Canadian Banker articles from January 2000

Canadian Banker archives from January 2000

Observer.(regulation of bank capital to loans ratio, taxation of bank capital in Canada)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The depositor's best friend The best credit department in any bank occasionally approves loans that go bad. When a loan isn't repaid it eats into the bank's annual profit, and if the total loan losses are significant they can eat up all...

Perspective.(statistics on crime, Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Annals of crime The rate of reported crimes in Canada has been dropping since 1992, and by 1999 it was lower than at any time in the past 20 years. It peaked in 1991 at 10,342 incidents per 100,000 population, according to Statistics...

The new age of bank security.(safety and security measures being taken by banking industry in Canada)(Cover Story)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... In today's high-tech world, the war against bank crime is fought on many fronts The same forces of technology and globalization that are revolutionizing the financial-services industry are creating new challenges for those entrusted with...

How the CBA's Security Department works.(Canadian Bankers Association )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Simply put, the Security Department of the Canadian Bankers Association is at the centre of the exchange of information among CBA member banks, strategic security partners (including Visa, MasterCard, Interac and government), a multitude of...

Above and Beyond - Leading by a head.(TD Canada Trust branch in Kingston, Ontario, raises money for Terry Fox run)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... When some of Dean Chapman's staff suggested that he agree to shave his head if they raised $5,000 for this year's Terry Fox run in early September, his answer was a resounding "no." Then Chapman, who is manager of a TD Canada Trust branch...

Data Banks.(banking Web sites and data security)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Random acts of aggregation Aggregation - electronically lumping information from various places so it appears on a single Web site - is the next Coming Thing. Actually, it has been coming for a few years; looking back, I see I first wrote...

Editor's Note.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
January 1, 2000... Criminal intentions As technology has changed the nature of money, it has also changed the nature of crime against financial institutions. Most of the money that's in the care of banks is no longer piled up in vaults in the form of...

Foreign forays.(foreign corporations challenge domestic banks in Canada)
January 1, 2000... By Sheldon Gordon Domestic banks are getting a run for their money on their home turf from rivals based in the U.S. and overseas When Finance Minister Paul Martin vetoed the 1998 bank mergers, he mused that increased competition from...

Web Watch.(domain names, banking industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Name that domain Things are hopping down at CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (http://junco. cira.ca/) which is relaunching the .ca domain names and at the same time initiating a new process to resolve disputes over who...

Go Figure.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... In search of gender balance One: Number of countries in which women could vote in 1900 (New Zealand). 1918: Year in which all women aged 21 or over became eligible to vote in Canada. 1940: Year in which Quebec became the last province to...

Cleaning up the money launderers.(case of drug cartels and money laundering in Mexico instructive for Canadian banking industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... A successful U.S. sting operation that put some bank employees in jail has lessons for other banks everywhere Banks and their employees need to get more vigilant in order to avoid potentially ruinous damage by crooks intent on laundering...

New law casts wide net.(Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Canada's financial institutions may face increased reporting requirements under a new law designed to squelch money laundering. The banks and the CBA are advising federal officials as they work out detailed regulations under Bill C-22. The...

New bank notes will start arriving in January.(Canada)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A new series of bank notes that will be issued by the Bank of Canada beginning in January 2001 is designed to enhance the security of Canada's currency by using sophisticated security features that will make counterfeiting the notes more...

Banks should treat farming as KBI, says CBA chairman.(knowledge-based industry)(Canadian Bankers Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Agriculture is a knowledge-based industry and banks need to treat it as such, looking beyond the balance sheet when assessing agricultural lending, said Mike Pedersen, chairman of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), at the North American...

Securities industry moves to T+1.(one day to settle a trade)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Canadian securities industry is planning to shorten the time it takes to clear and settle a trade to one day from the current three days. The move will coincide with similar efforts under way in the United States. Several other...

Working to help small business.(Canadian Bankers' Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The CBA, on behalf of Canada's banks, is working with Industry Canada and local economic players to support the Small Business Infrastructure Initiative pilot projects that are being conducted in Kingston and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The two...

Letters.(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2000... I wish to respond to the article, "The growth of disabilities," by Catherine Harris ("Perspective," Third Quarter 2000 issue). Ms. Harris cites some staggering statistics. I will only repeat one figure here and that is "the number of...