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Cap Times: ‘Too big to fail? Break ‘em up’
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsThe Madison-based Center for Media and Democracy recently gave its first-ever “Golden Throne Award” to the president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, Edward Yingling. “The Golden Throne, you see, is more like a that-really-takes-a-lot-of-chutzpah award — as in the big bankers nearly bankrupting the American economy and now spending big bucks lobbying to convince Congress that it shouldn’t enact tighter regulation,” writes Dave Zwiefel of The Capital Times.
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ABA: Fewer Americans Paying Bank Fees
Posted on September 9th, 2009 No commentsAt least 82 percent of bank customers avoided overdraft fees within the past year, up 2 percent from 2008, according to a survey published by the American Bankers Association. Read more in the Milwaukee Business Journal.
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Associated’s Binder Named to ABA Board
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No commentsAssociated Banc-Corp President Lisa B. Binder has been elected to a one-year term on the board of the American Bankers Association, the banking industry’s largest trade group, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. James McKenna, chief executive of Brookfield’s North Shore Bank, also serves on the ABA board.