FEATURE ARTICLES

2005 Feature Index

December 26 - Looking Back at 2005 and 1955, Bankers Digest Archives
December 19 - Health Savings Accounts: Challenges, Solutions, Profits? by Karen Land
December 12 - Annual Independent Audits and Reporting Requirements Amendments to Part 363, FDIC Financial Institution Letters
December 5 - Bank and Thrift Earnings Return to Record Level in Third Quarter, FDIC Press Release

November 28 - Bank and Thrift Premium Rates for Deposit Insurance to Remain Unchanged, FDIC Press Release
November 21 - Important Wage and Hour Rules that Apply to Deductions from Salary of Exempt Salaried Employees, by Robin Foret
November 14 - Banks May Soon Pay More for Deposit Insurance, FDIC Press Release
November 7 - Highlights from the 2005 Summary of Deposits Data, by the FDIC

October 31 - Federal Court Upholds OCC’s Exclusive Right to Supervise National Banks
October 24 - Trick or Treat, by Bryan Kendrick
October 17 - Suggestions for Handling Flooded Safe Deposit Cleanup, Part II, by Waverly Egbert
October 10 - Suggestions for Handling Flooded Safe Deposit Cleanup, Part I, by Waverly Egbert
October 3 - TIB-The Independent Bankers Bank Encourages Planning; Collects Contact Sites, by Kenny Dunaway

September 26 - EXCERPTS from the testimony of C.R. (Rusty) Cloutier, President and CEO of MidSouth Bank, N.A. in Lafayette, Louisiana, and former chairman of the ICBA
September 19 - New Innovations in Payments, a Presentation by Lisa Henderson
September 12 - Change Proposed for ATM Operators, Press Release By Federal Reserve System
September 5 - Strong Second-Quarter Bank and Thrift Earnings Are Just Short of the Record, FDIC Press Release dated August 25, 2005

August 29 - Clarification of August 1 Article titled Identity Theft and Bank New Hires
August 22 - Can You Make CHANGE?....for a Safer Box Access System, by David P. McGuinn
August 15 - Federal Banking Agencies Issue Final Community Reinvestment Act Rules, Joint Release (NR 2005-71) - July 19, 2005
August 8 - Grant Thornton’s Twelfth Annual Survey of Community Bank Executives
August 1 - Identity Theft and Bank New Hires by Jennifer Tuhanowski

July 25 - Importance of Correctness in Filing Collateral Forms, by Jack Burkett
July 18 - Vehicle Repossession in Bankruptcy, by Jack Burkett
July 11 - Economy May Be Backsliding, According to Lenders Responding to Quarterly Survey, by Phoenix Management Services Inc.
July 4 - Bank Economists Say Economy to Expand at Moderate Pace (News Release from the American Bankers Association)

June 27 - Get Serious on Best Practices for Overdraft Programs, by Oliver Ireland
June 20 - Industry Earnings Release, by FDIC
June 13 - Fearful Hiring, Part II, by Sharon Emiliano and Harvey Urvan
June 6 - Fearful Hiring, Part 1, by Sharon Emiliano and Harvey Urvan

May 30 - Bank Branches Multiplying. Are Profits? By Kevin Blair
May 23 - Fraud Training, By Bryan A. Kendrick
May 16 - ABA Statement on House Financial Services Committee Action: H.R. 1185 & H.R. 1224, by Edward L. Yingling
May 9 - Never Assume Security, by Tom Dodge
May 2 - Checking Operations - Dishonest Employee, by Jack M. Burkett

April 25 - Employment Practice Liability Insurance - A Refresher, by Bob McComas
April 18 - Half of Lenders Say Real Estate Bubble Exists, from a survey by Phoenix Management Services
April 11 - Big Credit Unions Seeking to Become Banks, by Marshall Surratt
April 4 - Making Your Cross Sales Training Dollars Count©, by Kurt G. Helm

March 28 - Bank Citizenship Resolved in Firstar Case, by Patrick J. Neligan
March 21 - Technology, Vigilance - Good Combo for 314(a) Compliance, by Steve Shoulta
March 14 - Bank and Thrift Earnings Set Fourth Consecutive Annual Record in 2004. FDIC Press Release
March 7 - When Your Local Market Fails to Fund Your Bank, by Jayson Jinks

February 28 - Machinery and Equipment Appraisals, by Wayne H. Frederick
February 21 - Texas Banking Roundup: Comments from Sandler O’Neill & Partners, LP, Conference, Dallas, Texas
February 14 - Avoiding the Distress of Paying for a Borrower’s Emotional Distress, Part II, by Patrick J. Neligan
February 7 - Avoiding the Distress of Paying for a Borrower’s Emotional Distress, Part 1, by Patrick J. Neligan

January 31 - Home-Equity Loans Hit New Record, Excerpts from article of the same title in The Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2005
January 24 - USA Patriot Act Creates Safe Deposit Confusion, by David P. McGuinn
January 17 - Employee Manuals and Handbooks: Time to Update? by Bob McComas
January 10 - Financial Institutions Continue to Make S Corporation Conversions; Trend Expected to Continue, by Grant Thornton
January 3 - Regulators Identify Importance of Internal Controls in Bank Secrecy Act Compliance, by Mary Ellen Orvis

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