For Community Banks, Survival Can Often Trump Lending
1,015 views · Published 23 December 2009 · 12:35 · Indexed 27 October 2026
Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2009 · News & Politics
President Obama met with community bank leaders at the White House on Tuesday and pressed them to boost lending. Yet in a year in which some 140 community banks have been forced to close, the focus among small lenders is often more about keeping afloat.
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