As we already painfully know, giving TARP money to specific community banks will not work.
Politics and a sense of propriety also may play a role for resurging community banks.
Burrows also noted the strength of community banks and their valuations vary noticeably by geographic region.
This week Ben Bernanke, the Fed's new chairman, warned community banks about their commercial-property lending.
Community banks have far more political clout with both parties than big banks do.
And a lot of the problems that occurred really had nothing to do with community banks.
They worry that a new agency will create an increased burden on community banks.
Especially in small community banks where the regulators have them afraid of their own shadows.
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Of course, the administration's favoritism of the big boys also creates some real problems to community banks.
Community banks will struggle to survive in an environment where they are the highest priced providers in town.
We considered it a competitive opportunity and became one of the first community banks to offer online banking.
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Two community banks that I like as consolidators are Umpqua Holdings ( UMPQ) and Whitney Holdings ( WTNY).
The total of 2, 623 community banks is 34.3% of all banks that still needs to unwind risk exposures.
But, he continued, all but two banks in Montana are small community banks that might be hurt by reform.
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Branch officers are given commercial lending authority, something many community banks don't allow.
The basic causes of the Great Recession began in the Housing Market and the community banks on Main Street.
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Another source of trouble could be the decline of community banks, which traditionally have focused on smaller businesses.
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In 2005, when online banking was gaining traction, most community banks considered it out of their wheelhouse of possibilities.
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Community banks peaked in December 2006, with regional banks peaking in March 2007.
The financial reform law is hitting small community banks with big regulatory hurdles.
We want to figure out how to work with small and community banks.
Tester argued that the bill did not adequately account for the higher costs of smaller community banks and credit unions.
Optimists are saying 2013 could be the year that the oft-predicted consolidation wave for regional and community banks comes ashore.
Thousands of small community banks are desperate to offload the duff loans they made to shopping malls and small businesses.
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Today I will focus on community banks and present profiles that justify six FDIC-insured financial institutions that should be avoided.
Borrowing is difficult for the wiliest of businessmen, even for Asians borrowing from what are in effect their community banks.
Joe and Tiffany could tell you firsthand just how critical community banks are to helping small businesses grow and create jobs.
To make sure that the big banks on Wall Street play by the same rules as community banks on Main Street.
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The community bankers believe -- are certainly supportive of money to community banks that can be lent directly to small businesses.
More than 50% of community banks have too many toxic commercial real estate exposures and need help to avoid eventual failure.
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