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July 14, 2008Time to Say Goodbye to the Old American Mortgage Pie?
Analysis of: U.S. Weighs Takeover of Two Mortgage Giants | www.nytimes.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC
The news that Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke are trying to reassure the broader markets that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not be allowed to fail has not produced the expected calming effect on the markets. Shares of both firms have plunged into single digits. Who...
June 6, 2008Delinquencies Sprout Like Weeds: Time For a Pain Check
Analysis of: Delinquencies and Foreclosures Increase in Latest Mortgage Bankers Survey | www.mortgagebankers.org
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC
Adverse news continues to sprout headlines describing the expansion of delinquencies into new corners of the US bank and thrift loan portfolios. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 1Q2008 mortgage delinquency and foreclosure rates continued to expand abovemuch 4Q2007 levels and are now much...
June 6, 2008HP and EDS - Is it a Win-Win? I Predict a Lose-Lose
Analysis of: HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion | www.hp.com
Author: Art Gillis, President, Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
My experience with EDS goes back to 1962, not because it was day one for EDS, but instead, to tell you how bad I am at predicting success stories. What I’m good at is predicting failures.
May 19, 2008If You’re Not Happy With Your Bank’s Core System, There are 101 Solutions Offered by 32 Vendors Who Would Love to Talk to You, Maybe
Analysis of: High Five for Fiserv | online.barrons.com
Author: Art Gillis, President, Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
First, a few definitions for the sake of context clarity - A “solution” is any brand name system offered as an in-house system or outsource service, and driven by the owner of the system, or a third party.The group of 32 vendors includes any company that has customers that rely on that company...
May 19, 2008First Boom, Now Bust Burns An Aggressive Banker
Analysis of: A Gamble That Went Bust | online.wsj.com
Author: Bill Bradway, Founder & Managing Director, Bradway Research, LLC
The housing bust has already made headlines from the subprime fallout, claiming dozens of mortgage banks, producing asset write offs approaching $300 billion on a global basis, and forcing many of the largest financial institutions to raise billions in new capital. Now smaller banks are going over the...
May 15, 2008
An ATM Network Needs Independence
Analysis of: BREAKING: TRM Buys ATM ISO Access to Money for $15 million | www.atmmarketplace.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: BREAKING: TRM Buys ATM ISO Access to Money for $15 million | www.atmmarketplace.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
It takes a very focused approach to be successful in managing an ATM network profitably! Economies of scale contribute greatly to the profitability of an off-premise, non-bank ATM network. .
May 14, 2008
Big Pond
Analysis of: First Data Gets Major Retail Prepaid Distribution with InComm Deal | www.digitaltransactions.net
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: First Data Gets Major Retail Prepaid Distribution with InComm Deal | www.digitaltransactions.net
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
1. Prepaid Market is very large with no one entity in the spotlight. 2. First Data a major leader in merchant POS Services. 3. Market needs consolidation fast
May 13, 2008Desktop virtualization as no-brainer, nearly there
Analysis of: Desktop Virtualization Drives Security, Not Just Dollar Savings | www.informationweek.com
Author: Howard Bruck, Chief Information Officer, Hudson Valley Bank
Desktop virtualization has always been an enticing proposition, but it was never able to overcome the practical limitations, and more importantly never gained acceptance from the user base. However, the proliferation and acceptance of browser based applications, proliferation of...
April 14, 2008There are Fewer Bank Tech Companies but More Solutions in the Marketplace
Analysis of: The FutureNow List | www.americanbanker.com
Author: Art Gillis, President, Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
In 2001 there were 165 companies selling 223 solutions to banks, thrifts and credit unions.Today there are 71 companies selling 306 solutions. That’s 57% fewer companies; 37% more solutions.During the past seven years there were a total of 162 mergers and acquisitions in the account processing sector...
April 10, 2008
Oh My ! No More Regulations
Analysis of: Interchange act coming back stronger | www.greensheet.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Analysis of: Interchange act coming back stronger | www.greensheet.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
1. Free Market at Jeopardy 2. Merchants want everything free 3. If it costs to much, eliminate acceptance Merchants have groaned for years about interchange rates though they have benefited from the billions of invested dollars to manage risk offered by the card associations and...
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