New center demonstrates, tests innovative retail banking concepts.
Great idea! But will it work in the real Perhaps, you've made comments like these when reviewing proposed new branch design concepts. Marketers often want to see an idea in action before they adopt it--to ensure that it will perform the way it was intended. Now, a...

Finance mag cites BDO-EPCIB merger.
One of Asia's leading regional finance publications, The Asset, recently recognized Banco de Oro- EPCI, Inc. (BDO) with its Triple A Country Awards for 2007. The Asset cited the bank's US$ 1.67-billion merger with Equitable PCI Bank (EPCI) as the Best Deal in the Philippines. BDO's wholly-owned...

New England Chapter ABAMN selects new board of directors for 2007-08.
The new board of directors of the New England Chapter, ABAMN, was selected in August. The board consists of representatives from New England financial services institutions and service providers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pictured in the accompanying photograph are (back row, left to right): Lou Davis, vice...

SunTrust and AirTran Airways Team for Free Flight Promotion.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-17 January 2007-SunTrust and AirTran Airways Team for Free Flight Promotion(C)2007 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com SunTrust Banks has announced a promotion with AirTran Airways that offers clients a way to earn free round-trip flights. With a minimum deposit of $10,000 into a...

Nevada State Bank adopts display analytics to improve segment marketing.
Last year, Jeff Balgerhuff, CFMP, senior vice president of marketing at Nevada State Bank (assets: $3.7 billion), Las Vegas, wanted to improve the bank's marketing to several specific customer segments. The bank was doing a good job of serving the over-55 demographic, he observes, but needed to do better...

A community bank uses a rewards program to differentiate itself.
A Maine community bank in a highly competitive market-place was able to leapfrog its larger competitors by introducing a far-reaching rewards program. The program came from Rewards NOW, Dover, N.H. Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (assets: $840 million; 12 locations), Bar Harbor, Maine, has launched two of...

Asian banks to shift to consumer lending.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 26 (XFNAsia) Lower capital charges on consumer loans under a new capital framework dubbed, Basel II, may result in more lending by Asian banks in the home mortgage and credit card sectors, Fitch Ratings Asia Financial Institutions managing director David Marshall said. "Retail lending becomes...

NLRC success rate in settling disputes up.
Byline: E. T. SUAREZ The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) has scored a 78.34 percent success in settling labor disputes in the National Capital Region (NCR) through conciliation and mediation process preventing strikes and lockouts in numerous business establishments, and benefiting 2,754 workers who were awarded a...

Wholesale retail.
Sell, Sell, Sell. It's the mantra today of retail banking. We train our sales people in every nuance of the selling process. We monitor and reward their sales efforts. And, as every successful salesperson knows, we work hard to understand the customer. However, to sell well we also need...

Membership benefits: NZNO is proud to launch a members benefit package that gives you really "genuine deals"--deals that are quite unique, worth something and generally not available to the public.
Each of the suppliers below offers generous benefits. For the scheme to flourish take advantage of the deals and support these suppliers who have shown that they value the nursing profession. This is just a start. We are looking at other deals such as banking and finance,...