Famous Quotes & Sayings

The big money in the banking business is in collecting retail deposits. They ebb and flow with the interest rate cycles but always provide a deep cushion of money you can use to invest.

The boom in electronic banking and the reduction in cash transactions - partly due to the introduction of the euro - are changing the role of the branch network,

The banking system that emerges now will be very different from the one that went into crisis a decade ago.

John W. Snow

The banking sector overall remains healthy and strong.

The banking sector continued to undergo consolidation after their recent gains but the telecom sector is doing quite well following a rebound in European stocks last week.

Scott MacDonald

The banking industry is extraordinarily prepared, but there's no way to keep all operations up and running when they are under the water.

The banking business in Japan is becoming better and better. I'm bullish on bank shares for the long term.

These things are not going to evolve overnight but ultimately, we could be reaching the point where most people do their banking online.

The new banking code requires lenders to be more transparent about charges, the OFT research pre-dates this initiative.

It's pretty much up to how banking issues fare,

Bobby Frasor

It's poetic almost. He starts of the year with that, and this game he starts it off by banking in a 3. You kind of knew it was going to be his night.

TCF Financial (has) this very unique strategy. It's (opening) 25-to-35 branches a year and just growing consistently, 14-to-15 percent per year in earnings, which really is a great kind of situation overall for the banking space, ... I think these guys are at the forefront of the trend. They really are serving Joe Lunch Bucket, as they like to say, and so that's a growing marketplace longer term for banks.

Swings in U.S. stocks always hit here hard, but lingering concern about the health of Japan's banking system is the main factor weighing heavy.

It will be gradual. China's financial markets and their banking system are extraordinarily fragile. They cannot endure the rough and tumble of the global financial markets.

They (computers) run our electric power grid, out telecommunications network, they run our railroads, our banking system, and all of them are vulnerable, at some level, to some degree to information warfare, or cyber-terrorism,

They walk in, look at the specials and they just keep walking. A lot of people think we're the customer service counter. We're always trying to bring awareness, letting people know that we're here and open seven days a week. It's an excellent convenience, you can do your grocery shopping and do your banking all at the same time.

The yield curve inversion is something I think we're going to be living with probably longer than most people would hope. It is something that will take its toll on regional banking over time.

They have to find other ways to make money in Japan. Private banking was their best business, but they can't do that anymore.

It's important to note that if you stripped out investment banking activities, our diluted earnings per share were up 21 percent for the full year of 2005 and 28 percent for the fourth quarter of 2004.

Kelly Ryan

OK, one example, she went online and changed my pass codes. OK. She requested new security information be sent to her and new banking cards sent to her.

It looks a bit disappointing. Net new money is rather small and investment banking doesn't look great.

John W. Snow

It may be harder on some than on others, but overall the banking sector remains healthy and strong,

It's going to be an honest, fair, unvarnished look at what we do, and that means that it's an experiment. It's a risk. Not everybody approves of what we do. But I'm banking on the fact that people will also see how much effort we make about being fair and being ethical.

The figure, compared with 18.6 percent for the whole 2005, shows the banking industry has a steady growth pattern. Banks will likely ride China's economic expansion and a consumer boom into the next decade.

John Adams

Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done or ever will do good.

The end goal is to get a banking relationship started.

The increase in orders is particularly welcome. The bond market may like the fact that the prices paid component dropped 11 points, reversing most of the big gain in November. Analysts are banking on strength in manufacturing next year to offset some of the expected weakness in housing related consumer demand.

James Grant

It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause.

The UAE is the major banking center in the area, and they realized that unless they got serious about fixing their banking laws, their entire economic base would collapse.

The earnings have been good. It indicates the fundamental trends are continuing to be good for the banking industry. I think we'll see 10 to 12 percent growth for the industry next year.

The earnings for the banking industry have generally been pretty good, ... We've had more pleasant surprises than we expected -- we anticipated a relatively dull quarter.

The Hong Kong market is a tough one for the banking sector.

We are consistently one of the fastest-growing banking companies in Virginia.