About 5 years ago there were several locally owned community banks in my area…..and slowly they have been systematically eating up by larger more national banks…..

I got to thinking about the demise of community banks and went on a research mission….to see if I could find a reason for the demise of these institutions.

After several days…I found what appears to be a good explanation for this mass extinction……

As a rewsponse to the economic crisis of 2008 the government came up with a plan….Dodd-Frank…..it was at best minor reform…..nothing has really changed but it did allow for the demise of the community bank……say what?

The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the megabanks.

Source: Killing Off Community Banks – Intended Consequence of Dodd-Frank?

This ends my posting day…will return tomorrow with more stuff…..peace out