<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Banking News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=29&amp;catid=68</link><description>News Feed for - Banking</description><item><title>IMF: World economy in holding pattern</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292773&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:08:00</pubDate><description>By Fiona Shaikh LONDON (Reuters) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, and a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in coming months, </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Mercantile Bancorp Announces Third Quarter Earnings and Strategic Developments</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96318446&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:44:00</pubDate><description>10:21am EST storyKeywords RTR_ArticleTitle ' Mercantile Bancorp Announces Third Quarter Earnings and Strategic RTR_ArticleBlurb ' QUINCY, IL, Nov 23 (MARKET WIRE) Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE Amex: </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>New Worm Attacks iPhones, Targets Mobile Banking</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306107&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:07:00</pubDate><description>A second iPhone worm is in the wild, and unlike the jokey Australian worm authored by hacker prankster Ikee two weeks ago, this one is dangerous. Unlike Ikeeâ??s hack, which merely rick-rolled owners </description><source>Wired News</source></item><item><title>BRIEF-Zions Bancorp commences exchange offer for Series A preferred stock</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96316823&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:28:00</pubDate><description>Nov 23 (Reuters) - Zions Bancorp: * Zions bancorporation commences exchange offer for series a preferred stock * Says the exchange offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 21, </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Indonesian bank bailout criticised by audit agency</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96310045&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:35:00</pubDate><description>JAKARTA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - An Indonesian government bailout of a small bank last year during the financial crisis was criticised by the Supreme Audit Agency on Monday and could now become a political </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>JPMorgan Chase to Present at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96313390&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:15:00</pubDate><description>BusinessWire - Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., will present at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009 at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Reuters Summit - Axis Bank to stay focused on corp loans</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305429&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:09:00</pubDate><description>MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian private-sector lender Axis Bank plans to keep its focus on corporate lending, with retail loans to stay a small part of its loan book, a senior official told on Monday. 'We do </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>China Asks Its Banks to Slow Down Lending</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96297601&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:03:00</pubDate><description>Chinese banking regulators are putting pressure on the countryâ??s banks to raise more capital and temper their rapid growth in lending, in the clearest signs yet of official concern about the sustainability </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>700 jobs to go at banking centre</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300799&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:06:00</pubDate><description>The finance industry has been hit with a pre-Christmas jobs blow with news of more than 700 job losses. The Accord trade union said the jobs will go at Lloyds Banking Groups offices in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. </description><source>Irish Independent</source></item><item><title>Peapack-Gladstone Financial Appoints Vincent Spero As EVP And Chief Lending Officer </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96319814&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:18:00</pubDate><description>(RTTNews) - Monday, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. (PGC: News ) appointed Vincent Spero as executive vice president and chief lending officer at Peapack-Gladstone Bank, the holding company's wholly </description><source>RTTNews.com</source></item><item><title>Russia c.bank injects 0.56 bln roubles via repos</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291254&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:35:00</pubDate><description>MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank injected 0.56 billion roubles ($19.41 million) of one-day funds into the banking system at a rate of 6.84 percent in its second repo auction of the </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Rockwell Collins CFO to Address Credit Suisse Aerospace &amp; Defense Conference on </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96312921&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:41:00</pubDate><description>CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(Business Wire)-- Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) Senior Vice President and CFO Patrick Allen will address the Credit Suisse Aerospace and Defense Conference in New York, NY on </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>HUNGARY CBANK: 50 BPS RATE CUT WAS SUPPORTED BY CLEAR MAJORITY - SIMOR</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96291691&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:19:00</pubDate><description>For highlights of the Hungarian central bank's rate decision statement and news conference please double click on COPYRIGHT</description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Nigeria graft police sets new bank debtor deadline</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96321576&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:06:00</pubDate><description>ABUJA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Nigeria's anti-corruption police on Monday gave defaulting debtors of nine bailed-out banks two weeks to organise repayments or risk arrest, prosecution and the seizure of their </description><source>Reuters UK</source></item><item><title>Citi, UBS rank low in S&amp;amp;P new capital ratio study</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300834&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:28:00</pubDate><description>capital ratio study - Forbes.com displayedhannel displayedSection fdc_nocss nology Enterprise Personal Emerging nology All Forbes nology &amp; The World nology alertsList Reuters , rank low in S&amp;P new capital </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Bank crisis shows need to expect the very worst: study</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96323517&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:43:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - Two years of economic and market turmoil mean that investors cannot ignore the chances of even the most extreme events like global depression or a killer pandemic, a leading investment </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Dollar Libor marks new low, euro rates inch higher</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305689&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:33:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The interbank cost of borrowing dollars for three-months hit a new low on Monday, according to the latest daily fixing from the British Bankers' Association. Equivalent euro </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Dutch c.bank worries about deficits, U.S. dollar</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96304428&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:29:00</pubDate><description>AMSTERDAM, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The Dutch central bank (DNB) is worried about 'sizeable' global imbalances of government finances and balances of payments, pointing to the United States and doubts over </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Spain's Salgado says '10 diffiicult year for banks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96303910&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:29:00</pubDate><description>MADRID, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Spain's banks will face a difficult year in 2010, the country's economy minister said on Monday. 'It's foreseeable that 2010 will be a difficult year for the banking sector </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>EURO BONDS-HSBC, Banco Guipuzcoano, Land NRW, UBS</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96296910&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:33:00</pubDate><description>LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - News, details on corporate bond issues in European markets on Monday: HSBC Issue: 1.25 billion euro senior unsecured fixed-rate 7-year bond, according to an HSBC banker. Pricing </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>How Bad Is America's Bank Bust?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263250&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:15:00</pubDate><description>America's Bank Bust: How Bad Is It? - Forbes.com                         nology    Enterprise     Personal         Emerging         nology                             All Forbes     nology   &amp; The World </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Armstrong Bank Embraces Video for RDC Education</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96313165&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:58:00</pubDate><description>Community institution finds value add with interactive online content CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)-- MindBlazer, a marketing technology company that leverages interactive video and new media for the </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Credit card fraud continues to hit banking industry</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96247063&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:34:00</pubDate><description>fraud continues to hit South Africas banking industry, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric) said today (November 23). In a statement, it said the industrys financial losses resulting </description><source>Weekend Post ZA</source></item><item><title>BRIEF-Moody's cuts Absolut Bank rating to Ba3</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96323811&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:40:00</pubDate><description>Nov 23 (Reuters) - Absolut Bank: * Moody's COPYRIGHT</description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-MOVES-HSBC Actuaries &amp; Consultants,SAM Capital Partners</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96315636&amp;Channel_ID=29&amp;Category_ID=68</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:10:00</pubDate><description>(Adds HSBC Actuaries &amp;amp; Consultants, SAM Capital Partners and others) Nov 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, </description><source>Reuters</source></item></channel></rss>