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On the Horizon
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At some point the present credit crisis will begin to process itself. When that happens we will all find that issues like global counterparty confidence will again emerge as the operational issues of concern to the banking community.

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"In 2007, IRA began hosting data and analytics derived from The IRA Bank Monitor for American Banker, a unit of Source Media. The display is served via IRA's web services framework and includes bank performance metrics and Basel II credit factors for all US banks and bank holding companies, using data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Functionality included in the American Banker branded "The Bank Benchmark" tool includes watch lists, Excel downloads of three years worth of annual and quarterly historical data, and a bank peering display tool allowing users to compare institutions."


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IRA design behind the scene,


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