Mississippi Business Journal » John Oxford http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Refinance activity strong in state as people take advantage of record low rates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/03/refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/03/refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:02 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=57981 The flip side of the housing bubble burst is that interest rates are as low as people are likely to see in their lifetimes. That combined with the government’s HARP II program to help distressed homeowners stay in their homes are reducing mortgage amounts, and contributing to increased revenues at banks. Regions Bank chief financial [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/03/refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates/feed/ 0 It’s a part of doing business http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/it%e2%80%99s-a-part-of-doing-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-a-part-of-doing-business http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/it%e2%80%99s-a-part-of-doing-business/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:00:25 +0000 Nash Nunnery http://msbusiness.com/?p=35931 Twitter, Facebook and other social media just another way banks can reach their customers To Tweet or not to Tweet, that is the question. Like it or not, social networking is fast becoming an increasingly popular way for traditionally-conservative banks to reach consumers amid the economic downturn. Megabanks such as Wells Fargo and Bank of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/01/23/it%e2%80%99s-a-part-of-doing-business/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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