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But it appears that Geithner went out of his way to get the thoughts of the nation's 8,000 or so small banks. "We found it encouraging that Geithner wanted to know what was important to community banks," says Fine. He says that, since the initial meeting, his staff...
It's unclear, though, whether Fine's special access will translate into financial help. Geithner has said he will spend a certain portion of the remaining $350 billion in the Treasury program formerly known as TARP investing more money in the nation's banks. But he hasn't said whether...
Under the previous Administration, small banks complained they did not get the same access that large banks got to TARP funds. Some 600 small banks have filed applications to get financial-rescue funds, and they are still waiting for a response from Treasury. And that has driven up the resentment...
The late-January meeting between Geithner and Fine could signal a change in policy. Some observers say that move would make sense. Bank analyst Meredith Whitney, who recently left Oppenheimer to start her own firm, has said the best plan to restart the financial system would be to give government...
Of course, community banks, despite weathering the credit storm relatively well so far, may soon face their own troubles. Unlike larger banks, most community banks were not big in the residential-mortgage business. Instead, they made a lot of loans to local developers. As the economy sours, more and more...