On Saturdays, the Iowa Banking Law Blog will post links to recent articles available on the web that may be of interest to you or others at your bank. If you know of an article that would of interest to the Iowa banking community, feel free to post a comment with a link and a very brief description.
BankNews.com has a July Special Report on the Unbanked and Underbanked Market. It features links to articles, presentations, and other publications outlining trends in this untapped market and what banks, regulators, and other entities (such as Wal-Mart) are doing to reach out to this market.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago released an excellent article entitled "Are mobile payments the smart cards of the aughts?" In the words of the author, the article "compares the much anticipated but ultimately stall smart card revolution of the 1990s with the current expansion of mobile payment platforms, and asks how mobile payments fit into the larger payment system."
The Banking Law Professor Blog points out that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco posts a monthly, one-page summary of the state of the U.S. economy. These succinct, "Cliff's Notes" on the U.S. economy are a great way to stay apprised of general market trends.
Lastly, the Labor and Employment Practice Group of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. released the summer edition of its period newsletter "Hire Perspectives." This newsletter may be of interest to the person(s) responsible for human resources at your bank. The current edition features articles on coordinating FMLA leave with short term disability and sick/vacation leave benefits, supervisor liability for a subordinate's sexual harassment of another, and a new, online "Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Calculator" unveiled by the Department of Labor.
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