No one could have predicted that a decade of expansion and employment growth would be wiped out in a matter of weeks. Yet, based on the record number of unemployment filings last week (3.28 million), that is exactly what’s happened.…
Twelve Years Later, Dodd-Frank Tested
No one could have predicted that a decade of expansion and employment growth would be wiped out in a matter of weeks. Yet, based on the record number of unemployment filings last week (3.28 million), that is exactly what’s happened.…
Freedman to Liberty; Community
As we work to continue moving our particular cogs in the economic wheel, while practicing social distancing and self-isolating as appropriate, we have been surprised by a couple of regulatory posts that have not made the news due to everything…
From Freedman’s to Liberty; a Lesson in Community
As we work to continue moving our particular cogs in the economic wheel, while practicing social distancing and self-isolating as appropriate, we have been surprised by a couple of regulatory posts that have not made the news due to everything…
Bankers Ready and Able to Help
The financial condition of the nation’s bank and credit union industries are possibly the strongest we have seen in our lifetime. That will prove to be invaluable as we come to grips with the full impact of COVID-19. Federal and…
Banks and Credit Unions Ready and Able to Help
The financial condition of the nation’s bank and credit union industries are possibly the strongest we have seen in our lifetime. That will prove to be invaluable as we come to grips with the full impact of COVID-19. Federal and…
Banks & CUs Ready to Help
March 13, 2020: BauerFinancial, Inc., Coral Gables, FL, the nation’s leading independent bank and credit union rating firm, is pleased to announce that the financial condition of the nation’s bank and credit union industries are possibly the strongest we have…
Community Banks Take Helm
After nearly 18 months gliding on cruise control with a target Fed Funds Rate at an attractive 5.25%, the Fed cut rates a half point at an emergency meeting. That was September 2007, and we all know what followed. Several…
Uncharted Territory, Community Banks Take Helm
After nearly 18 months gliding on cruise control with a target Fed Funds Rate at an attractive 5.25%, the Fed cut rates a half point at an emergency meeting. That was September 2007, and we all know what followed. Several…
All New Bank Star-Ratings & Data
All New Star-Ratings & Data This Week Bank Star-Ratings have all been updated based on December 31, 2019 financial data. (Credit Union Star Ratings will be out in the next week or two.) With these new ratings we are looking…