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U.S. Banker
February 2008
John Adams |
Employment: As Recession Threatens, Banks Shed Mortgage Jobs While headhunters say banks are still hiring in some areas, such as wealth and risk management, when it comes to the mortgage sector the news is bad and getting worse.   |
Wall Street & Technology
March 19, 2007
Paul McDougall |
Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 30, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Banks Beginning to See the Light Of Distant Shores Slowly but surely, financial institutions are spending more on IT outside of the United States. |
Bank Technology News
December 2004
Jeremy Quittner |
A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly. |
U.S. Banker
January 2002
Mark Bruno |
Not All Bad Yes, banks are firing thousands of employees. And yes, we're in a recession. But not all is bad. Some banks see this as the time to do some hiring... |
Bank Technology News
May 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Lessons from the Dark Side How financial services firms can avoid mistakes in overseas outsourcing. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 1, 2007
Nancy Feig |
New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make. |
Bank Technology News
December 2004
Holly Sraeel |
Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution. |
U.S. Banker
July 2005
Glen Fest |
Incentive-Pay Software: Rewarding Results, Not Just Account Openings Banks are rewarding salespeople to create new accounts, but some funds are merely transferred from closed CDs at the same bank. Software can help sort fact from fiction. |
Bank Technology News
May 1, 2008
John Adams |
Better Processing: An Exercise In Utility Banks beset with budget and cost-saving mandates may soon find that sharing is saving. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 29, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Sticking With the Tried and True The days when large U.S. banks could sustain their old core systems on the IT version of life support are numbered, according to TowerGroup. |
Bank Technology News
January 2008
Glen Fest |
Hiring: IT Recruiters Gear up for a Busy Year Despite the global credit crunch, more than half of U.S. financial services firms are planning to increase hiring in 2008, with IT and sales staff in greatest demand, according to a survey by recruitment consultant Claymore Partners. |
Bank Technology News
February 2002
Joseph McKendrick |
Leave Computing to Us Outsourcing hits its stride in banking... |
Bank Technology News
June 2005
Glen Fest |
Incentive Pay: Compensating for Good Relationships Banks are incenting salespeople to create new accounts, but some of the funds are merely transferred from CDs closed at the same bank. Products help sort incentive fact from fiction. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
May 2003
Robert Kapler |
Getting Serious About Check 21 Banks rev up technology as legislation gets closer |
FDIC FYI
July 9, 2004 |
Bank Branching Trends and Prospects of Key Banking Sectors A summary of three reports released today that represent the fourth installment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Future of Banking Study. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 2, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Outsourcing Obstacles Banks can save money with offshore outsourcing, but they need a plan to navigate the choppy waters. |
Bank Technology News
March 2007
Glen Fest |
Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Dean Foust |
Look Out Below, Lenders The end of the mortgage boom is nigh -- and it could get ugly for banks and thrifts. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2011
Zeeshan Siddique |
HSBC Resorts to Layoffs to Improve Profits Bank resorts to job cuts and divestment to cut costs. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Durfee & O'Sullivan |
Offshoring by the Numbers Results of our survey of 275 finance executives at a broad range of companies. |
U.S. Banker
February 2008
Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward Finding a path forward from the ashes of the subprime mess will require stronger leadership overseeing risk, a culture more respectful of interdependent risks and new technologies measuring them across the enterprise. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
January 2008
Glen Fest |
Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk. |
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 Systems & Technology
June 26, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Outsourcing Questions and answers about bank outsourcing. |
FDIC FYI
April 25, 2002 |
Refinancing Waves Alter the Landscape for Mortgage Specialists The current interest rate environment affords institutions the opportunity to correct material asset/liability mismatches before the rate cycle turns and risk reduction strategies become less effective or more expensive to execute... |
U.S. Banker
April 2008
Joseph Rosta |
Financial Mergers & Acquisitions Dry Up It's a hostile merger and acquisition world out there and the depressed bank and thrift market has not been spared. |
U.S. Banker
January 2006
John Engen |
Fabulous on the Fundamentals The first three quarters of 2005 were the most profitable in banking history, with record earnings of $102 billion. But already in 2006, analysts see signs of change in the overall approach bankers take to the business. |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Kate O'Sullivan |
Looking Up Finance chiefs are more optimistic for the second straight quarter, but the employment picture remains bleak. |
Fast Company
January 2002
George Anders |
7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business... |
FDIC FYI
November 26, 2002 |
Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks |
U.S. Banker
April 2005
Lee Conrad |
The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Michael Sisk |
Recession or Not, BofA Deal Recommits to Consumer Just weeks after BofA agreed to purchase Countrywide Financial for a price that deeply discounted the value of its mortgage holdings, the Federal Reserve stepped up its aggressive rate cutting, taking some pressure off adjustable-rate mortgages and spurring a refinancing mini boom. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Dean Foust |
The Mortgage Biz Has Lost Its Fizz Goodbye, refi boom. Hello, sinking profits and industry consolidation. The roots of the industry's problems are no mystery. Mortgage activity has fallen off sharply since the Fed began hiking rates last spring. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 1, 2005
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Echoes of the Mortgage Boom With more institutions vying for the business of fewer customers, it's more important than ever for mortgage players seeking to grow revenues to improve service by offering new and differentiated mortgage products, such as Web-based offerings. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 15, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Mortgage Losses Lead to Bank Layoffs Several banks are planning massive layoffs in the wake of the mortgage crisis, and technology professionals in the lending arena probably will not be spared. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 29, 2004
Jim Middlemiss |
Riga to Manila to Mumbai More Wall Street firms are considering offshore outsourcing than ever before - and their choices are growing by the minute. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 28, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Contact Centers It is critical for banks to have well-trained contact center personnel and to implement the latest self-service and voice technologies. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 31, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Afraid of Commitment Banks that offshore must commit to the strategy fully, otherwise, cost and process efficiencies will be negated, according to a recent study. |
Bank Technology News
February 2003
Michael Sisk |
Outsourcing Goes On-Demand Bankers like JP Morgan Chase's John Schmidlin, CTO of enterprise services, are increasingly looking to outsourcing firms to help them slash inefficiencies in commodity services and gain the upper hand in more strategic business partnerships. |
CIO
April 1, 2004
Alice Dragoon |
Banks Fight Customer Fligtht Following mergers, banks used to sacrifice customer service in favor of speedy integration and cost-cutting. But no more. Here's how CIOs are helping banks implement a new postmerger mandate to focus on customer service. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
May 2001
Maria Bruno |
E-Mania Takes Community Banks by Storm According to Grant Thornton, community banks must commit to big changes, or else... |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 10, 2004
Katherine Burger |
Off Base on Offshore? I've covered the financial technology industry long enough to remember when outsourcing used to be called third-party processing, service bureau, or facilities management. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2008
Ginsburg & Noorlander |
Investigating Outsourcing and Offshoring Research For 15 years, there have been discussions on whether or not to outsource research. You would think the issue would be resolved by now, but today we have more questions than answers. |
FDIC FYI
May 18, 2004 |
An Update on Emerging Issues in Banking Trends in Community Banking... The Declining Number of U.S. Banking Organizations: Will the Trend Continue?... Community Banks: Their Recent Past, Current Performance, and Future Prospects... |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 10, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Can IT Deliver Success in Retail Delivery? The overall strength of the retail banking sector depends in large part on the job market. But banks aren't waiting for a recovery to press ahead with IT projects, thanks to Check 21. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Offshoring Spreads Its Wings From East Asia to Eastern Europe, offshore outsourcing is taking off. |
