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GH&J's Polina Chapiro

'I just think that it's going to take time to unravel.'

By Don Jergler | Updated on July 28, 2008

Do You Expect More Banks to Go South?

You can expect more bad times on the horizon if you take a cue from respondents to last week’s Quick Poll, with 84% answering “Yes” to the question, overwhelming the mere 16% who answered with a hopeful “No.” Polina Chapiro, a partner with Green Hasson & Janks LLP, sees more bad news coming down for banks.

I think that the poll reflects accurately what we are going to see. Based on past experience—including the savings and loan situation in the ’80s—we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg, although this might not be as bad as in the past. Some of the smaller banks who got into the fray—and now that they are snared in the credit crunch—they just don’t have the pockets that are deep enough to survive this crisis. On the other hand, most bigger banks, I don’t think they are at risk at all. I would say that we are probably looking at a year before the turnaround, may be a little bit shorter than that.

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