Canadian Banker articles from July 1997

Canadian Banker archives from July 1997

Street wise. (Royal Bank of Canada's vice-president for investor relations Nabanita Merchant)
July 1, 1997... Keeping investors informed about the bank, and vice-versa, is a job for a specialist. When Nabanita Merchant first came to Canada from India in 1979, she considered two very different areas of study. Armed with a Masters degree in French...

Maintaining a level paying field. (the Canadian payments system)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1997... The Canadian payments system is one of the most efficient in the world. Direct access to the system is limited by law - as it is in all major countries - to deposit-taking institutions such as banks. Competing institutions say that's unfair: they...

Bricks and mortar. (Canadian bank architecture)
July 1, 1997... From the humblest small-town branch to the soaring urban skyscrapers, the variety of Canadian bank architecture reflects the changing dictates of time, place, economy and customer preferences. The Bank of Montreal building at Place d'Armes in...

Part-time partners. (strategic alliances among Canadian banks)(includes related articles on the Canadian Youth Business Foundation and the potential problems in strategic alliances)
July 1, 1997... Strategic alliances can be an effective way for banks to share costs or implement new technologies. But when the partner is another bank, co-operating with the competition doesn't always come easily. When people from Bank of Montreal met with...

The original growth industry. (Canada's agricultural sector)
July 1, 1997... Canada's agricultural sector is responding well to a world with fewer subsidies. Our farmers today are high-tech managers and competitive exporters with the help of bankers who specialize in the field. Government support of agriculture has...

Relaxing the rules for foreign banks. (Canada)
July 1, 1997... Ottawa's plans to make it easier for foreign banks to do business in Canada - including opening branches here - have been welcomed by the industry, at least in principle. The details still have to be worked out. While bankers, both domestic...