Bankruptcy Blogs

FHFA's Vision for MBS Platform: Ambitious, Laudable, Dicey

10/09/12

FHFA is admirably trying to design a platform that will work under any future scenario for the mortgage market. But history shows large-scale projects can fall victim to sheer complexity.

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Dewey Puts Artwork Up for Auction

10/09/12
Reuters

Dewey & LeBoeuf is putting its art collection on the auction block.

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Deliver What Customers Want, Not What You Think They Need

10/09/12

Most customers want to spend less time on their finances, not more. They will flock where they are rewarded for transacting conveniently, rather than for counting their pennies through PFM.

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Total Bankruptcy Filings Down 21%

10/09/12

A recent Press Release from the American Bankruptcy Institute confirms that bankruptcy filings are on a downward trend.  In September of 2011, a total of 110,410 noncommercial bankruptcy cases were filed in the United States.  In September of this year, 87,492 noncommercial bankruptcy cases were filed, which represents a 21% decrease.

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Walmart Goes from Green (Dot) to Amex Blue; Stressing Over Stress Tests

10/09/12

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Bluebird Alights: The Bluebird debit card Walmart rolled out Monday marks another phase in the retailing giant's aggressive push into financial services, the Journal reports. The Bluebird card doesn't have a monthly maintenance fee, annual fee or activation fee, whereas other prepaid cards carry fees of $5 or more a month, as well as a nest of other charges, notes the Journal, which adds that Bluebird arrives as checking account fees reach...

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The Daily Docket: Pinnacle Unions Balk at Airline’s Attempts to Scrap Contract

10/09/12

Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s thousands of pilots and flight attendants are objecting to the airline’s bid to scrap their contracts, a move the regional carrier says is necessary to exit bankruptcy protection. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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3 Ways to Keep Your Bank's Reputation Intact

10/09/12

Financial institutions can avoid negative headlines by monitoring feedback via social media, continually educating staff on how to talk to customers and making reputation risk a major part of their enterprise risk management program.

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Why Do you have to pay all of your Chapter 7 Fees before a case is filed?

10/09/12

When you file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, all of your unsecured debts are discharged.  This includes any fees you owe your bankruptcy attorney.  Any creditor that pursues you after the debt has been discharged is violating the bankruptcy discharge order.  This includes your bankruptcy attorney. I practice in the Northern District of Georgia.  There are [...]

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Bankruptcy and Life Insurance

10/08/12

life insurance and bankruptcy

Bankruptcy and life insurance. You might wonder what these two seemingly unrelated topics have in common. Plenty.

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