The Bank Director magazine has published the results of the 2009 Bank Performance Scorecard which ranks the top 150 banks in the U.S. In an article titled “Home Run Hitters: Results of the 2009 Bank Performance Scorecard” the magazine noted: “In what’s been one of the toughest years in banking, institutions that played it fiscally …
From a report last October by The Asian Banker, the following are the strongest banks in the Asia-Pacific and the Arab Middle East. These rankings were based on the aggregate score that was calculated using many financial performance indicators. Asia Pacific’s Strongest Banks  AP500 Aggregate Strength Commercial Bank Country Strength Rank 2009 Score 2009 …
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Sixteen banks have failed so far this year. 1st American State Bank of Minnesota of Hancock, Minnesota was the latest bank to be shut down yesterday. In the past few years investing in bank stocks have gotten tricky as many of them have been battered by the credit crisis. However there are some high quality …
The Banker magazine has released the Top 500 Banking Brands of 2010. The top 10 banks are listed below. “The methodology employed by Brand Finance in this Top 500 Banking Brands listing uses a discounted cash flow (DCF) technique to discount estimated future royalties at an appropriate discount rate, to arrive at a net present …
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