Bankruptcy Blogs

What to Call Fees for FDIC Insurance, if Not 'FDIC Fees'?

12/28/12

"Deposit fee" is one of the more popular terms being used in new naming conventions, while some banks are scrapping their fees altogether.

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Risk Management Resolutions for 2013

12/28/12

Successful banks are, among other things, focusing on education and employee training courses, establishing a formal enterprise risk management department and tying compensation to clearly defined best practices.

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Will Bankruptcy Filings Increase In 2013?

12/27/12

ouija boardBankruptcy filings have been down in the last year.  In theory that’s good thing but that is not necessarily all good news.  And it certainly isn’t good news for those of us in the business of filing bankruptcies!

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Want To Get Out Of Debt? Treat Your Life Like A Business

12/27/12

The Business World Has Important Lessons To Offer Consumers Trying To Get Out Of Debt Everywhere you turn, whether it’s TV, radio or the internet,  consumers are inundated with “get out of debt fast” scams. Unfortunately, most families end up learning the hard way that if it sounds to good to be true it probably [...]

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Stop Assuming Your Good Customer Satisfaction Scores Indicate Fairness

12/27/12

Developing and implementing programs that accurately detect consumer vulnerabilities in the marketplace is important to better manage risk at financial institutions and for public policy purposes.

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Can Banks Resharpen Their Innovative Edge?

12/27/12

The crisis gave financial innovation a bad rap. Don't let that stifle fresh thinking.

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How To Handle A Surviving Tax Lien After Chapter 7 Discharge

12/26/12

Old taxes may be discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, subject to several conditions. Sometimes my bankruptcy clients contact me after they received their discharge and complain that there is still a tax lien on the title to their home even though they understood that the bankruptcy would discharge their IRS debt. Why is there still a tax lien if their taxes were discharged.

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