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January 11, 2012 08:20 ET

Regions Financial and Huntington Bancshares Look to Impress This Earnings Season

Five Star Equities Provides Stock Research on Regions Financial & Huntington Bancshares

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 11, 2012) - Regional Banks are on the upswing heading into earnings season as promising predictions from Credit Suisse has renewed investor confidence in the sector. In a research note, Credit Suisse analyst Craig Siegenthaler predicted that regional bank stocks would continue to outperform through earnings season and that loan growth would exceed investor expectations. Five Star Equities examines investing opportunities in the Regional Banking industry and provides equity research on Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: [ RF ]) and Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ HBAN ]). Access to the full company reports can be found at:

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Earlier this week the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's board announced that banks will be permitted to go below minimum liquidity levels during financial crises to avoid cash-flow difficulties, although they'll have to hold emergency stocks of easy-to-sell assets. The Basel Committee rejected industry lobbying for a delay from the 2015 start date or major changes to the measure, known as the "liquidity coverage ratio," which will require banks to hold buffers against a 30-day market crisis.

Bloomberg Businessweek reported that banks have argued that the rule may curtail loans by forcing them to hoard cash and buy government bonds.

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Shares of Regions Financial got a bump earlier this month after The Wall Street Journal reported that the regional bank is close to selling its Morgan Keegan brokerage unit. Regions may sell the unit to Raymond James or Stifel Financial for as much as $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

Regions Financial still owes $3.5 billion in federal bailout funds received through the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).

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