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Question: Our bank is acquiring another bank, and once the acquisition is complete, we are going to change our name to the acquired’s name.  The only thing changing from a servicing perspective is the name and address of the bank. Based on this information, ...Read More

by Laurence Vinson, Bradley Alabama banks and other secured parties sometimes have difficulty completing the UCC-1 financing statement form in the manner provided by Article 9, “Secured Transactions,” of the Alabama Uniform Commercial Code with respect to debtors that are registered organizations, according to ...Read More

According to STS Group there have been a number of cases this week in Alabama in which ATMs were used to dispense hundreds of thousands of dollars with fraudulent cards. These cards were skimmed from another device such as a gas pump. Last year, ...Read More

by Nancy A. Bush, CFA, NAB Research, LLC, Distributed by Banks Street Partners, LLC With profuse apologies to T.S. Eliot, April is NOT the cruelest month. As any Wall Streeter—or indeed, any investor—knows, that ignominious descriptor belongs to the month of October, which is ...Read More

Important leadership and committee positions were filled by the Alabama House and Senate during the recently concluded 2019 Organizational Session. In the 105-seat state House, Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) of District 25 was elected to his first full term as Speaker and Rep. Victor ...Read More

by Brian Malcom, Waller It is finally over. No more robocalls. No more yard signs. No more poorly-produced television commercials. The midterms are behind us. A few results are still being counted, but the landscape is clear. Democrats will have a majority in the ...Read More

Question: Our current practice on residential balloon mortgages is to extend the maturity date prior to the balloon period if the customer requests it prior to the balloon and the borrower meets certain conditions. This is completed with a change in terms document leaving the ...Read More