North Carolina Banking Institute
Volume 12
Citation: 12 N.C. Banking Inst.         (2008)

ARTICLES

Reducing Battles Between First and Second Lien Holders Through Intercreditor Agreements:  The Role of the New ABA Model Intercreditor Agreement Task Force:  GARY D. CHAMBLEE 1

The Evolution of a Suitability Standard in the Mortgage Lending Industry:  The Subprime Meltdown Fuels the Fires of Change:  FRANK A. HIRSCH, JR. 21

U.S. Adoption of Basel II and the Basel II Securitization Framework:  ROBERT F. HUGI, JASON H.P. KRAVITT, CAROL A. HITSELBERGER 45

What Do You Mean I'm A Lobbyist?:  New Government Contractor Restrictions and What They Will Mean for Banking Institutions:  PAULA L. HOPPER, ROBERT G. HENSLEY, JR. 103

The Subprime Morass:  Past, Present and Future:  KENNETH C. JOHNSTON, JAMES B. GREER, JULIE K. BIERMACHER, JOSEPH HUMMEL 125

Regulation R:  The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning of Bank Securities Brokerage Activities?:  JEROME J. ROCHE, BABBACK SABAHI 141

NOTES & COMMENTS

I. New Legislative Efforts

Federal Usury Law for Service Members:  The Talent-Nelson Amendment:  PATRICK M. AUL 163

Don't Bet on This Legislation:  The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Places a Bigger Burden on Financial Institutions than Internet Gambling:  JASON A. MILLER 185

College Cost Reduction and Access Act:  A Good Step, but Only a Step:  TRAVIS L. PACKER 221

II. Identity Protection and Consumer Credit

Identity Theft and the Case for a National Credit Freeze Law:  KRISTAN T. CHENG 239

Adverse Action Notices Under the FCRA:  The Supreme Court Provides Guidance:  MEGHAN F. MCCLURE 273

Alien to Financial Services:  Should Social Security Numbers Be Required for Banking Services Provided to Immigrants?:  DREW K. KIFNER 303 

III. Consumer Fraud

Other People's Money:  How a Time-Gap in Credit Reporting May Lead to Fraud:  J. ALEX HEROY 321

Checking in and Cashing out: Cashier's Check Fraud, Depository Liability and Proposed Solutions:  ALEX Y. LIEBERMAN 353

IV. Financial Systems in Developing Markets

Microfinance in Rural China:  Government Initiatives to Encourage Participation by Foreign and Domestic Financial Institutions:  J. WYATT KENDALL 375

V. Book Review

Leading for Growth:  Assessing the Growth Impact of Umpqua Bank's "Cultural Makeover:"   CHASE A. TWEEL 397