Is Twitter, a one-year-old microblogging site, really all that useful? Or is it just media hype to fill space? With Twitter, you can create your free account in moments and then post about two sentences’ worth of information (140 characters total) in real time. Once you create an account, you can also … Read more
Community banks are joining the virtual community of Facebook as another way to create presence and promote their involvement in their real neighborhoods. [Continue]
Five banks have failed in Illinois this year as of May 22, which means nearly one of every seven failed banks in the nation this year has been in Illinois. Three state chartered banks and two national banks were closed because they were “critically undercapitalized,” were “operated in an unsafe and unsound … Read more
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New Chicago-area bank set to offer small businesses ‘Premier’ service. [Continue]
Supriyo Roy is a straight-forward, no-holds-barred kind of guy who seems willing to answer any question. [Continue]
With the fall of Wachovia and Washington Mutual, both financial institutions having branches here in Chicago, I became much more skittish about America’s financial position. I’ve covered community banks for so long, I really thought the way community banks do business was the norm. [Continue]
A few weeks ago, I noticed Bank of America promoting a new program — new to me, anyway. [Continue]
While disruptions in the capital markets have hampered most student loan operations recently, the state-owned Bank of North Dakota continues to operate a robust student loan business. [Continue]
The turmoil began in the midst of a now memorable Memorial Day weekend. An EF5 tornado ripped through Butler County, Iowa, the night of May 25. [Continue]