Famous Quotes & Sayings

In the past, such a move effectively wiped out the national banking sector in Eastern Europe.

Steve Cook

In the real estate industry, we are concerned about the precedent it sets to let banks be property managers and brokers.

Kofi Annan

In the midst of the road map process, when each party should be making good-faith confidence-building gestures, the barrier's construction in the West Bank cannot, in this regard, be seen as anything but a deeply counterproductive act,

Peter Greene

Interest rate fears are fully discounted now, which is why bonds are up today. That's why stocks are bouncing, why the utilities are rallying, regional bank groups are rallying. But I don't think the market is going to have much more lift here.

Peter Greene

Interest rate fears are fully discounted now, which is why bonds are up today, ... That's why stocks are bouncing, why the utilities are rallying, regional bank groups are rallying. But I don't think the market is going to have much more lift here.

In that environment banks should do well psychologically as well as fundamentally.

I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically.

If you save money, put it in your piggy bank or put it in your savings account, but put it somewhere. I don't care where you put it. But make it tangible.

If you were rating bank CEOs on investing for revenue growth rather than tweaking the existing system, John would rate way up there.

If you want to be a survivor in the global banking market, you need size, and the U.S. is the best place to get it.

In my judgment a bankruptcy certainly is not precluded from being an ultimate scenario. However, I don't see it on the more immediate horizon. If you are a company of this magnitude ... to a certain degree the banks feel it is in their interest give you more rope and keep you going in the hope and expectation that you'll turn it around. I think that's probably what's going to happen here.

Chris Spencer

In a couple of weeks, we are one company, one retail bank in Texas.

Richard Branson

In about three years from now, we'll have the biggest range of products in Australia, bigger than any other bank in Australia, actually.

Jeff Greene

If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today, because people want to get fixed-rate 30-year loans, but banks don't want to keep 30-year loans on their books.

I'm concerned that there is going to be a run on the bank to get stuff done under the guise of Katrina.

I'm bullish on bank shares. The banking business in Japan is becoming better and better.

I'm bullish on bank shares, ... The banking business in Japan is becoming better and better.

If there are people still in the JOBS Bank after we run the program, we'll consider what to do about that.

If people are looking for excuses as to why the European Central Bank may feel their hands are a little tied in the short-term (on rates) they could use this, but I think there's a whole wealth of information suggesting that things are on the mend.

I had a fantastic finish to the year after a rough start. I was really quite pleased with my play from the Deutsche Bank Championship through the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. For some reason, I have played my best golf on the PGA tour in the fall.

I had a fantastic finish to the year after a rough start, ... I was really quite pleased with my play from the Deutsche Bank Championship through the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. For some reason, I have played my best golf on the PGA tour in the fall.

If you buy in bulk - the banks are hoping you'll give them loans in bulk - then they'll give us incentives, which are lower rates to the clients.

Jeffrey Sachs

If the whole world went into recession, all the major central banks could cut interest rates and expand the money supply.

If United were to slip into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and go out of business, the loss of this competitor would surely push up prices.

If you engage in a business transaction with the bank you should have the expectation that the information will only be used to serve you and not help banks make money from marketing.

If you have one checking account, two, whatever . . . remember to communicate with each other and bank responsibly. Compromise; that's what it's all about.

If you have any track record of running a bank or past success, you can do it.

Jean Chatzky

If you decide you need a secured card, use it to charge small items every month, then pay the balance off in full. If your credit score improves, and the bank doesn't offer to upgrade your card within 12 to 18 months, give them a call. If they refuse, try another lender.

If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks - without them, venture capital wouldn't exist. But they need to be risks that VCs are good at assessing and managing.

If you're outsourcing part of your transaction work, you're responsible for making sure the provider adheres to the same security protocols you do. Consumers expect this security whether a bank employee does it or a third party does.

If you're looking at the Chinese banking market, it's underdeveloped, offering good opportunities for growth.

J. C. Watts

If your credit report shows that you had six or more inquiries in the last 12 months that you triggered, you are eight times more likely to go bankrupt than somebody without any inquiries.