Canadian Banker articles from May 1990

Canadian Banker archives from May 1990

Battling dirty business. (drugs and money laundering)
May 1, 1990... Battling dirty business Every time a criminal succeeds in washing money through the financial system, it and Canadian society as a whole become victims. In the war against drugs and its ally, money laundering, Helen Sinclair, president of The...

Will that be cash, credit or debit? (cards and cash in the Canadian economy)
May 1, 1990... Will that be cash, credit or debit? Canadians are on the verge of paying for almost everything, from gas to groceries, in an entirely new way. Welcome to the debit card. By running one of these new cards through a store terminal, consumers can...

Leading the way to EDI. (electronic data interchange)
May 1, 1990... Leading the way to EDI The paperless office and the electronic flow of information has been a dream for decades. But the reality is that only 2.8 per cent of payments in Canada are electronic. It is almost as if we were being penalized for...

Banking on ethics.
May 1, 1990... Banking on ethics In the financial services industry, business transactions are governed as much by perception as by reality; depositors will move their funds at the slightest hint of trouble, real or imagined. Clearly, the ethics that drive...

Quebec's accent on banks.
May 1, 1990... Quebec's accent on banks Quebec's chartered banks -- with more than 30,000 employees and assets approaching $63 billion -- can justifiably be considered builders of the province. Whether investing in small or large businesses, providing...

Laughter is profitable.
May 1, 1990... Laughter is profitable Workers who laugh together are probably able to outperform the sourpusses on staff, according to the author, a professor of psychology at Renison College, University of Waterloo, and senior partner of Creative...

Reappraising the convergence hypothesis.
May 1, 1990... Reappraising the convergence hypothesis The debate about the plausibility of the Convergence Hypothesis -- the supposition that the diverse economic systems of the world are moving toward the adoption of similar institutional structures to cope...

Does home banking have a future?
May 1, 1990... Does home banking have a future? Home banking pilot projects are now only dim memories. But with new technology, like Bell Canada's ALEX service, there are renewed efforts to provide the public with greater financial products and services. The...

Cycle of service.
May 1, 1990... Cycle of service Each member of the staff has a vital role to play in the delivery of service excellence, according to a recent study by Laventhol & Horwath entitled I.D.E.A. (Innovation and Delivery of Excellence in Service Assessment)....

Bank holdups 1989. (column)
May 1, 1990... Bank holdups 1989 Small decline in '89 Bank robberies across Canada declined by three per cent in 1989 to 1,244. A difference of only 33 offences over 1988, but a difference in the right direction. The 1989 Selected Criminal Offences...

Canada's tax treaties - a progress report. (column)
May 1, 1990... Canada has made great progress in weaving its bilateral tax treaty network. Canada's tax treaties -- A progress report In 1972, when a massive reform of its tax laws became effective, Canada had ratified only 16 bilateral tax...

Affinity cards tell the world you belong.
May 1, 1990... Affinity cards tell the world you belong Affinity cards, issued to assist the financing of special interest groups, are showing promise because of the potential benefits to all participants. What they are and what the future might hold for them...

Marketing Money.
May 1, 1990... Marketing Money Carla Furlong; The Carswell Company, 2330 Midland Avenue, Agincourt, Ontario. The business section of most book stores are overloaded with books of little value and high price. It is understandable therefore, why, given...