regional banks

The regional banks do at least have plumper cushions than they did going into the last recession.

Smaller regional banks have long been a third option, but the looming commercial-property bust is diminishing their usefulness.

If regional banks are fighting to survive, lower fees will not be enough to get small-business finance flowing again.

The sale agreement indicates Sovereign likely saw little way out of the problems that are plaguing the nation's regional banks.

Many regional banks occupy a middle ground between the big money-center banks and the high exposure of these two.

They were financed by their local and regional banks, whose mission was to foster local enterprise.

Five regional banks reported "economic growth at a moderate pace" and two pointed to "positive developments or net improvements. "

It expects the number of failures to start falling next year. It helps that regional banks have cut down their most toxic assets.

In Germany, the six regional banks (Landesbanken) that are most in need of recapitalization have cozy ties with local government.

Regional banks had benefited from several strong years of economic growth in countries such as South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.

It did so by announcing rules requiring regional banks to place more of their deposits in reserve (a step it took again this week).

"A good third of the regional banks won't make it, " he predicted.

Well, Wall Street is home to two fewer investment banks (three, if you count Merrill Lynch). Some regional banks have gone bust.

Regional banks, in particular, had their worst performance compared to the overall market in half a century.

White expects commercial real estate to remain weak, making it difficult for regional banks to recover easily soon.

Regional banks will be hit harder, but should be protected by their notoriously limited lending.

US mortgages had been "sliced and diced" and were turning up at state-run regional banks in Germany.

This was a big advance over the first days when three regional banks existed.

It could include Wells Fargo &Co. (WFC), Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Citigroup Inc. (C) and several regional banks.

This week, the range of industries issuing reports and 2009 outlooks is broad, from technology companies to airlines to regional banks.

The bank said it would work through global and regional banks to extend trade finance to importers and exporters in developing countries.

U. S. regional banks, the rating agency says, are threatened by commercial real estate issues.

Lots of European firms were seduced by America too, buying brokerages, regional banks and even subprime outfits.

Bank stocks have been notably absent from the past month's rally, especially the regional banks.

Politicians put huge pressure on small and regional banks to lend money on generous terms.

The problem may be acute for small regional banks that have not yet taken substantial writedowns on their loan books.

Smaller, regional banks look most vulnerable to rising losses.

It is not yet clear that the bail-out will include the distressed construction and land loans that were popular among regional banks.

for different types of banks , regional banks have the highest prime rates and new commercial banks have the lowest ones.

Most regional banks face different problems from WaMu.

If a collapse for a big Wall Street house now seems unlikely, critical difficulties for regional banks seem quite plausible.

Recent speculation has focused on mergers between second-tier regional banks, which are yet to apply to receive the government aid.

It helps that regional banks have cut down their most toxic assets.

Other regional banks with large holdings of troubled mortgage securities, such as Ohio-based National City and Fifth Third were also lower.

But five of its 12 regional banks saw the pace of decline in the economy slowing.

There are many players in the aid market; bilateral donors and regional banks are the most important.

Most of those losses are likely to land on small, regional banks, rather than the Wall Street giants that wobbled last year.

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