SNL Financial

• 2013 May See First New Bank Since 2010, Analytic Firm Says

  By David Morrison  |  January 23, 2013

  SNL Financial says credit union industry managed four new charters last year, none for banks.

• Melrose Credit Union Tops 2012 SNL Performance List

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 22, 2012

  Melrose Credit Union claims the top spot in SNL Financial's 2012 ranking of the 50 best-performing credit unions with more than $500 million in assets.

• Community Banks Cite Borrower Debt Payoff for Loan Shrinkage

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 17, 2012

  As credit unions loans inched up to nearly $600 billion, lending at some community banks has been down for at least the past five months.

• Report Suggests Communities Where BofA Might Close Branches

  By David Morrison  |  May 16, 2012

  Credit unions with fields of membership in certain communities across the U.S. may get an opportunity to purchase a Bank of America branch.

• Datatrac Data Sold to SNL Financial

  By Marc Rapport  |  December 4, 2011

  The interest rate data products operation of Datatrac Corp. in Milwaukee has been sold to SNL Financial of Charlottesville, Va., the companies said.

• SNL Financial Buys Datatrac Database

  By Marc Rapport  |  November 17, 2011

  Datatrac’s database comprises more than 10 years of history of more than 10 million rates and fees from more than 100,000 depository locations, the companies said.

• Troubled Financial Institutions List Tops 1,000

  By Claude R. Marx  |  October 18, 2011

  Analysis of federal data finds 1,042 institutions under some kind of order or directive, but none in Vermont or West Virginia.