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Are we about to see the pace of small bank failures intensify? The FDIC (FDIC news) has more than 700 banks on its 'problem' list, up from 552 at the end of the third quarter. Of course 26 banks have... Read more...

It's been a mixed bag for small banks recently. Overall, they seem to be a healthier group than their large bank peers. As Breakingviews points out, they have more capital, make more on their assets... Read more...

We've been talking for a while now about the plight of small and regional banks, who are saddled with lots of commercial real estate loans. To put some numbers to the conventional wisdom: Lending for... Read more...

People have been speculating about whether Citigroup will be forced to write down its deferred tax assets soon. But the issue is really an industry-wide one that has now drawn the attention of... Read more...

Protesters are out in force in Chicago. They are mad as heck and they want the banking industry to know it. So they "shook larger-than-life cutouts of JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and... Read more...

There are some cynics out there who might conclude that Goldman Sachs' (GS) bearish take on regional banks and insurance, with lots of commercial exposure, suggests that the company's traders might... Read more...

So how big a deal will the switch from FAS 140 to FAS 166 and FAS 167 be? That's a big question right now, though few are voicing any real concern. The switch will require banks to bring a host of... Read more...

It's been a long hard road for financial services firms in the wake of the Lehman Brothers implosion. Morningstar provides some perspective on how the industry has fared since then. Two banks have... Read more...

Most people now assume that the worst of the crisis has passed for big, systemically significant banks. But we cannot say the same for smaller banks, some of which are actually pretty big. So far... Read more...

Corus, the big Chicago lending institution, has declared that it is on the brink of failure, its capital depleted after reporting a preliminary $487 million second-quarter loss. This is not really... Read more...