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San Joaquin Bank hires specialist for sour loans (The Bakersfield Californian)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:18:47 GMT
San Joaquin Bank, through its holding company, hired a specialist to work through "impaired real estate loans," federal paperwork filed this week shows. Bank officials also signed an informal agreement with state and federal regulators Nov. 7, financial filings show, requiring improvement of credit risk and loss reserves as well as development of a three-year plan addressing liquidity and loan ...
Three Grands: A Piano Celebration (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:00:12 GMT
MUSIC and credit risk. Ivory keys and default probabilities. Musical scores and balance sheets. Mozart and Black-Scholes. Munich and Stanford. Can we behold all these seemingly unrelated topics and names in one memorable evening?
Time to Step Up for Credit Score (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:46:47 GMT
With lenders suddenly focused on credit risk, a 720 credit score or higher won't necessarily get you the best interest rates. Here are some tactics consumers can employ to boost their credit scores in an otherwise tough environment.
Banks: Short-term boost (Business Standard India)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:18:08 GMT
Until the economy starts gaining momentum, the core business of banks will remain under pressure. By reducing the reverse repo rate to 4 per cent the central bank is making it unexciting for banks to park their surpluses with it.
Moody's reports: Negative outlook for Armenian banking system (Thaipr.net)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:03:01 GMT
The fundamental credit outlook for the Armenian financial institutions is negative, reflecting the operating environment's potential volatility and lingering political tensions, says Moody's Investors
The final bolt (Business Standard India)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:19:23 GMT
The “final” package of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government on Friday highlight both the opportunities and the constraints that confront policy-makers as they deal with the economic slowdown.
Banking industry begins to show signs of slowdown (Business Recorder)
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:41:00 GMT
KARACHI (January 02 2009): After witnessing a strong growth during last few years, the banking industry has now started showing signs of slowdown, as deposits, assets, investment and profitability of banking sector is on decline while credit risk, market risk, interest risk, NPLs and advances are widening.
ING DIRECT's Mason named to Home Loan Bank board (The Delaware Business Ledger)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:46:03 GMT
The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh has appointed John Mason, an officer of ING Bank, fsb (operating as ING DIRECT), as a member of the Bank’s Board. Mason was named to the open member director seat on the Board currently allocated to Delaware.
Synovus Corrects Updated Outlook for Fourth Quarter of 2008 (Finanzen.net)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:45:52 GMT
On January 2, 2009, Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:SNV), the Columbus, Georgia-based financial services ...
Construction Underway on Green Blue Cross HQ in Providence (Commercial Property News)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:35:27 GMT
The Providence skyline is headed for change now that construction has commenced on the new 13-story headquarters for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
29 Jan 2008
Mirror, mirror on the wall...
A new and apparently growing idea is that borrowers can avoid banks and get their loans from family, friends or total strangers. As usual with e-commerce we have a new abbreviation P2P lending.
December 2007
Tekni-Plex Inc
EDF as of 14 Jan 2008: 6.88%
Credit Category: Ca
(not an agency rating)
In the light of recent turmoil in the credit markets, is credit policy being tightened?