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Bank Technology News July 2006 John Adams |
Measuring Branch Performance: Taking The Guess Out Of The Gaps Deciding how to rate a branch's bottom line can be sticky for banks. Can a Canadian firm's "blueprint" tool bring a distant footprint into focus? |
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Turns Out, If You Build It They'll Stop Coming Lowered branch transaction volume may not have been the intended result of a successful remote-deposit capture campaign, but that is exactly what's happening. |
Bank Systems & Technology May 1, 2006 Phil Britt |
Don't Shutter the Branch Yet Despite all the attention given to online banking and self-service, for now, branches remain a strong component of banks' channel strategies, evidence suggests. |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Chris Bledsoe |
Funds-Transfer Pricing? Just Say No. Is funds-transfer pricing worthwhile? |
Bank Technology News April 2007 Glen Fest |
Branch Planning: Mapping A Course For Profits Display analytics tool guides Nevada State Bank's growth. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Find the Best Rates As customers have moved to the Internet for financial solutions, banks have paid attention. |
U.S. Banker November 2010 Alan Kline |
Sharing Space to Cut Costs Ask any retail banking expert what the branch of the future will look like and the first word you re likely to hear is smaller. |
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 December 2003 Holly Sraeel |
Branches Are Back. Is This Banking's Big Break? Identity theft may be grabbing headlines, but most banks are heavily focused on branches, particularly in understanding what types of activities are conducted by customers while there. |
Bank Technology News April 2009 John Adams |
Take Stock of Your Own Real Estate The arrival of automated branch performance management at Summit Bank also came with a 95 percent cost haircut, a welcome savings in a time where every dollar is gold. |
U.S. Banker December 2001 |
Deposit-Equity Balance Earlier this year, banks were pleased to see a healthy inflow of deposits, those low-cost funds that help keep interest-rate margins strong. Many banks have been reporting increases of more than 10% over the previous year... |
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Phil Britt |
Pulling Out All the Stops Banks are losing deposits to nonbanks such as PayPal and online brokerages. To counter the trend, banks are starting to offer more capabilities and better rates online |
Bank Technology News August 2006 |
Branches Take Center Stage: Invest or Fall Behind Branches are a top priority among chief executives who see them as the nucleus of their retail banking franchises. But not all chief executives have been as quick to rethink, retool and reinvigorate their branches as their more aggressive peers. |
U.S. Banker April 2007 Lee Conrad |
To Win Client Lauds, Think Free Space, Not Free Breakfasts Community banks can no longer live off small-business customers' goodwill. They need to get creative, like lending space for client meetings and acting as a networking planner. But is it enough? |
Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Phil Britt |
Living in a Multichannel World As banks decide how to allocate approximately $6.5 billion in investments on retail channels this year, they would be wise to look at how customers use those channels, according to Karen Massey, senior research analyst for Financial Insight. |
U.S. Banker May 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Creating a Haven of Comfort For the Rich to Do Business The mass affluent expect a branch to be as progressively designed as their home. |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Peggy Bresnick-Kendler |
Demographic Trends How are retail banking customer demographics changing? What is the significance of these trends? |
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. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 2, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Acquisition Obsession Results In Bank Deposit Growth Deposits have been dropping off at U.S. banks for years. And according to a recent study, there is no one technology or formula that banks can follow to reverse the trend. |
FDIC FYI July 9, 2004 |
Bank Branching Trends and Prospects of Key Banking Sectors A summary of three reports released today that represent the fourth installment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Future of Banking Study. |
Bank Technology News February 2001 Helyne Klauck |
Online Branch Analysis Debuts SRC LLC announced recently its development of a Web-based analysis tool that provides instant access to deposit and market data for bank branches nationwide. The tool is available to users of Alex eBanking Solutions... |
Bank Systems & Technology February 21, 2008 Ed Bacheilder |
Remote Deposit Capture Poised for Explosive Growth Remote deposit capture has the potential to do for business customers what ATMs and debit cards have done for retail customers through self service and convenient 24/7 access. |
Bank Technology News March 2006 Sally Law |
De Novo Branching: Banks Turn Into Location Scouts When establishing new locations for branches or banking centers, are banks better off crunching data, or simply keeping an eye out for high-growth regions? |
U.S. Banker May 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Extended Hours: Longer Hours Correlate To Higher Deposit Growth The term "bankers' hours" has a negative connotation and is an outdated insult at an industry where many institutions have 70-hour work weeks. |
Bank Technology News April 1, 2008 Glen Fest |
Small Changes Can Produce Big Gains Small-business remote deposit capture has been a tough play for banks, which often can't justify the low fee income and added support costs of such small-volume clients. But times are changing. |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Robert A. Bennett |
A Clear Perspective Needed at FDIC But the new chairman has shown little indication he has one. In fact, he seems to oppose his predecessor's view that reform should be achieved in a single package. |
U.S. Banker December 2001 John Hackett |
Branches -- Hot New Delivery Channel With banks in a struggle for customers, branches have become in-the-field artillery. After years of fiddling with newfangled delivery channels, bankers across the nation are rediscovering that branches can be their most powerful weapons... |
U.S. Banker August 2001 Mark Bruno |
Unisys Taps SPSS for Analytics Assistance Banks will be able to use the software to determine strategies that initiate cross-selling. |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Pick and Choose Big banks are competing for your business. How can you decide which one is best for you and your company? |
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. |
U.S. Banker November 2001 Mark Bruno |
First State Bank of Michigan Taps Horizon USA First State Bank signed a deal with Horizon USA, a Houston-based advertising and marketing firm, which designed 10 online banking kiosks, located in 10 of the bank's branch lobbies... |
U.S. Banker November 2005 |
MMDA: Banks Seen Losing Out to Mutual Funds In today's rising rate environment, money market mutual funds can offer better rates than those of banks, because many banks have been slow to ratchet up their rates, even when the Fed raises the fed funds rate. |
Bank Technology News April 2001 David Rountree |
Customers Blast Service in Exit Poll at Branches A consulting firm recently button-holed U.S. bank customers as they were leaving branches of major institutions on both coasts and the Midwest. The results of the poll are enough to make a marketing executive weep openly... |
U.S. Banker April 2002 |
Tougher On The Big Boys Being bigger is not necessarily better for corporations seeking loans from their banks. A study by the Association for Financial Professionals indicates that banks are putting heavy pressure on their biggest borrowers to throw more business the banks' way. Or else: No credit... |
Bank Systems & Technology November 30, 2004 Ivan Schneider |
NetBank Questions Branch Growth Internet banking business models don't die - they just go to hell and regroup. |
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. |
Bank Technology News February 2001 Maria Bruno |
The Citi that Never Lets You Sleep... Banks' intentions can easily become twisted and misguided to the point where customers -- the very ones who keep them in business -- are penalized... |
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 |
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 Systems & Technology July 21, 2007 Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Retail Banks' IT Integration Efforts Key to Differentiation Platform integration is critical for banks seeking to provide exceptional service, according to a study. |
FDIC FYI June 3, 2002 |
Favorable Interest-Rate Environment Drives Record First-Quarter Bank Earnings Commercial banks earned a record $21.7 billion in the first quarter of 2002, besting the previous quarterly earnings record set in the first quarter of 2001 by 9.6 percent. |
U.S. Banker May 2007 Lee Conrad |
Enterprise Video Technology Cuts Out the Middle Man To reach customers, investors and analysts directly, some banks are taking a page from the success of YouTube and the like to create and distribute content via the Web and branch kiosks. |
Bank Technology News December 2007 |
Small Business: Taking Small Biz To The Web -- Again Two reports this year on small-business Website usability and effectiveness, found that while many banks are revamping their sites, most are still spinning their wheels. |
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. |
U.S. Banker August 2010 Alan Kline |
Banking 2020: Smartphones Rule All the hubbub about smartphones laying the decisive blow to branches is unnecessary; they can peacefully and successfully co-exist with some retooling. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 28, 2006 Phil Britt |
Offering High-Rate CDs Online Is Banks' Latest Customer Acquisition Play In an attempt to compete with online-only institutions and nonbank competitors, some traditional banks have begun to offer high-rate certificates of deposit through the Internet to attract customers. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
The Big Retail Showdown Despite countless warnings that the industry has hit a wall on brick-and-mortar viability, lots of financial institutions are holding their ground, determined not to let this era become branching's last stand. Can branches remain profitable once the dust settles on the current economy? |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
In SunTrust Should You Trust? This bank has good market share and a solid growth history, but also expensive deposits and a reliance on real estate lending. Investors should carefully consider those issues before buying. |
U.S. Banker January 2003 John Engen |
The Caffeine In Commerce Commerce Bancorp CEO Vernon Hill is laughing his head off these days. why not? His bank is an investor's dream and a rival's nightmare. Welcome to the big apple. |