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As the WSJ reported yesterday, the collapse of Lehman Brothers (LEH) and the sale of Merrill Lynch (MER) to Bank of America (BAC) is just the latest chapter in a stunning redesign of the financial world. Stand-alone investment banks are dying rapid ... more
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Author InfoJeremy Berkowitz James O'Brien Abstract In recent years, the trading accounts at large commercial banks have grown substantially and become progressively more diverse and complex. We provide descriptive statistics on the trading revenues ... more
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With the exception of public corporations and large firms with multi-million dollar net worths, the expectation of a business to fulfill its obligations is critically linked to the business owner's personal finances. Lenders and lessors are not in ... more
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Banks have a number of products with different terms and maturities based upon the specific needs of the business. The most common are lines of credit (usually renewable on an annual basis, with interest typically tied to an index), term loans ( ... more
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On Saturday the Washington Post reported that the administration was doling out federal bailout money via "special purpose vehicles" to help banks skirt restrictions on the funds imposed by Congress -- including, naturally, limitations on executive ... more
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Author InfoSponem, Samuel Pezet, Anne Abstract Most of the research work concerning the French tableau de bord tends to locate its birth in industrial companies with engineers as lead roles and the State as supporting role (Lebas, 1996). Yet, a ... more
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Maggie Scarborough, Financial Insights: If you're not managing exceptions, then you're not managing payments. You should be looking at the exception levels on your transaction processing and work on reducing them by having visibility into the life ... more
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San Antonio Express News - Allen listed super-regional examples as Seattle's Washington Mutual, Cleveland's Key Bank, Utah's Zions Bank and North Carolina's Wachovia. Super-regionals on the prowl probably would consider buying a banking company the ... more
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A number of national and regional commercial banks are partnering with the County to offer loans to property owners for making energy efficient and/or solar energy property improvements. The list of available banks is posted here. ... more
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Two allegations from financial firms on allegedly murky goings-on in Singapore and in Chinese banks were abruptly withdrawn. ... more
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