Tag Archives: community banks
First Independence’s Sweet Song of Growth
With lucrative opportunities in �mortgage lending, Donald Davis plays a �profitable tune for his Detroit-based bank
For more than three decades, Donald Davis played the six string, performing on an array…
By Alan Hughes
March 1, 2010
Tags: community banks, personal banking, Real Estate, real estate investments
CDFI Small Business Lending Program Finally a Go
With new terms, community banks are ready to start lending
The Treasury department announced last week that it will provide up to $1 billion in…
By Joyce Jones
February 9, 2010
Tags: B.E. 100s, B.E. Banks, CDFI, community banks, lending, small business loans, TARP, Treasury Department, Troubled Asset Relief Program
Small Is Beautiful
Why community banks are suddenly a big hit with consumers
When it came time for Mell Monroe and his wife, Angela Higginbotham Monroe, to refinance…
By Donald Jay Korn
July 1, 2009
Tags: community banks, FICO, Money Management, Moneywise, personal financing
Three Reasons Why Small Banks Are a Big Hit
Community banks offer an attractive alternative
The banking industry’s problems are well known—perhaps too much so. Fortunately, though, consumers have choices…
By Donald Jay Korn
April 24, 2009
Tags: community banks, personal financing
