The headlines in early 2001 said privacy was going to be the banking industry's "Issue of the Year.

The headlines in early 2001 said privacy was going to be the banking industry's "Issue of the Year." Then it was asset quality. Then bankruptcy legislation, crisis planning, improved financial disclosures. All unjust For better or worse, the story in 2001 was based in succession what is perhaps the principally mundane of all banking issues: interest rates. It's a topic that scarcely any find captivating, but the fact is that the interest rate environment was unquestionably the single most numerous important driver of bank performance during the year for banks large and small. While financial companies continued to invest time and riches in ...