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Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Paul McDougall	Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	The Blended IT Team According to a recent study, North American banks are increasing their technology spending.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Show Me More Than Money Some banks may need more than attractive salaries to retain the best IT talent.
CIO June 1, 2006 Susannah Patton	Online Banking's BOO-BOO People are banking online in greater numbers than ever before, but according to a recent survey, banks aren't keeping up with their customers' appetites for online financial planning assistance.
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Sticking With the Tried and True The days when large U.S. banks could sustain their old core systems on the IT version of life support are numbered, according to TowerGroup.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad	In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007.
CFO October 1, 2006 Fink & Durfee	The 2006 CFO Survey of Trends in Banking Finance executives' concerns about the banking industry.
Insurance & Technology September 14, 2004	The Financial Services 40: Tracking Innovation In Financial Services The traditionally risk-averse insurance industry is discovering that innovation is not such a scary concept. The firms that are able to deploy technology in innovative, customer-focused ways consistently have a competitive advantage generating profits and building market share.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006	Small Businesses Big Biz for Banks Capturing small businesses as banking customers will be a top priority for many banks this year, according to a new report.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2006	Banking Alternatives Investors, don't think you're stuck with Federated First Financial. You might do better elsewhere.
Bank Technology News November 2007 John Adams	Small Biz/Small Bank: Losing Out In Their Own Back Yard New research that's found that larger banks are processing small business loan applications much faster than community banks - a pace that can't be explained by their size advantage alone.
Bank Technology News March 2007 Glen Fest	Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers.
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Julie Gallagher	IT Opportunities on the Rebound 2004 InformationWeek salary survey reports that job challenges - and compensation - will start looking up for IT professionals.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	The Credit Crisis Has Increased Scrutiny on Trade Finance The global credit crisis has emphasized the importance of cash management while intensifying the spotlight on corporate governance and banks' risk management practices
Bank Systems & Technology January 30, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	City National Bank Appoints Rodney Banks VP of Commercial Banking Services Rodney Banks, new executive VP and manager of commercial banking services at Los Angeles-based City National Bank, says customer relationship management solutions are more vital now than ever before.
Insurance & Technology November 12, 2007 John Macaluso	Banks Should Consider Extending SOA With BPM Banks should consider extending SOA technologies with business process management strategies.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? Banks clamored for years for the right to underwrite and sell insurance, but few have proven adept at it. There are signs of progress, however, as some banks embrace the brokerage side and gain revenue.
Registered Rep. September 21, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Banks Officially Welcomed into the Brokerage World Under New SEC Rule It only took eight years, but the SEC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System passed final rules defining how banks can act as securities brokers.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Intuit to Purchase Digital Insight The financial management software developer recently announced plans to acquire the online banking solutions provider for $1.35 billion. While the merger came as a surprise to industry insiders, most agree that the deal makes business sense.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Paul Hyde et al.	Mergers Create Mid-Sized Have-Nots Nearly two decades of steady banking industry mergers have created a landscape dotted with a group of banks struggling to survive in an undifferentiated no-man's land.
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian	Turning Up the Volume On 401(k) Conversation Investment firms have made a strong push into banks' domain and these institutions need to start pushing back.
Bank Systems & Technology November 15, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	RDS Special: SAP and CSC Form Alliance to Offer Banks Pricing Optimization Technology SAP announced an alliance with Computer Sciences Corporation that will address the growing need for banks to differentiate themselves through strategically optimized product pricing.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Sherree DeCovny	Banks Struggle to Cross-Sell Online Recent studies reveal that many financial institutions still fail to fully leverage the online channel to sell and cross-sell products.
Wall Street & Technology June 13, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Are Banks Meeting the Cash Management Needs of Middle Market Businesses? Data shows midmarket companies want their banks to provide cash concentration, positive pay and foreign exchange capabilities online. But currently only the biggest banks tend to offer these services.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Training for Success Though they remain challenged with how to standardize and optimize IT training, with the help of collaborative online training solutions, banks are turning disparate IT talent into cohesive teams.
Bank Technology News June 2007 Geeta Sankappanavar	Financial Services Outsourcing: Not If, But When BPO companies now offer a way to achieve the cost and quality advantages of strategic global outsourcing without the risks of losing control of the operation and without the investment costs of setting up their own offshore centers.
Bank Systems & Technology November 24, 2007 Bruno-Britz et al.	Financial Institutions to Increase Spending Modestly On IT In 2008 Amidst the doom and gloom of the credit crunch, a down housing market and talk of an impending recession, financial institutions still see the need for investing in technology to stay competitive and compliant.
InternetNews December 21, 2007 Kenneth Corbin	A 'Building Year' For Mobile Banking Research firm Celent looks ahead to the coming year in banking technology.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Study: Banks Need New Ways to Gauge Customer Payment Preferences A recent study shows behavior models can help financial institutions understand clients better and can improve their competitive position in the payments business..
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest	Hiring: IT Recruiters Gear up for a Busy Year Despite the global credit crunch, more than half of U.S. financial services firms are planning to increase hiring in 2008, with IT and sales staff in greatest demand, according to a survey by recruitment consultant Claymore Partners.
Wall Street & Technology November 27, 2007 Crosman et al.	2008 IT Budgets Up More Than 10% for Financial Services Firms Results of a comprehensive survey of top executives at Wall Street firms, banks and insurance companies found their IT budgets for next year are more than 10% higher than 2007.
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	Banking Customers More and More Mistrustful of Financial Institutions It's not just security breaches that are causing consumers to lose faith in their financial institutions. Consumers in general are more demanding, and this attitude spills over into the relationships they have with their banks.
Insurance & Technology November 19, 2007 O'Donnell et al.	Financial Services Firms Increasing Spending, But Priorities Differ If the confidence of financial services firms was shaken by this year's subprime mortgage lending crisis, it certainly isn't reflected in their IT budgets for 2008, judging by a joint survey of insurance companies, banks and securities firms.
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Neil Underwood	The Seamless Experience 2007 is the year when banks will be forced to perfect the customer experience by integrating contact points to create a seamless environment.
Bank Systems & Technology November 26, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Javelin Finds More Banks Using Multi-factor Authentication With the FFIEC deadline for implementing multifactor authentication now but a memory, banks have improved their efforts to secure customers' information, according to a study. However, there is more banks can do.
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Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Afraid of Commitment Banks that offshore must commit to the strategy fully, otherwise, cost and process efficiencies will be negated, according to a recent study.
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Falk Rieker	Bank technology Executives Are Challenged to Do More With Less Technology can enable banks to increase revenue while continuing to reduce their costs. Here are recommendations.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Lee Conrad	Community Banks Reporting Greater Pressure to Use BI Community banks are seeing lower prices for business-intelligence products, though they're weathering more competitive pressure from big banks. But BI also helps small banks be better banks.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Top Banks Focus on the 'E' in ROE A list of the top 200 Community banks ranked by 3-Year Average ROE.
Bank Technology News December 2007	Scoring Banks' Compliance With FFIEC Guidelines Compliance with FFIEC guidelines brought out the worst in many bankers. So how did banks do in terms of compliance?
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Mike McDonough	Centralized and Single-Platform Operations Reduce Overall Trade Finance Risk Banks with centralized operations and banks with all of their operations on a single platform will have a distinct advantage because there is lower operational risk generally associated with these structures.
Bank Systems & Technology August 10, 2007 Nancy Feig	Price Optimization is Catching On For banks to take their price optimization efforts to the next level they need to hire specialists to lead the analysis.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer	Banking's Future Woes Massive writedowns aren't the only thing banks need to look out for. The margins that they collect on the cash they lend to consumers is rapidly falling.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Michael Grebb	Climbing Another Ladder Rung Customers want speed and have no patience for inconsistency among channels. That's reason enough for banks to fully combine their silos once and for all.
Bank Systems & Technology May 8, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	For Money Transfers, Going Solo Not the Best Route for Banks A new study says banks are better off teaming up with existing money transmitters to succeed in remittance business.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Weighing Customization Against 'Bank-in-a-Box' Solutions The ability to customize IT platforms could help small banks differentiate themselves, but they must be careful not to bite off more than they can chew. Partial outsourcing may do the trick.
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