates Are All Relative
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) In this environment where the 24-hour news cycle continually reports on every last gyration in interest rates, small business owners have no choice but to be focused on the...
View ArticleNew U.S. Mortgage Standards May Tie The Hands Of Community Banks
On Wednesday, U.S. regulators re-proposed a set of mortgage rules aimed at eliminating the abuses that helped inflate the housing bubble. When those regulations were originally issued in March 2011,...
View ArticleBank IPOs: Five Ways Financial Firms Can Still Woo the Public Markets
The days of trading on speculation are long gone, and the success of a bank IPO relies on more than just getting your financial metrics in order. Given ConnectOne Bank’s successful IPO earlier this...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Branch Banking To Smart Banking
For past generations, the word bank meant stately buildings, mahogany walls and plush leather chairs, a critical destination for people seeking loans, safeguarding their savings and planning their or...
View ArticleThe Verdict Is Still Out On The Volcker Rule
Five years in the making, and more discussion than anyone really cares to admit – the Volcker Rule was finally passed by all five prudential regulatory agencies (SEC, Federal Reserve, CFTC, FDIC and...
View ArticleWhy CEOs Need A Better Approach With IPO Investors
The banking industry needs to reset their approach to growing in the public markets. Despite economic headwinds and emerging complex regulations, a new Ernst & Young survey shows that institutional...
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