Month: March 2019

Financial Literacy is Everyone’s Business

March 29, 2019: BauerFinancial, Inc., Coral Gables, FL, the nation’s leading independent bank and credit union rating firm, would like to remind everyone that April is Financial Literacy Month. It’s never too late, or too early, to start learning your…

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Community Banks: Know Thy Borrower

As a general rule, the more risky loans in a bank’s portfolio are construction, commercial real estate and foreign loans. As we have all seen though, even the seemingly safest loans (1-4 family residential) can turn sour if not underwritten…

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Community Banks Putting Deposits to Work

We may have hit a wall in interest rate increases, (at least for the time being) but that hasn’t stopped consumers or businesses from taking advantage of rate hikes we have seen. From December 2016 through December 2018, the Federal…

Star-Ratings Up; Consumer Debt Falters

March 12, 2019: BAUERFINANCIAL, Inc., Coral Gables, FL, the nation’s leading independent bank and credit union rating firm announces it has newly released bank and credit union star-ratings (based on December 31, 2018 financial data) available on its website, bauerfinancial.com.…

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New Credit Union Star-Ratings This Week

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released mostly positive year-end 2018 financial data on Wednesday (March 6th). The aggregate capital ratio for all federally-insured credit unions increased to 11.30% – up from 10.95% a year earlier. Over 98% reported a…

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All New BANK Star-Ratings This Week

By most measures, 2018 was a good year for U.S. banks. After earning $59.1 billion in the fourth quarter, net income for the calendar year was $236.7 billion. That was 44% higher than 2017 net income. However, after adjusting for…

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