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Banking's Top Performers 2012, Part 2: Abridged Version
Posted: 05/17/2012 - 14:01

Posted May 17, 2012 I by Vanessa Mambrino

In the second part of our three-part analysis of bank earnings performance for the ABA Banking Journal, we identified the actions that propelled mid-size banks (those with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion) to the top of our rankings. Our top 50 banks and thrifts (25...

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Banking's Top Performers 2012, Part 1: Abridged Version
Posted: 05/11/2012 - 11:51

Posted April 12, 2012 I by Vanessa Mambrino

As the industry began to regain its footing in 2011, several banks demonstrated performance at levels far above the rest. In the first part of our three-part analysis of bank earnings performance for the ABA Banking Journal, we identified the...

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First-Quarter Reports Will Force Banks to Face the Music
Posted: 04/12/2012 - 08:47

Posted April 12, 2012 on American Banker's BankThink I by Claude Hanley

The period when banks report their first quarter financial performance is about to begin. These performance numbers will likely reinforce the...

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Financial Performance Standards for Regionals Becoming Clearer
Posted: 03/20/2012 - 13:06

Posted March 20, 2012 I by Claude Hanley

Since the onset of the financial crisis, investors and bank executives have speculated about what the performance standards would be in a post-crisis operating environment. There was widespread worry that a return on equity of less than 10.0 percent would be the new norm. While we do not have a complete picture yet, the outline...

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