Bank & Financial

Magazine articles on banks, brokerages, and credit card companies.

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U.S. Banker September 2001	Good Omens For Ken and Leslie's Union So, General Ken Thompson of First Union finally got his woman, the adorable Miss Leslie Baker of Wachovia -- and Miss Leslie got the man she wanted...
U.S. Banker September 2001	Amex Going the Way of AT&T It's another case in which a corporate icon, with a once-sterling reputation, has become a marketer that can't be trusted. Amex, we're afraid, is next in line for disaster...
U.S. Banker September 2001	Bank Reserves: Not a Happy Picture When it comes to consumer credit, there's good news and bad. The good news is that consumers are slowing their borrowing, and the bad news is that consumers are slowing their borrowing...
U.S. Banker September 2001	Just Desserts The decline of ethics within the financial community is once again in evidence. This time it is highlighted in suits against Advanta Corp., a company that owns two banks and that currently specializes in issuing credit cards to small businesses...
U.S. Banker September 2001	A Rare Commodity Jamie Dimon, the CEO of Bank One Corp., has his problems and makes his mistakes. Perhaps his strongest point, though, and one that is becoming increasingly rare, is integrity. This is clear in just about everything he does...
U.S. Banker September 2001	Nixon Bags Still More Game When Royal Bank of Canada announced last fall that it was planning to expand in the U.S., it's clear now that it really meant business. The new CEO, Gordon Nixon, has continued a hunt that has bagged Dain Rauscher and Centura...
U.S. Banker September 2001 Mark Bruno	ETrade Bank Going Strong ETrade Group seems to be making it, though not on its brokerage business, which like most others has been languishing, but on its stand-alone Internet banking unit...
U.S. Banker September 2001 Mark Bruno	Ameritrade Bulks Up While Deutsche Slims Down Ameritrade Holding Corp. needed to bulk up. It lost out in its effort to acquire Web Street, the online brokerage that recently sold for $45 million to Ameritrade's rival, E*Trade...
U.S. Banker September 2001 Mark Bruno	Leave Automation to Automators It's no secret the current check processing procedure is cumbersome. But before banks can make the leap from paper to digital checks, an archive is necessary to store check images and information...
U.S. Banker September 2001 Mark Bruno	Compaq Targets Banks for Servicing Computer companies are starting to shift strategies to attract new business from the banking community. Rather than merely offering computer hardware and software products, some have begun to stress servicing agreements. That's the case with Compaq...
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