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BusinessWeek August 11, 2003 Amy Barrett |
Is This Banker Too Brazen? Commerce Bancorp's Vernon Hill has led a rapid expansion, but his style is raising a few eyebrows  |
Fast Company May 2002 Chuck Salter |
Customer Service: Commerce Bank Commerce Bank is one of America's best-performing financial institutions, with a stock that grew more than 2,000% in 10 years. It is also America's most convenient bank, with a fanatical commitment to "wowing" its customers...  |
U.S. Banker October 2001 Jack Milligan |
He'll Take Manhattan Disdainful of his rivals, Vern Hill, CEO of New Jersey's Commerce Bancorp, is plunging into the New York City retail banking market. He is determined to beat the world's biggest banks in their own backyard, and then to move north to Boston...  |
U.S. Banker January 2003 John Engen |
The Caffeine In Commerce Commerce Bancorp CEO Vernon Hill is laughing his head off these days. why not? His bank is an investor's dream and a rival's nightmare. Welcome to the big apple.  |
U.S. Banker April 2003 Holly Sraeel |
Branches, Service and Vernon, Vernon, Vernon Simply put, Vernon Hill might well end up the Starbucks of banking. Not bad for a guy who not so long ago ran a small bank that few knew about.  |
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?  |
Bank Technology News August 2006 |
Branches Take Center Stage: Invest or Fall Behind Branches are a top priority among chief executives who see them as the nucleus of their retail banking franchises. But not all chief executives have been as quick to rethink, retool and reinvigorate their branches as their more aggressive peers.  |
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak |
Value of Bank Deals Plunged in 2005 The number of M&A deals remained relatively flat last year, but their combined value fell through the floor. This year is not looking a lot better, but 2007 holds some promise, say analysts.  |
U.S. Banker November 2007 Paul Hyde et al. |
Mergers Create Mid-Sized Have-Nots Nearly two decades of steady banking industry mergers have created a landscape dotted with a group of banks struggling to survive in an undifferentiated no-man's land.  |
Bank Technology News November 2007 John Adams |
Small Biz/Small Bank: Losing Out In Their Own Back Yard New research that's found that larger banks are processing small business loan applications much faster than community banks - a pace that can't be explained by their size advantage alone.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Find the Best Rates As customers have moved to the Internet for financial solutions, banks have paid attention.  |
Bank Technology News December 2005 Lee Conrad |
Service-oriented Architecture: First Tennessee Makes A Service Play First Tennessee is among the banks that are using integration and simplification of various core systems to achieve improved relationships and customer service capabilities.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 1, 2006 Phil Britt |
Don't Shutter the Branch Yet Despite all the attention given to online banking and self-service, for now, branches remain a strong component of banks' channel strategies, evidence suggests.  |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Carol Tice |
New Bank in Town The recent boom in community banks could mean better lending options for entrepreneurs. With modest assets, these smaller banks can't serve corporate giants, so they prefer entrepreneurial businesses.  |
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.  |
Bank Technology News July 2006 John Adams |
Measuring Branch Performance: Taking The Guess Out Of The Gaps Deciding how to rate a branch's bottom line can be sticky for banks. Can a Canadian firm's "blueprint" tool bring a distant footprint into focus?  |
U.S. Banker October 2009 |
Noted and Noteworthy Not everyone expects Bank of America s decision to cull its roughly 6,200 branches by 10 percent to fuel a widespread rationalization of big-bank branch networks.  |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Commerce and Its Bank "Stores" If growth is important in your portfolio and you're also looking for some banking exposure, Commerce could be a good bet if it continues to grow at its historically impressive rates.  |
U.S. Banker September 2004 John Engen |
Quid Pro Quo? Commerce Reeling From Charges in Bond Probe Vernon Hill and his Commerce Bancorp have taken the Northeast-and Wall Street-by storm, with a formula that emphasizes convenience, service and de novo branches. Now, it's his rivals' turn to gloat.  |
U.S. Banker January 2008 Lee Conrad |
Banks Newest Growth Plan: Investing in Other Banks Banks both big and small are increasingly investing in other financial entities to expand their own growth plans.  |
U.S. Banker November 2010 Michael Sisk |
Not Over the Hill Not many bankers can recover from the kind of regulatory scrapes that Vernon Hill has been in.  |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Pick and Choose Big banks are competing for your business. How can you decide which one is best for you and your company?  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 25, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Corporates' Wishes Are Banks' Commands Between industry consolidation and the entrance of new players in the market, banks have their work cut out for them when it comes to serving business customers and meeting their demands.  |
Bank Technology News December 2003 Holly Sraeel |
Branches Are Back. Is This Banking's Big Break? Identity theft may be grabbing headlines, but most banks are heavily focused on branches, particularly in understanding what types of activities are conducted by customers while there.  |