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The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Hey, Give Me My Money! Fewer check processing sites means that, for consumers, more deposit checks get categorized as "local." That means more of your checks must be deposited under the two-day rule instead of the five-day rule.  |
Bank Technology News September 2005 John Adams |
Document Imaging: Tiny Scanner Aims To Help Small Banks With new scanning technology, community institutions are shedding courier trips to local Federal Reserve offices, and outsourcing is simplifying the process.  |
Bank Technology News May 2003 Robert Kapler |
Getting Serious About Check 21 Banks rev up technology as legislation gets closer  |
Bank Systems & Technology November 4, 2003 Ivan Schneider |
Fast-Track Citizens Why do people continue to use bank branches despite the ready availability of automated alternatives? Who knows? But since they do, Citizens Bank has continued to place the branch at the center of its retail banking strategy.  |
U.S. Banker May 2010 Matthew De Paula |
5 Ways to Optimize the Branch The branch of the future will be much leaner. But the inevitable downsizing of space and staff can be tricky. Here are some ways banks are turning less into more.  |
U.S. Banker November 2010 Alan Kline |
Sharing Space to Cut Costs Ask any retail banking expert what the branch of the future will look like and the first word you re likely to hear is smaller.  |
U.S. Banker June 2003 Robert Kapler |
Getting Serious About Check 21-Finally The average check is handled 12 times, so check image technology could sharply reduce error rates. But choosing a system depends on a bank's specific needs.  |
U.S. Banker August 2010 Alan Kline |
Banking 2020: Smartphones Rule All the hubbub about smartphones laying the decisive blow to branches is unnecessary; they can peacefully and successfully co-exist with some retooling.  |
U.S. Banker May 2011 Matthew de Paula |
New Adventures in Branch Banking More banks are thinking about not just how to redesign their branches, but how to redesign their entire branch experience.  |
Job Journal July 29, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Bank Teller Bank tellers have many skills, ranging from simple deposits and withdrawals to foreign currencies and commercial accounts.  |
Bank Technology News November 2009 John Adams |
Capturing Savings On Line Branch capture is less costly for banks in terms of up-front (capital expenditure), but the back-office savings from teller capture are greater.  |
Bank Systems & Technology April 24, 2008 Anne Rawland Gabriel |
MCNB Banks Unlocks the Potential of Electronic Check Capture Realizing the promise of electronic check capture required visionary thinking on the part of Welch, W.Va.-based MCNB Banks.  |
Bank Technology News March 2010 John Adams |
3. Hampden's Tellers Capture Images, Savings While most banks still turn a cold shoulder to teller capture, Hampden Bank is a happy contrarian.  |
Bank Technology News May 2005 Chris Costanzo |
Remote Check Deposit: Wells Captures A New Checking Twist Check 21 and Desktop Deposit provides fast remote capture without adding software on the user end and eliminating time-consuming trips to the branch, all through a Web portal.  |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Michael Sisk |
Imaging Technology Branches Out The ability to convert paper checks to electronic images for processing, transmission and presentment since the Check 21 Act went into effect in 2004 has created opportunities and headaches for banks large and small.  |
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.  |
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2006 Phil Britt |
Study: Channel Preference Is Age-Dependent Though financial services customers as a whole prefer branch banking, there are clear differences in customers' channel preferences based on age, according to a recent American Bankers Association (Washington, D.C.) survey of 1,000 consumers.  |
U.S. Banker January 2008 Anthony Malakian |
Poor Branch Placement Could Kill Revenues For smaller community banks, poor branch placement is a far greater concern than for a trillion-dollar behemoth.  |
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.  |
Bank Technology News June 2007 John Adams |
Expense Management: Cost Controls Come In Many Flavors Whether it is Bank of the West's human capital project, Amex's procurement savings or MasterCard's corporate travel initiative, there are lots of places to shave corporate costs  |
Bank Technology News January 2005 Michael Sisk |
The Post-October 28 World: It's Time for a Reality Check on Check 21 Believe it or not, there are still many misconceptions about the law among the public, which banks must battle as they gradually implement new checking technology.  |
Bank Systems & Technology July 25, 2008 Nancy Feig |
BB&T Taps Software Earnings' Payments Navigator to Streamline Check and Item Processing Helping accommodate the industry's shift from paper to electronic payments, this solution enables banks to consolidate item processing sites and centralize all major item processing functions.  |
Bank Technology News January 2004 John Adams |
Nat City's New Image National City dove into a quick Internet check imaging project this summer to adhere to Check 21 and to reap a number of other benefits.  |
Bank Technology News April 2002 Lynn Koller |
Making a Clear Case for Online Digital Check Imaging Web-based digital imaging is streamlining operations and enhancing customer options...  |
Bank Technology News April 2009 John Adams |
Take Stock of Your Own Real Estate The arrival of automated branch performance management at Summit Bank also came with a 95 percent cost haircut, a welcome savings in a time where every dollar is gold.  |
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Check 21: Evolution, Not Revolution Originally hailed by legislators as ushering in a new era of banking, it seems the reality of Check 21 is a bit less lofty than they anticipated - so far, at least.  |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan |
The Big Retail Showdown Despite countless warnings that the industry has hit a wall on brick-and-mortar viability, lots of financial institutions are holding their ground, determined not to let this era become branching's last stand. Can branches remain profitable once the dust settles on the current economy?  |
Bank Technology News August 2010 Rebecca Sausner |
Citi's Japanese Revolution Citi's "smart banking" strategy in Japan.  |
Bank Technology News December 2009 Steve Bills |
BBVA Branches Into Video Customers may soon be talking to a screen at the branch - instead of a person.  |
Bank Technology News July 2011 John Adams |
Robo Tellers A growing number of banks are deploying "personal teller" machines equipped with videoconferencing that allow remote branch staff to do virtually anything they could at the physical location.  |
U.S. Banker December 2001 John Hackett |
Branches -- Hot New Delivery Channel With banks in a struggle for customers, branches have become in-the-field artillery. After years of fiddling with newfangled delivery channels, bankers across the nation are rediscovering that branches can be their most powerful weapons...  |
U.S. Banker December 2010 Matt Monks |
Help Wanted: Part Time Many banks let go of part-time workers when the financial crisis hit, but as the need to cut costs at branches becomes more acute, so does the appeal of a staff with flexible hours.  |
U.S. Banker October 2009 Hal Tilbury |
Teller Flow at the Heart of Capture's ROI In making the move to remote deposit capture it is critical that banks keep an open mind and seriously consider item capture at the teller workstation.  |
Fast Company October 2004 Alan Deutschman |
The Check-Clearing Quagmire Soon, it won't take a week to clear a check. Checking will finally enter the digital era on October 28, when the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act takes effect.  |
Bank Systems & Technology October 28, 2004 Ivan Schneider |
Here Today ... Everywhere Tomorrow The availability of low-cost technology is driving consumer demand for high-tech branches, and banks are getting the message.  |
Bank Systems & Technology December 15, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Perspectives: Outsourcing Various bank executives weigh in on outsourcing issues, such as strategy, data security risks, specialized services, and emerging markets and how nearshoring fits into the outsourcing picture.  |
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?  |
OCC Bulletin June 19, 2003 |
Expedited Funds Availability Act The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has revised Regulation CC, the implementing regulation for the Expedited Funds Availability Act. Specifically, the Board amended Appendix A to Regulation CC, the Routing Number Guide to Next-Day Availability Checks and Local Checks.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Bank of America to Customers: Get Out and Stay Out! Free checking accounts go to those who won't visit tellers.  |
U.S. Banker January 2010 Darryl Demos |
Bank Branches: The Changing Nature of Work and Workers In today s changing times, banks will need to evaluate and evolve their branch workforce strategies to meet not only the changing needs and interaction preferences of their customers, but also the flexibility requirements of the available labor pool.  |
Entrepreneur December 2006 Rosalind Resnick |
Extra Effort It is important for small businesses to find a bank that can provide them with good service.  |
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 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.  |
Bank Systems & Technology June 2, 2004 Steven Marlin |
Where The Money Is The current branch revival is evidence that the era of multichannel delivery is here to stay.  |
Bank Systems & Technology October 8, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Northeast Bank Takes New Approach to Branching With dwindling transaction levels at the branch due to self service channels, Northeast Bank is revising its branch strategy.  |
U.S. Banker April 2008 Chris Bledsoe |
Funds-Transfer Pricing? Just Say No. Is funds-transfer pricing worthwhile?  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2005 |
How to Avoid Breaking the Bank Why pay more than you need to -- to your bank, of all things?  |
Bank Technology News July 2009 Michael Sisk |
The Future of the Bank Branch Innovative branch design and technology must encourage engagement with employees, not to discourage human interaction.  |
Bank Technology News May 2010 Michael Sisk |
Retailers' Safes Get Networked Couriers have begun to offer more sophisticated electronic services -- such as smart safes -- that some bank executives worry strays into their treasury management business.  |
U.S. Banker August 2008 Jim Bolton |
The Strategic Case for Outsourcing Back-Office Chores It's more critical than ever that banking executives weigh further efficiencies and fresh initiatives to retain and attract customers. This is where business process outsourcing increasingly enters the picture.  |