Bank & Financial

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Bank Technology News April 2004	By The Numbers When it comes to compliance technology spending, internal IT remains the biggest investment for financial institutions. But more firms are opting to buy rather than build.
Bank Technology News April 2004 Michael Grebb	Forgotten Fraud: Counterfeit Checks Banks lost $698 million from scams in 2001
U.S. Banker April 2004 Jacob Ward	Should a Bank Be a Store? Going retail is all the rage. But World Savings' Marion Sandler says that good branch design can't be quantified. It just is.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Holly Sraeel	Service, Scale and Vernon: Talk of Many Bank Towns Eventually, it all came back to Vernon. So why all the "Hillabaloo?" Commerce Bank's 39 percent, five-year annual deposit growth rate, for starters. Hill also claims 100 percent new store success.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Everybody Wants to Rule the World HSBC has focused on the well-heeled client for more than a century. Now the london-based behemoth is finding that going downscale can be profitable too.
U.S. Banker April 2004 Michael Dumiak	Culture Clash Nearly a decade after the last merger wave, dealers sharpen their pencils in the wake of an economic downturn and look to make combinations. Is that really such a good idea?
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Gail Edmondson	UniCredito: Is This Italian Bank A Powerhouse In The Making? CEO Profumo is ready to acquire enough heft to become a Continental heavyweight -- if regulators will only let him.
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 Moon Ihlwan	Korea Is In No Danger From These Foreign Invaders Sure, investors are reaping fat profits. But they helped revive Korean banks
The Motley Fool April 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Credit Cards for China Credit card companies have their eyes on a big and fast-growing new market in China.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman	SEC: Toothless No More? Is the SEC getting serious about fund industry reform?
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