21 Quotes by Mark Batty

We currently have over 500,000 unique monthly users across our sites and the number just keeps growing.

Commercial and industrial loans are growing at a double- digit pace and that's indicative of a fairly strong economy. That, coupled with stable credit quality, has been a positive for banks that focus on small and middle-market businesses.

The wind is at their back in many of their businesses. We're seeing out of the investment banks good capital markets business.

People are worried about possible net interest margin compression and credit quality deterioration, as well as slowing consumer loan growth.

Despite rising rates and competitive products elsewhere, such as money market funds, Wells Fargo posted strong deposit growth.

About 90 percent of our revenue comes from online advertising,

The numbers looked good. American Express is benefiting from the longer-term trend of consumers and small businesses switching from cash and checks to credit cards.

The bankruptcy issue is a one-time situation. Commercial and industrial loan growth was fairly strong and should be the key driver of earnings growth this year for the regional banks.

The yield-curve flattening has certainly been challenging for banks. The winners and losers will be decided on how well they can generate revenues faster than expenses are growing.