US Banker articles from May 2007

US Banker archives from May 2007

This Month.
May 1, 2007

Prepaid Forecast Bodes Well for Financial Players: Regulation, the ability to achieve scale and consumer-adoption rates are all factors that must be weighed in banks' prepaid plans. Still, the future of prepaid is clear. So what are banks waiting for?
May 1, 2007

Subprime Mortgages: As the Knot Unravels, A Question Lingers: Why?: Experience should have proven a better guide.
May 1, 2007

Scene and Heard.(Maria Coyne on women-owned businesses)(Fritz Elmendorf on bank services)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007

Hits and Has-Beens.(Lawrence K. Fish, Ellen Alemany appointed to Royal Bank of Scotland America)(Brady Dugan to head Credit Suisse Group)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007

Fresh Ink.(Marshall & Ilsley Corp. plans to spin off Metavante division)(Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. to buy First Data Corp.)(BBVA to buy Compass Bancshares Inc.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007

Disaster Planning: Plans Focus on Employees Instead of Infrastructure: Pandemic flu prompts need for virtual workplace.
May 1, 2007

Pipeline.(U.S. Bank N.A., Citigroup Inc., and State Farm Bank to contribute executives' skills to tackle identity theft)(Sovereign Bank and CheckFree to donate $1 to The National Arbor Day Foundation)
May 1, 2007... A Tree Grows at Sovereign As part of a "Go Paperless" campaign developed to educate consumers about the green-friendly benefits of paperless bills, Sovereign Bank and CheckFree will donate $1 to The National Arbor Day Foundation for each...

As Wal-Mart Yanks ILC Request, Wags Wonder About Remittances.(industrial-loan corporations)(Boston's financial-services industry)
May 1, 2007

Noted and Noteworthy.(Provident Bank of Maryland supports LaKisha Jones)(Morgan Stanley settles gender-bias suit)(hedge fund assets on the rise)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007

Executive Pay, Still in the Hot Seat: Shareholders are trying to gain more influence on executive pay as more resolutions hit the agenda at firms' annual meetings. But passage is proving to be tough.
May 1, 2007

Web Risk: Interactive Web Entices, But Is Difficult to Secure: Leading financial institutions are trying to balance the marketing and business development possibilities offered by new Web 2.0 functions with the security risks they pose.
May 1, 2007

Web Collaboration: Wouldn't Wikis Be Wicked Wonderful?: Wikis are an intriguing collaborative tool, and Wells Fargo is leading the charge in experimenting with them. But wikis use among FIs may always be limited to internal use.(financial institutions)
May 1, 2007

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.
May 1, 2007

AD Beat: BofA's 'Opportunity' Ads Offer Window Into Future: What if your customers could see their future? What if their bank could help them get there? That aspirational message is central to BofA's new branding campaign.(Bank of America Corp.)
May 1, 2007

Texas Envy.
May 1, 2007

Community Banks Struggle To Know 'Indirect' Clients: Indirect channels to customers, particularly check-cashing services, reduce a bank's control of the customer and exposes it to potential money laundering. New products are stepping in to help.
May 1, 2007

How Best to Spur Usage Of Untapped Lines of Credit?: Only 60 percent of homeowners with equity lines of credit have accessed them in the past year. To nudge the other 40 percent, banks might consider hybrid loans and better analysis of customer data.
May 1, 2007

Nothing Says 'Prepared' Like a Prepaid Card for Victims: Banks such as BofA and JPMorgan Chase are teaming with relief organizations and governments to put prepaid cards into the hands of disaster victims. Even insurers see them as a way to streamline claims.
May 1, 2007... Disaster relief planners have one word to say about the future-and the smartest banks are already listening: plastics. "Plastic is becoming more of a player in the disaster environment," says Michael Brackney, director of client services...

Crisis and Opportunity In Subprime Mortgage Markets.
May 1, 2007

Reinventing the Checking Account.
May 1, 2007