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Local banks report steep earnings drop

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 11/23/08

The four publicly traded banks based in Anne Arundel County reported their worst earnings all year, with third quarter net income falling more than 50 percent from that period in 2007.

Colleen Dugan — The Capital At the remodeled branch of Severn Savings Bank in Annapolis, customer Fred Booker, director of Level 5, a consulting design firm, fills out a deposit slip while talking to teller Janie Wiles. Severn Savings Bank and other local banks have seen net income decline by 50 percent or more in a poor economy.
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Severn Savings Bank, BankAnnapolis, The Bank of Glen Burnie and CommerceFirst remain solvent.

Bank officials blame the disappointing results on a combination of factors, including money set aside for loan losses, a slowdown in mortgage activity, increased loan delinquencies and declining interest rates.

This month, BankAnnapolis announced that its net income dropped 55 percent in the third quarter to $299,000 from $662,000 that period a...

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