Finance

• Chief financial officer recognized - Chief financial officer of MPAY Inc. Jennifer Duff wins a 2010 Virginia CFO Award....
• Taking a swipe at debit card fees - Retailers and banks are on opposite sides of federal legislation that could change the way debit card fees are regulated....
• National economist presents positive financial forecast - ...
• Fear and flexibility - Community banks say their lending flexibility, paired with consumers’ worries about larger financial institutions, will pull them through the economic downturn....
• Book Review - Bernanke's Test: Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker...
• Blood and money - Ingredients for financial turmoil...
• Reconsidering the nest egg - Balance in 401(K) and IRA plans plummeted 15 percent from the end of 2007 to mid-June of this year, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute. In Southwest and Central Virginia, advisors—and clients—are grappling with a ‘New Reality’...
• Private sector investing in green business picks up - While the federal, state and local governments have been ramping up efforts to boost promising "green" businesses, Virginia's private investors have been starting to follow suit...
• The rise of the credit union - Customers are fleeing the rubble of the traditional banking industry at an unprecedented rate, and that’s good news for credit unions. These not-forprof it, member-run institutions can barely keep up with consumer demand...