Famous Quotes & Sayings

While there are some negatives in the record, when the score is toted up, we think he has a legitimate claim to being the greatest central banker who ever lived. His performance as chairman of the Fed has been impressive.

While there are people for whom this is an easy ride, for the vast majority, bankruptcy is not an easy ride.

You become a member, and you own a piece of us. We offer basically all the services of a bank ... and credit unions are known for being friendlier.

Smaller community banks have been a safe haven.

Small businesses are very important customers for banks today because there are more of them than ever before and each and every bank is fighting to get them.

Small banks play such a vital role in their home markets and their communities,

Small banks come out with an edge on pricing, but what is not measured is the convenience factor.

Slowing housing, weak consumer spending and benign underlying inflation give the bank plenty of reasons to leave interest rates right where they are. Fuel prices are up, but thanks to an extremely competitive retail environment and cheap imports, prices for a whole range of items remain weak.

David Greene

At the same time you're creating a bank deposit, you're capturing data, information you need to compile about that client anyway. It's not for everybody, and if it's not going to save you time or money, we're not going to let you buy it; but we know there will be certain clients out there who will see some pretty significant savings in time.

George Davis

That seemed to change the texture of the market, given that the accompanying statement from the bank was a little bit more on the hawkish side of expectations.

Exorbitant bank fees boost the cost of banking for consumers who struggle to make ends meet,

Ken Salazar

Everywhere I've gone in Colorado, the farmers are telling me they're about ready to go into bankruptcy because they can't borrow any more money, ... The money they're having to spend on fuel prices I think is going to put a number of our farmers over the brink.

Alan Nunnelee

Around the district, I've talked to more local bankers who are scared to death.

A pause today is disappointing but understandable, whilst the Bank reassesses the extent of the slowdown in the USA and impact the Budget has on business and consumer confidence,

The labor market will soften this year and that will take pressure off the central bank. Increasingly people expect the bank to remain on hold as domestic demand and employment growth slow.

The last couple of days illustrate that there is a lot of work to do at this company and it's debatable whether it's actually doable outside bankruptcy court. I don't think it is.

The large U.S. investment banks are tremendously strong because they have the strongest capital market of the world as their home territory,

The labor market is getting too tight, so the Bank of Canada may have to raise the rate more aggressively to keep inflation from taking hold. Higher interest rates get investors to buy the Canadian dollar.

The Korean banks' intrinsic value has improved since the crisis, but still substantially below the global average. More needs to be done, and one way is to have strong foreign banks have a stronger controlling presence because it changes the whole competitive dynamics.

The larger banks are seeing a lot of market share in this area, but the larger credit unions and the ones being run by ex-bankers are setting up arrangements where a non-member can finance a car right at the dealership just by signing up to be a member.

Stephen Lewis

The large German banks now seem to be more interested in competing with Anglo-Saxon banks in international markets than in nurturing their long-standing domestic lending business.

The merger with Bank of Punjab has brought new business lines, especially in its SME (small and medium enterprises) portfolio, and increased our low-cost retail deposit base.

Their point of destination was Hancock Bank on 53. They were re-roofing the building. So the driver of the truck, for whatever reason, just kept driving and he pulled into our parking lot.

The investors really made a profit on those, Bank of Communications, or CCB.

the investment banks and economists may come out and lower second-half gross domestic product growth forecasts.

The investment banking team will be first on the ground, fixed income and equities will be the next phase. We'll do some transfers and we'll hire some people locally.

The issue has been getting the bank back to a positive earnings basis.

The fact that you see banks on the streets, you don't know who the owners are. Many banks are owned by governments.

The fact that yen weakened on the news means the market takes the Bank of Japan's pledge seriously.

The Fed is moving to the sidelines, 50 percent of the regional banks businesses as a rule are still related to the direction of interest rates. We think interest rates are headed lower. Capital markets remain very active. Fleet is in that business. They have an investment banking division, too, now. So the shares are quite cheap at about 13, 14 times earnings.

The Fed is happy to provide all the reserves the banking system needs, ... It's told the banking system 'Ya'll lend now,' and they're doing it.

The Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its tightening cycle, and the European Central Bank could tighten more.

Alan Greenspan

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's efforts were designed solely to enhance the probability of an orderly private-sector adjustment, ... No Federal Reserve funds were put at risk, no promises were made by the Federal Reserve and no individual firms were pressured to participate.