READING ROOM

Selected Web Sites, articles and papers that are of interest to financial professionals, especially those involved in de novo and community banks.

In Hard Times, One New Bank (Double-Wide) NY Times
Well-capitalized Bank? The Rules are Shifting Hartford Business Journal
Ten Predictions About Financial Reform and Its Impact on Community Banks Western Independent Bankers
Finding Capital in a New Era banknews.com
New Capital Rules and Raising New Capital Western Independent Bankers
Capital Management: Banking's Trickiest Juggling Act Bank Director Magazine
Top 10 Compliance Fitness Steps for De Novo Banks Western Banking Magazine
Using Board Advisers Effectively Bank Director Magazine
Basics For Bank Directors Forest E. Myers, FRB of St. Louis
Ten Commandments for Community Bank Directors Western Independent Bankers