Mississippi Business Journal » Hans Petit http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Assessing Metropolitan’s market timing: Experienced risk takers pulled it off http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/assessing-metropolitan%e2%80%99s-market-timing-experienced-risk-takers-pulled-it-off/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=assessing-metropolitan%25e2%2580%2599s-market-timing-experienced-risk-takers-pulled-it-off http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/assessing-metropolitan%e2%80%99s-market-timing-experienced-risk-takers-pulled-it-off/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:44:19 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=53863 It’s not like founder Curt Gabardi and his Metropolitan Bank partners decided to sell popsicles in an ice storm. But starting a bank as the nation’s financial sector verged on falling off a cliff? “Whether intentional or by chance, in a warped kind of way they probably picked the best time in the world to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/assessing-metropolitan%e2%80%99s-market-timing-experienced-risk-takers-pulled-it-off/feed/ 0 Days of free debit card use could be coming to an end http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/10/days-of-free-debit-card-use-could-be-coming-to-an-end/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=days-of-free-debit-card-use-could-be-coming-to-an-end http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/10/days-of-free-debit-card-use-could-be-coming-to-an-end/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:22:23 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=36817 Banks have to find ways to offset lower fees from merchants on debit card transactions Achieving that critical balance between a viable revenue level and a satisfied customer base is about to get much more difficult for bankers in Mississippi. They must make tough decisions  before the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors puts a cap on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/10/days-of-free-debit-card-use-could-be-coming-to-an-end/feed/ 0 Acquisitions and mergers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/19/acquisitions-and-mergers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acquisitions-and-mergers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/19/acquisitions-and-mergers/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 06:00:13 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=30581 Flurry of activity may be in the future of many Mississippi institutions A desire to offset dried up demand for consumer and business loans may set off a round of acquisitions and mergers among Mississippi banks. With ledger sheets showing greatly diminished interest income, bankers must get resourceful if they want to see some money [...]

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