Bankruptcy Blogs

As regulators emphasize the importance of data integrity, chief data officers need to consider new strategies to ensure that all bank employees are on the same page about improving information quality.

A new lawsuit seeks to hold M&I Bank, now owned by BMO Harris Bank, responsible for allegedly enabling Minnesota businessman Tom Petters to orchestrate a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of several billion dollars. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

Americans are still looking for the same fundamental services from their banks. It's their expectations of convenience and accessibility that have changed Â-- and that's where digital offerings should come in.

The multifamily housing sector is likely to remain healthy thanks to favorable demographics Â-- but the apartment market is almost certainly past peak for this cycle.

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Fed Balancing Act: The Federal Reserve's policy-making Federal Open Market Committee announced Wednesday that the central bank will keep interest rates low in the near-term, though it could change course sooner than expected if data shows greater economic improvement. The Fed's statement, which was approved by an 8-2 vote, noted that unemployment levels remain subpar. "There are still too many people who want jobs but cannot find them, too many who are...