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Banks make slow progress on risk management

So how's the risk management program faring at your bank? Some may think of risk management (enterprise risk management news) as a mere buzz word. But most would agree that the hype around the term... Read more...

SaaS deals heating up?

We discussed the import of the EMC deal for Archer Technologies last week. Some have suggested that the deal is yet one more in a string of deals that will slowly leave very few if any independents.... Read more...

The tide turns on mark-to-market

The banking industry has been fairly relentless in its efforts to overturn the mark-to-market rules that investors have so dearly embraced. Success at last: The FASB has voted to allow more leniency... Read more...

Anti-money laundering rules to harm or help?

At what point is enough enough? That's what some bankers are wondering when it comes to complying with federal laws aimed at thwarting money laundering. According to the Miami Herald, Treasury... Read more...

Icahn vs. the Welches on board culpability

To what extent do corporate boards and audit committees bear responsibility for the financial meltdown we're now suffering through? In one corner: Jack and Suzy Welch, who argue "the real fallacy of... Read more...

Phishing threat mounts for banks

MarkMonitor says that financial services firms are more vulnerable to phishers. Phishing attacks aimed at financial services firms increased 66 percent in the second quarter of this year, over the... Read more...

Press Releases

ACCION and Elevar Equity Invest in GloboKasNet

ACCION's Frontier Investment Group and Elevar Equity Back Payment Solution Designed to Build Financial Inclusion for the PoorBOSTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- ACCION International, through its Frontier Read more >>

Grubb & Ellis Forms Strategic Alliance With Kettler Inc. to Offer Residential Property Management Services Nationwide

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that it has established a strategic Read more >>

BancVue and TSYS Form Strategic Partnership to Serve Community Financial Institutions

Arrangement to Bring Industry-Leading Electronic Payments Platform to Marketplace COLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BancVue® Ltd, a product development and marketing company exclusively focused on Read more >>

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Selects MetricStream's Risk Management and Compliance Solutions

Solutions will optimize business performance and risk management by streamlining, integrating and automating GRCPALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- MetricStream Inc., a market leader in Read more >>

Cortview Capital Securities Commences Business Operations

Warburg Pincus Backs Firm With Capital Commitment of Up to $125 MillionRICHMOND, Va., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Cortview Capital Securities ("Cortview"), a regional broker-dealer that will focus on Read more >>