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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. They need a marketing person to title their reports.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

If this were 2006, things would be good. Heck, maybe there'll be a reassessment and your real estate taxes will go down. Taxes go down? Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. I made a funny.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

bank failures per year between 1996 and 2006, and 3.6 The old borrow short, lend long strategy. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. banks failed a year.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

The housing bubble bursting that same year had the opposite effect and various penalties and real estate losses relating to Countrywide’s lending practices ended up costing BofA about $40B, all told. Date: November 30, 2006. Date: February 6, 2006. In 2006, it was the most-visited website in the US, even beating out Google.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

5 Nov 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. July 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. New Zealand. Accounting. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. South Korea. Nov 2018 transaction.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

5 Nov 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. July 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. New Zealand. Accounting. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. South Korea. Nov 2018 transaction.

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