511 Quotes About Banks

Normally, banks record profits on loans only as they are repaid, whether they securitize the loans or hold them on their books.

Bond markets seem to have decided that perhaps there is a bit too much growth, not so much that they're fearful of a big break up in inflation ... but that central banks are going to keep chipping away at the foundations of cheap money.

The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.

Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy.

Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong.

I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year.

There's a threshold, and once you cross it, you're really not a credit union in the true sense of the word. After you've grown to be about a billion dollars or $5 billion, and you're offering everything from life insurance to stock brokerage to the full range of financial products ---- perhaps some community banks in the market don't even offer ---- it seems the tax exemption they enjoy is a bit misplaced.

It smacks of financial eavesdropping. It's not our role -- we're a service provider to small businesses. This proposal would put the credit card banks in a very strange position.

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