Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim McDermott

Banking companies that stumble in this environment are vulnerable and the bar has been raised.

Bank fees are still increasing and big banks are charging bigger fees. It's a serious problem for consumers.

Bankers Trust generated broad-based improvement in both revenue and profitability in the first quarter. Bankers Trust nearly doubled investment banking profit from a year ago.

Bankers know that wind loans can be good loans. There just isn't that much knowledge about how to structure them.

Bankers feel pressure to keep up with the Joneses...but you do deals when you can do them.

Bankers face a wide spectrum of businesses that are fighting for these deposits. Other banks, credit unions, brokerage firms, mutual fund companies and Internet banks are all looking to capture the same depositor dollars.

Bankers are just like everyone else only richer.

Bank blue chips were hurt by the concerns that they may not meet target loan growth this year in this environment of political uncertainties and high oil prices.

Banks will not only have increased losses, but reduced revenue as well. For some customers, the banks will have to reduce interest payments in order to keep them from defaulting. There's a bit of uncertainty because it's hard to predict human behavior.

Jonathan Raymond

Banks will fee you to death. If you bounce a check, the bank has a policy to re-post the check three more times to see if it will be paid. If it continues to bounce they charge a $30 overdraft every time. So, one bounced check will rack up $90 for the bank.

Banks want to stay clear of risky investments, like those that could be tied up in court. They also are sensitive to the public they serve and don't want their parking lots ringed with pickets.

Bank stocks were lifted today due to better than expected earnings from Bank of East Asia, but interest rate worries hurt property stocks.

Bank stocks have become a core holding for foreigners because Japan's economic recovery is looking increasingly sustainable.

Banks make up the bulk of the Chinese financial system. The problem is that there are too few insurance companies and mutual funds to offer the variety of products, services and risk profiles the economy needs to flourish.

Banks have various sources of earnings. If a bank is large enough to have international operations, it has evolved enough diversification to counteract those losses.

Banks have to go through a lot of back office reengineering in order to go digital.

Banks have risks of exposure limits, and they have portfolio targets,

Banks have laid off so many people, and now they're getting hit with pretty heavy volumes. At end of the day, there's a labor bottleneck.

Banks have been careful not to put too much on the end-user. Look at PIN codes. We had four digits. People in the data-security world said that four digits are not secure because they are easily compromised by random number generators, and users would probably use years and birthdays. Then why did banks do that? Because four digits is the least common denominator that the public won't have to write down.

Vanna Bonta

Banks have become society's new pushers, grooming money addicts.

Banks do not want to put security procedures in place that may discourage users from using their services.

Bill Jones

Banks charge a ""service fee"" to use the ATM. Coke machines will soon expect a tip!

J. Taylor

Banks certainly face a challenge in today's extremely competitive market in that customers crave the convenience of banking online, yet still also require a personal touch.

Guy Williams

Banks are the conduit for the economy. We're the connection between the savers and the borrowers.

Banks are starting to stand on their own two feet, and markets are recognising that.

Brian Johnson

Banks are sacrificing margins to win volume. At some point, interest rates will move up and loan losses will rise because banks are under-pricing risk.

Banks are probably going to bypass some good loans this year.

Banks are part of the community. They understand the needs of consumers, and they deal in good faith, promoting goodwill.

Banks are now recognized as providers of financial services.

Banks are in now in a dilemma, so most dare not drop the rate due to the fierce competition.

Banks are increasingly monitoring profitability. If you have borrowed a lot of money or have tens of thousands of dollars in a money market account, they won't want to lose you.

Bad-loan disposal is the single most important task for banks at the moment. Apparently, the market is sending a cheer to Asahi's efforts.

Thomas Johnson

As long as people have money they are always going to try to do inappropriate things with it. The real question is how banks and government authorities deal with that and whether their safeguards really work.