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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.
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BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Brian Grow	Tapping A Market That Is Hot, Hot, Hot With Hispanics' wealth and population rising three times faster than the U.S. average, the FDIC predicts that they will account for more than 50% of U.S. retail banking growth over the next decade, yet 56% have no bank accounts.
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Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2006 Phil Britt	Study: Channel Preference Is Age-Dependent Though financial services customers as a whole prefer branch banking, there are clear differences in customers' channel preferences based on age, according to a recent American Bankers Association (Washington, D.C.) survey of 1,000 consumers.
Bank Technology News May 2007 Larry Ponemon	Consumer Privacy: Top Banks Must Guard Against Breach of Faith The good news for banks, according to a study, is that most customers trust them with their personal data. The bad news is that one misstep will cost them dearly.
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FDIC FYI March 25, 2004	The Evolving Role of Commercial Banks in U.S. Credit Markets A careful analysis of U.S. financial sector data shows that banks' share of the financial services market has not shrunk to the extent that is commonly asserted. Moreover, banks have assumed leading roles in providing some of the newer types of financial services products, such as credit card securitizations and mortgage banking services.
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Entrepreneur July 2003 David Newton	In the Balance Learn the factors banks really weigh when setting business-loan terms.
Inc. January 2006 Dan Ackman	A Bank, at Your Service The number of start-up banks is on the rise, and they're competing with the big boys by catering to business owners.
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The Motley Fool April 6, 2005 Rich Smith	Rob Banks the Easy Way There's no need to rob or even invest in banks to get rich. You can accomplish that just as easily by investing in companies to which banks willingly hand over their money. Take a look at online banking.
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em A new bill introduced by a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee would relax regulations for smaller community banks and also reduce their tax liability.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Well-Protected Wachovia The banking giant is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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