Article: Small business Internet use on the decline

Article: Most banks sponsor financial literacy
Northwestern Financial Review;  May 1, 2002 ;     319 words ...A report released by the Consumer Bankers of America shows most banks sponsor financial literacy programs. The Washington-based group polled its members from January ...

Article: Late fees to be prevented in case of terrorism
Northwestern Financial Review;  January 15, 2002 ;     313 words ... ... notify the House and Senate banking committees, federal bank regulators, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, the American Bankers Association and the Consumer Bankers Association of post offices and zip codes affected by an attack.

Article: Is the future in fees?
Northwestern Financial Review;  December 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Hemauer said. Fee income has become necessary for banks, added Fritz Elmendorf, vice president of communications at the Consumer Bankers Association in Arlington, Va. However, banks must be careful because some have "tried to put a fee on almost everything ...

Article: Data for sale
Northwestern Financial Review;  August 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... matters as bankers, regulators and trade groups stand at attention. "There is a danger," said Fritz Elmendorf of the Consumer Bankers Association in Alexandria, Va. "Trust is so important, so critical in banking relationships. Anytime you risk eroding ...

Article: Leach Says Financial Modernization Has 50-50 Chance
Northwestern Financial Review;  July 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... supposed to be tough. And, the feeling among most lawmakers is, the regulator doesn't work for the banker, but for the consumer. Bankers understand this concept. Bankers were among those complaining back during the S&L crisis that the industry's ...

Article: Executive briefing
Northwestern Financial Review;  March 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Inexpensive alternatives to regular checking accounts are readily available from the nation's largest banks, according to the Consumer Bankers Association's 1998 Basic Banking Survey. Among the 50 largest banks in the country, 80 percent offer no-frills checking ...

Article: Fed's plan for subsidiaries criticized
Northwestern Financial Review;  October 18, 1997 ;     367 words ... ... individual institutions or the banking system have increased from transactions covered by the board's proposal,'' reads a joint letter from the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association and the Bankers Roundtable.