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At many banks, postal expenses are viewed as a cost of doing business that is routinely plugged into the budget each year without much thought. But whether a bank outsources [...]

Bank executives are looking to derivative financial product markets for means to better manage their balance sheets. In particular, swaps--with their widespread applications-have attracted the attention of bankers, regulators, and [...]

Byline: Bruce Kelly Broker-dealers without big corporate parents or the ability to tap public markets are making an all-out effort to raise capital, in some cases turning to their own [...]

THE rate at which American companies are defaulting on their debts is soaring. Things have not yet come to such a pass in Europe, though rating agencies wonder if they [...]

Two local $250 million funds launched so far this year In June 1997, Mike Schultz and his partners at Best Brands Inc. in Eagan were financing a management buy-out of [...]

A year or so back, Colin Forkner decided to retire from banking after 41 years in the business doing everything from providing investment advice to lending to running a bank [...]

A Web-based currency trading system launched last year reports $6bn of business since its debut. London-based Currency Management Corporation also reports that users of its Marketmaker system generated 50,000 orders. […]

Trading places NOWHERE have banks suffered so much at the hands of non-banks as in the corporate loan market. Few banks now make money from lending to big companies. Not [...]

INTRODUCTION On October 21, 1996, the Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve) issued a one-page press release approving the use of capital securities as a component of Tier 1 regulatory capital [...]

Mitsui Manufacturers Bank pondered a new name DOWNTOWN L.A. -- Mitsui Manufacturers Bank is considering changing its name back to Manufacturers Bank following the merger last month of its parent, [...]