Canadian Banker articles from January 1994

Canadian Banker archives from January 1994

Quick to the Frontier: Canada's Royal Bank.
January 1, 1994... Royal Bank of Canada chairman and CEO Allan Taylor commissioned this book in 1989 to commemorate the bank's 125th anniversary in 1994. But as author Duncan McDowall explains, the bank expected more than "an exercise in superficial celebration"....

Getting comfortable with the media. (use of news media in branch banking)
January 1, 1994... By understanding the needs of the news media and responding appropriately, branch bankers, with the help of their banks' public relations specialists, can generate interest in their branch's activities. Business news is hot these days, and...

Walk the walk. (health benefits of walking)
January 1, 1994... If you want to lead a less stressful, more healthy, and more productive life, take a walk. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT, THE French author of Madame Bovary and a most meticulous author, could spend days on one page of a manuscript. Before sitting down to...

A native view from Bay Street. (Bank of Montreal's Aboriginal Banking Division VP Ron Jamieson)
January 1, 1994... As Canadian banks start to build relationships with Canada's aboriginal communities, BMO's Ron Jamieson is providing a vital link. "I JUST GOT OFF THE phone," says Ron Jamieson, smiling broadly. "This is really hot stuff. We've agreed to put a...

Financing native dreams. (Canadian bankers help aborigines' entrepreneurial efforts)(includes related article) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1994... Canada's aboriginal people are pursuing their entrepreneurial visions, with the help of Canadian bankers. But they're succeeding despite, not because of, the federal Indian Act. RHONDA LONGBOAT HAD A dream. She wanted to start a small business...

Seoul of the Asian economy. (Canadian banks in South Korea)(includes related article)
January 1, 1994... As Canadian bankers in Korea have discovered, banking, like eating, takes perseverance and a little luck. NOON HOUR TRAFFIC in Seoul is snarled again, and Ernst Heldring, the amiable Vice-President and Manager of the Bank of Montreal here, is...

Banking on U.S. customers. (Canadian banks in the US)(includes related article)
January 1, 1994... Canadian banks are putting the real-estate meltdown of the early 1990s behind them and wading deeper, though cautiously, into the U.S. in search of profits and asset growth. FACED WITH A SATUrated Canadian market, slow economic growth in...

Hidden highways: Canada's payments clearing and settlement system.
January 1, 1994... Canada's payments system deserves more credit for its contribution to the nation's financial stability. FEW PEOPLE COULD DESCRIBE IN DEtail the chain of events that unfolds after they write a cheque, withdraw money from a bank account using an...

Cold hard cash. (cash handling efficiency)
January 1, 1994... Cash is heavy, dirty, awkward, and expensive to handle and store. But customers love it, and they're not ready to give it up. IN JANUARY, 1990, TORONTO Dominion Bank Chairman Richard Thomson set a cat among the pigeons when he declared "a war...