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Enter the 2010 Western Banking Recognition Awards --
honoring banks helping their communities and the environment.
January-February 2010
Cover Story
Eco-Friendly Commitment
Freedom Bank serves Columbia Falls, Mont., located on the western edge of the Continental Divide and best known as the “gateway to Glacier National Park.” The bank, opened just four years ago, has grown to $66 million in assets and is firmly committed to serving this community of some 5,300 — a community that prides itself on being a recreational destination with everything from snowboarding and skiing in the winter to fly fishing and river rafting in the summer. >>more
Perspectives
Beware of Friends Bearing Gifts
On Dec. 11, the U.S. House of Representatives, magnanimously eager to bestow year-end gifts on the citizenry, unwrapped The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173). Unfortunately, there were some lumps of coal for bankers in this package. >>more
Trend Lines
Focus on Small Businesses for Economic Recovery
There has been a lot of media coverage of how this recession is affecting consumers, mostly focusing on higher unemployment numbers, decreased consumer spending and increased foreclosure rates. But how is this recession affecting small businesses? >>more
Feature Articles
How to React in a Post-Bailout Era
Corporate governance is perhaps more important today than it has ever been. A recent 2009 Harris Poll asking whether certain industries do a good job or a bad job of serving their customers revealed that almost 40 percent of those surveyed felt banks do a bad job. >>more
The Value of Building Core Deposits in a Lagging Loan Demand Environment
Loan demand has been sluggish since the beginning of the 2008 liquidity crisis. Attracting and attaining core deposits during periods of low-to-moderate loan demand can present advantages and disadvantages to banks. Without question, the uncertainty and rising costs of core deposit insurance is a significant unknown impact to future bank earnings. >>more
The New Normal in Branch Activity
Among other effects, the current recession is likely to have an immediate and lasting impact on the branch deployment strategies in the banking industry. The immediate impact is fairly easy to predict. That is, the net branch growth rate will decline, most likely beginning with a period of negative growth during 2010 and 2011. But what should we expect to see happen after the recession? >>more
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