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Minnesota’s Troubled Community Banking Industry

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On September 23, 2009 @ 3:30 pm In Bailouts,Credit,Real Estate | Comments Disabled

I’d like to direct your attention to an in-depth, three-part series on the troubled community banking industry by the Star Tribune newspaper in Minnesota.

Here’s a link to the project ^[1]:

The paper has gotten very positive reaction to (brace yourself) their investigative journalism. The state Legislature is holding hearings on banking regulation in Minnesota as a result: State Senate plans hearings on banking regulation ^[2].

Here are links to the main stories:

Part 1: Minnesota’s small banks on the brink ^[3]

http://www.startribune.com/business/51701012.html

Part 2: Credit unions: where the credit flowed too freely ^[4]

http://www.startribune.com/business/51633817.html

Part 3: As loans grew, regulators shrank ^[5]

http://www.startribune.com/51826122.html

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Sources:
State Senate plans hearings on banking regulation ^[2]
State lawmakers will explore limiting real estate lending or beefing up the Commerce Department regulation staff
CHRIS SERRES,
Star Tribune, July 29, 2009 – 8:49 PM

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/51999472.html

How’s your bank doing? ^[9]

http://ww2.startribune.com/projects/maps/mnbanks/banks_keydata.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiacyKUUr

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URLs in this post:

[1] the project: http://www.startribune.com/projects/50397367.html

[2] State Senate plans hearings on banking regulation: http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/51999472.html

[3] Part 1: Minnesota’s small banks on the brink: http://www.startribune.com/business/51701012.html

[4] Part 2: Credit unions: where the credit flowed too freely: http://www.startribune.com/business/51633817.html

[5] Part 3: As loans grew, regulators shrank: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog http://www.startribune.com/51826122.html

[6] Image: http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/52002962.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiacyKUUr

[7] Image: http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/52012542.html?elr=KArksCCCWiaEyayP4O:DW3ckUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiacyKUUr

[8] Image: http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/52016962.html?elr=KArksCCCWiaEyayP4O:DW3ckUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiacyKUUr

[9] How’s your bank doing?: http://ww2.startribune.com/projects/maps/mnbanks/banks_keydata.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiacyKUUr

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