Virtual Library

CPG's Virtual Library is designed to assist visitors in obtaining useful industry information for planning, researching, and performance monitoring. The Virtual Library is organized into the following categories:

Benchmarking Studies

Directories

E-Commerce & Technology

Fee-Based Services

General News

Industry Data

Industry News

Market & Consumer Data

Mortgage Banking

Regulatory Agencies

Small Business

Trade Associations

Benchmarking Studies
American Banker's Association	Surveys, benchmarking statistics, and trends in consumer lending, retail investment product sales, and other areas of the financial services industry.
Bank Administration Institute	Surveys, benchmarking statistics, and trends in consumer lending, retail investment product sales, and other areas of the financial services industry.
Consumer Bankers Association	List and descriptions of CBA studies and surveys available for purchase. Studies address practices among CBA members pertaining to consumer lending, investment product sales, and small business services.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America	Income and expense, and productivity performance figures for residential mortgage bankers.
Directories
AAAdir Directory	Searchable index of banks, credit unions, and financial institutions on the Internet, searchable by state.
Yahoo Business	Alphabetical listing of links to bank web sites.
return to top
E-Commerce & Technology
Forrester Research	Selected text and lists of e-commerce research performed by Forrester. Full text sold on a subscription basis only.
Jupiter Research	Link to Jupiter sample research. Register to search available research reports and studies on Internet e-commerce.
Financial Insights	List and abstracts of Financial Insights Research reports on technologies impacting financial services. Complete text may be purchased.
Synergistics Research Corporation	List of research and selective access to completed studies and research. Complete text of studies may be purchased.
US Government Electronic Commerce Policy	Information on government policy as it relates to e-commerce. Also links to related e-commerce sites.
Gomez Advisors	Comparison of Internet banking sites, on-line brokers, mortgage, and insurance sites.
return to top
Fee-Based Services
A.M. Best Company	Free access to full text of current Best's Review and selective archive of Life/Health and Property/Casualty editions. Contains ratings and lists of top insurance companies.
Independent Insurance Agents of America	Provides information on the insurance industry, as well as links to industry publications, insurance regulatory agencies, and legislative information.
Investment Company Institute	Statistics, trends, news and information about the mutual fund industry.
return to top
General News
American City Business Journals	Links to and search of national and local business journals.
Business Wire	Press releases by release date, company, industry, or geography.
PR Newswire	Current news stories by company or industry including press releases by release date, company, or industry.
return to top
Industry Data
BankRate.com	Surveys on current rates charged on various banking products. Also contains financial services news.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Database supports search of database containing financial and nonfinancial information on institutions and their branches relative to other institutions. Also contains studies and historical statistics on the industry since 1934.
National Information Center	Performance information on domestic and international banks operating in the U.S. Permits institution-level search by state, MSA, county, district, or country; list of top 50 banks and BHCs; also contains acquisition histories of institutions.
Rate.net	Tracks rates on banking products from over 11,000 providers. Membership required.
The Federal Reserve Board	Access to Fed statistical releases and surveys such as the National Survey of Small Business Finances and the Survey of Consumer Finances; Fed staff working papers, studies, and articles.
American Insurance Association	Trade association for more than 350 property and casualty underwriters.
U.S. General Accounting Office	Allows search for any GAO report or working paper.
Comptroller of the Currency Quarterly Journal	On-line access to full text of OCC's Quarterly Journal Archives back to 1997.
return to top
Industry News
Reuters	Free company stock data research.
ABA Banking Journal	Free access to full text articles and archives of the ABA Banking Journal.
American Banker	Free access to daily industry headlines. Access to full text articles, data tables, and 18 month archive require a subscription.
Banking Strategies	Selected text of Banking Strategies.
SourceMedia	Summaries of stories in current editions of Faulkner & Gray publications, including Bank Technology News, Credit Union Journal, Financial Service On-Line, US Banker, and Bank Network News.
Thomas	Legislative information such as the text of current and historical bills before Congress, the Congressional Record, text of laws, and Congressional Committee information.
New England Economic Review	Current and past issues of the monthly publication by the FRB of Boston.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta	Free on-line access to many FRB Atlanta publications, statistical releases, and working papers.
return to top
Market & Consumer Data
American Demographics	Free access to full text articles and archives of American Demographics and Marketing Tools magazines. Also contains a directory of links to sources, software, and services for marketers.
Bureau of Economic Analysis	Estimates of national income and product accounts.
Bureau of Labor Statistics	Provides statistical information on a broad range of economic and labor categories.
FedWorld	General search engine for accessing U.S. government reports and Web sites.
Internal Revenue Service	Aggregate statistics on tax payments and income of taxpayers.
US Census Bureau	All data collected by the census bureau and related agencies, including actual and forecasted changes in population, income, housing, etc. as well as the macroeconomic data and indicators. Also contains inks to state-level data sources.
Congressional Budget Office	Reports on banking.
Marketing Science Institute	Publications, working papers, and research available for purchase on numerous marketing topics.
return to top
Mortgage Banking
Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council	Access to HMDA reports that provide data on the mortgage lending performance of institutions in individual metropolitan areas as well as national aggregate reports. Also links to related mortgage information sites.
HSH Associates	Historical statistics on mortgage originations and rates nationally and by metro area. Also contains rate-forecasts, a directory of lenders and a library of mortgage publications.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America	Industry statistics on commercial and residential mortgage activity, news releases, and publications. Directory of links related to housing and mortgage finance. Data on market shares held by lenders available for purchase.
Mortgage Mag	Current industry news stories and a directory of lenders and employment opportunities.
National Association of Home Builders	Statistics and trends in the housing market including housing starts, sale of new and used homes, and rankings of affordable housing markets.
return to top
Regulatory Agencies
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Laws and regulations, examination guidelines, and assorted data and information about state-chartered member banks and bank holding companies.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	Laws and regulations, examination guidelines, and assorted data and information about federally-insured depository institutions.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency	Laws and regulations, examination guidelines, and assorted data and information about national banks.
Office of Thrift Supervision	Laws and regulations, examination guidelines, and assorted data and information about federally-insured thrifts.
National Credit Union Administration	Assorted data and information on credit unions.
Securities and Exchange Commission	On-line access to all publicly-available SEC filings.
return to top
Small Business
Small Business Administration	Various reports and statistical studies on small business in the U.S.
The Federal Reserve Board	On-line access to the 1993 and 1987 Federal Reserve surveys on small businesses. Among other items, the surveys contain information on owner characteristics, firm size, and use of financial services.
return to top
Trade Associations
American Bankers Association	National trade association for banks of all sizes and categories including community, regional and money center banks, and holding companies, as well as savings associations, trust companies and savings banks.
America's Community Bankers	National trade association representing 2,000 savings and community banks and related business firms.
Bank Administration Institute	Provides information and training in various areas for financial services companies.
Bank Marketing Association	Provides marketing information and training to financial services companies.
Consumer Bankers Association	Trade association for institutions in consumer finance (auto, home equity and education), electronic retail delivery systems, bank sales of investment products, small business services, and community development.
Credit Union National Association	National trade association for credit unions.
Independent Community Bankers Association	National trade association for approximately 5,400 community banks.
Mortgage Bankers Association of America	Trade association devoted exclusively to real estate finance.
NACHA	Trade association that develops operating rules and business practices for the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network and for other areas of electronic payments. This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher.
return to top