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Cincinnati banks still caught in loan trap
Premium content from Business Courier by Steve Watkins, Staff Reporter
Date: January 18, 2013, 6:00am EDT
You've seen the statistics: Greater Cincinnati's economy is recovering. Unemployment here is down to 6.3 percent, from 10.7 percent in 2009.
Cincinnati's small lenders increasing reserves
Premium content from Business Courier by Steve Watkins, Staff Reporter
Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 6:00am EDT
Greater Cincinnati's small banks boosted by 30 percent the amount of money
they set aside to cover problem loans over the past year,
thanks to
regulations that aim to protect them against the impact of loan losses.
Tax changes for banks expected to boost lending
Business Courier by Adrian Burns, Columbus Business First
Date: Friday, March 23, 2012, 6:00am EDT
Banks in Ohio could soon be getting a break on their taxes. Most banks, anyway.
Why Capital Is a Poor Predictor of Bank Failures
Cincinnati.com - by Alexander Coolidge
Date: February 1, 2012
The trigger for a Friday shutdown by the FDIC is undercapitalization. But while capital is "the last straw," it does not serve as a good long-term predictor of bank failures.
Small banks are struggling, too
Cincinnati.com - by Alexander Coolidge
Date: November 13, 2011
New rules cut fees that financial institutions traditionally rely upon.
FDIC's Latest Closing: Its Own Offices
The Wall Street Journal. - by VICTORIA MCGRANE
Date: October 3, 2011
Wave of Bank Failures Ebbing, Two Temporary Field Offices Deemed No Longer Necessary; a Warning—'It's Not Over'
Federal loan funds finally arrive for some banks
Business Courier - by Kent Hoover, Washington Bureau Chief
Date: Friday, July 15, 2011, 6:00am EDT - Last Modified: Friday, July 15, 2011, 9:53am EDT
Money from the Treasury Department’s Small Business Lending Fund is making its way to community banks.
Community banks lining up for small-business loan funds
Premium content from Business Courier - by Kent Hoover, Washington Bureau Chief
Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 6:00am EDT
About 650 community banks applied for $9.3 billion in capital from the Treasury Department's Small Business Lending Fund by May 16, the deadline for C corporations and savings institutions.