Web Sites Of Interest

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GOVERNMENT SITES


Census Bureau
www.census.gov
This web site provides a vast assortment of economic and demographic information.
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
www.occ.ustreas.gov
The Comptroller’s site lists current and regulatory changes from this Treasury bureau. You can find advisory letters, bulletins and alerts as well.
Fannie Mae
www.fanniemae.com
This site provides information on Fannie Mae – the largest player in the secondary market arena. You can find financial information about Fannie and consumer information about Fannie’s programs
FDIC
www.fdic.gov
This comprehensive site contains such items as the FDIC”s Quarterly Call Report information, Banking Profile, Statistics on Banking, Financial Institution Letters and various manuals.
FDIC Institution Directory System
www2.fdic.gov/idasp/
Obtain demographic data and financial profiles of each FDIC-insured depository institution derived from quarterly reports filed with Federal regulators
Fed Net
www.fednet.net/
Live audio broadcasts of the US Congress
Federal Housing Finance Board
www.fhfb.gov/
The Federal Housing Finance Board is the safety and soundness regulator for the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHL Bank) System
Federal Register Online
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html
The Federal Register is the official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents
Federal Reserve Board
www.federalreserve.gov
The Fed’s site provides you with access to information about the Fed’s publications, selected press releases, and speeches by Board members
Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
FEMA
www.fema.gov
The Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA – is an independent agency of the federal government, reporting to the President
FFIEC
www.ffiec.gov
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
Financial Accounting Standards Board
www.fasb.org
This site provides information on FASB, the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting and reporting
Freddie Mac
www.freddiemac.com
This site provides an overview of Freddie Mac’s activities
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
www.ginniemae.gov
Ginnie Mae”s mission is to promote accessibility to affordable housing for all Americans.
GPO Access
www.access.gpo.gov
This is the Government Printing Office’s site where you will find the Congressional Record, Federal Record, and Congressional Bills and public laws.
HUD
www.hud.gov
This site gives you an overview of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It’s broken down into categories such as homes, community development and research
IRS
www.irs.ustreas.gov
This is the site for the Internal Revenue Service. You can download forms, instructions and publications as well as new releases.
NCUA
www.ncua.gov
The National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 6,981 federal credit unions and insures 4,257 state-chartered credit unions
OFHEO
www.ofheo.gov
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) mission is ensuring the capital adequacy and financial safety and soundness of two government-sponsored enterprises (GSE’s) – the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
OTS
www.ots.treas.gov
The OTS is the primary regulator of all federal and many state-chartered thrift institutions. This site provides access to information on the agency’s programs and activites
SEC
www.sec.gov
This agency is responsible for administering securities law. The site provides access to Commission announcements as well as its Edgar Data base, where you’ll find items like 10K and 10Q reports
Thomas
www.loc.gov
This is the Library of Congress’s legislative information site and provides a wealth of material on the Legislative Branch and congressional bills
Treasury
www.ustreas.gov
This site provides access to material from the Treasury Department ranging from speeches of the Secretary to IRS documents
White House
www.whitehouse.gov
This White House site provides access to White House press releases, information about tours, and the history of the White House

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FINANCIAL SITES


AMEX
www.amex.com
The website of the American Stock Exchange
CNNFN Market Updates
www.cnnfn.com/markets/us_markets.html
Wondering how the markets are doing? Click here to find out the latest
Financial Women International
www.fwi.org
Financial Women International serves women in the financial services industry who seek to expand their personal and professional capabilities through self-directed growth in a supportive environment
International Union for Housing Finance
www.housingfinance.org/
The International Union for Housing Finance is a non-profit trade association that has the global reach to bring you the most important international developments in housing finance. With members in nearly 50 countries, the International Union for Housing Finance (IUHF) offers timely information and professional relationships that can make a difference to you, your institution, your company, and your country
NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
Up-to-date NASDAQ listings where you can check individual stocks
NYSE
www.nyse.com
This is the site of the New York Stock Exchange

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MANAGEMENT TOOLS


BankersOnline.com
www.bankersonline.com
Provides information on operations, marketing, compliance and much more.
CEO Express
www.ceoexpress.com
This site is an umbrella location for all types of information – everything from major papers to reference publications
Financial Services
www.financeservices.about.com/money/financeservices
This is a broad based site that gives history, some compliance information and general banking materials
Microbanker
www.microbanker.com
This publication has listings of all types of vendors for numerous software and hardware products for financial services arena
Net Banker
www.netbanker.com
The Web Home of Online Banking Report
The Motley Fool
www.fool.com
This site has information on investment strategies, personal finance, and stock research
US Banking Law
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/banking.html
This web site hold the Internet publications relating to banking law of the Legal Information Insititute, a part of Cornell Law School

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INTERNET TOOLS


Adobe Acrobat Reader
www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
Download the popular Adobe Acrobat Reader of pdf files
AltaVista
www.altavista.com
This is the largest of the Web indexing sites. It walks through the process of searching with help tools and prompts.
Google
www.google.com
This is another search engine with an extensive index of resources and a variety of ways to locate information
HotBot
www.hotbot.com
This is a broad search engine with enhanced features such as date searching
Yahoo
www.yahoo.com
Yahoo is another major index to the Net. It also breaks materials into various categories to help you narrow your search

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