Far too many ways to detail, but here are just a few:Fees: all kinds from what you may be charged on a checking account (a few dollars) to what IBs charge their corporate clients (tens of millions of dollars or more).Services: This includes everything from servicing your mortgage (large banks rarely, if ever hold these on their own books) to physical check processing to running the backbone of payment services that allows you to buy nearly anything anywhere with just a small piece of plastic you keep in your wallet.Money management: Whether for individual (i.e. very wealthy) clients or managed products like a mutual fund.And so, so many more ways.Will there be less income for the banks?

NAR will continue fighting for relief for small businesses, employers and the self-employed workforce, which are the backbone of our economy.

Before I even thought about getting into real estate, my girlfriend was a college student in a small town that was home to a large university that was the backbone of the community.

oh yea, 15' concrete beam foundation done.  1948 home as a new backbone!

Hi, Maybe he should just grow a backbone and deal with his child who he doesn't want living with him anymore.

I know it's gotten a little bit expensive just in the past few years, but with the proximity to both RMNP and Fort Collins, plus nice local areas like Devil's Backbone, Carter Lake, etc. 

The backbone of our economy is built on leveraging/borrowing.

It's a big part of  the backbone of the economy there.  

sarahheck.....Yes I believe your right in that this isn't rocket science but you just need backbone.

Do not let your thin skin or weak backbone let them impose their rules on your property.I am in the process of buying a small portfolio mostly because the owner was inexperienced dealing with tenants.