Canadian Banker articles from November 1993

Canadian Banker archives from November 1993

Lessons learned. (Master of Business Administration students' travels to Russia and Eastern Europe to teach western business practices)
November 1, 1993... Citibank's John Sinclair was one of 55 MBA students from the Western Business School at the University of Western Ontario who travelled to Russia and Eastern Europe earlier this year to lead courses on western business practices. As...

Secrets of successful small business lending.
November 1, 1993... An effort to understand your entrepreneurial customer will be repaid -- with interest THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A banker and a small-business client depends to a great extent on effective communications. The four vignettes that follow are...

Einstein at your service. (Royal Bank's Customer Service Representative Chantal Jutras)
November 1, 1993... Thomas Edison once observed that genius is one percent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. As Chantal Jutras confirms, the same equatioon readily applies to top-notch customer service. CHANTAL JUTRAS IS A Customer Service Representative...

Making the job fit the banker. (flexible work schedule) (Cover Story)
November 1, 1993... A flexible work schedule saves Janice Dryden many a cold commute. Across the country, bankers are finding new ways to balance the demands of home and career. ON THE MORNINGS WHEN THE WIND whistles and the snow swirls around the lamp posts at...

North America's financial hot spot. (Mexico)
November 1, 1993... Mexico already boasts one of the world's most profitable banking industries. And experts predict that the real financial-sector expansion has barely begun FOR BANKS SEEKING NEW markets today, it would be hard to find a country with more...

Corporate customers want more than a loan. (banking relationship)
November 1, 1993... Ed Weinstein, a partner with Brendan Wood, discussed the evolution of the banking relationship and other topics with Canadian Banker Editor Bruce McDougall. Here are highlights of their conversation. THE role of a bank in the operations of...

The future: competitive strategies in Canadian banking. (100th Anniversary Essay Contest Winner)
November 1, 1993... SINCE THE PASSAGE OF the original Bank Act in 1871, Canadian Banks have used a combination of three competitive strategies: price, unique product features, and superior delivery of products and services to their customers. Since then, banks...

Life at the International Bank of Canada. (100th Anniversary Essay Contest Winner)
November 1, 1993... It's January 3, 2099, at the International Bank of Canada in Fort Chimo, in Ungava, New Quebec. This chartered bank came about with the merger of the National Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal and the CIBC, when public deficits peaked in...

Banking on Canada's new economy. (Canadian Bankers' Association)
November 1, 1993... THE EMERGENCE OF THE "NEW ECONOMY" WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING THE PRIORITIES OF THE CANADIAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION (CBA) DURING THE PAST YEAR. The key difference emerging from this industrial restructuring is a new economic landscape which is...