While large banks like Citigroup (C Quote) continued to raise capital in the public markets last week, local banks in some regions are competing to raise additional capital from local investors, private equity or any other way they can. According to one veteran Florida banker, "Raising capital is priority No. 1 in this business."
With Florida on the forefront of the residential real-estate calamity, TheStreet.com Ratings has updated its watch list of troubled Florida banks and S&Ls.
A problem of bank analysis is that you're always clamoring for the most recent data. At this point, preliminary call report data for most banks is available for March 31, and is subject to change. S&L data is not yet available. ...
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