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Commercial real estate professionals had a chance to see the newest products offered by several premier lending institutions at the 1st Annual LENDERPALOOZA event held at the RCA Auditorium on June 21, 2013.  Representatives from PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, TD Bank, Total Bank, Seacoast National Bank, Capital Source, and Ready Cap Commercial showcased their services to nearly 100 participants.  Non-lender sponsors included The Fitzgerald Group, Brown & Brown Insurance, Aruba Services and SGF Environmental Consultants.  The event, hosted by The Loan Committee and the RCA, and moderated by The Loan Committee’s Program Director Adam Von Romer, provided a robust networking opportunity that gave guests and members a chance to exchange information.  Many thanks to the RCA’s Maureen Miller for coordinating such a successful event.

The FIBA Wealth Management Forum will be held at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Miami, FL.  The forum will facilitate knowledge exchange on cutting edge issues through targeted panel discussions and current case studies combined with the insightful perspectives of their invited experts.

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On September 11-13, 2013, the Florida Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (FLAGGL) will host its second annual conference at the Rosen Center Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL.  This year’s conference is expected to host a cross section of attendees from various industry institutions throughout the state of Florida. The annual conference will include general sessions, keynote addresses, breakout sessions and networking opportunities with other colleagues and SBA officials.

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The wave of new banking regulations that Congress created to deter and punish Wall Street’s misdeeds is landing with much greater impact on the U.S.’s almost 7,000 community banks than on the too-big-to-fail lenders. Community banks didn’t cause the financial crisis; they played by the rules. Because of their time-tested business model, one based on customer relationships rather than transaction volumes, community banks aren’t a threat to the financial system. Yet they are being forced to pay a penalty in regulatory costs — to comply with rules aimed at preventing the bad behavior on Wall Street from happening again. read entire article…. Author:  Camden R. Fine, Source:  Bloomberg