Banks Holds to the Future, Lets Past Go; After Off Year With Redskins,...

The Washington Post;  January 4, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Carl Banks was one of the National Football League's...won two Super Bowls with that franchise. Banks is now, if not in that same echelon of linebackers...Football Conference playoffs. In between, Banks was a Washington Redskin. For one season...

Banks stand accused of `ripping off' customers

The Independent - London;  September 18, 1999 ;     619 words ...BANKS ARE fast taking over from supermarkets as public enemy number...rip- off Britain" wave of outrage against the high street banks with a survey showing many products they try to arm-twist...elsewhere. Customers are increasingly angry over the tendency of banks to impose charges out of the blue for ...

Issues and obstacles still exist for on-line sales by banks.(Insurance in...

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition;  November 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ...As banks begin to extend their electronic marketing...insurers fear the Internet will give the banks a substantial advantage in the race for customers...marketing experience appear to give many banks a significant competitive edge in offering...

The banks' pay-back obligation

The Boston Globe;  May 22, 1991 ;     536 words ...Banks are required by federal law to help meet the credit needs...home-improvement loans, as has been the case in Boston. The banks would do well to refinance these loans to keep these people...of Globe stories is that instead of dealing directly with banks, some homeowners were gulled into taking the loans ...

Red-lining. (disaffection with lending practices of banks) (American...

The Economist (US);  July 22, 1989 ;     559 words ...Banks Red-lining ON JULY 19th the mayor of New York, Mr Ed Koch, announced that he will withdraw the city's money from banks that--as he puts it--discriminate against poor districts...picking up a rising disaffection with the lending practices of banks. Much of this concerns red-lining , the drawing of a ...

Banks get cautious with home lending

Sunday Star-Times;  June 20, 2004 ;     501 words ...BANKS ARE tightening their lending criteria as the housing boom...valuations fall and interest rates continue to rise. Where banks once lent up to 80% of the value of inner-city apartments...now often prepared to lend no more than 50% of the value. Banks are also taking a more cautious approach to lending ...

Banks eye insurance products. (Insurance Marketing Review)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  August 20, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Banks Eye Insurance Products After the events of the past 12 months, there can be little doubt left in anyone's mind that banks are going to be a major distributor of insurance products...point is: How fast will it happen and what products will banks target first? Unquestionably, it will take several ...

Supplement: Xerox - Retail Banking - Personalise Or Perish - Retail Banks'...

The Banker;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Banks are struggling to communicate with their customers. A new...Future of Communications in Retail Banking, argues that retail banks must communicate in a more personalised way with their customers...for such relatively wealthy and sophisticated institutions, banks are facing constraints on their ...

Banks says he's not a target

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Banks says he's not a target Bishop of Green Bay, once Law's associate...Sentinel Saturday, December 14, 2002 Green Bay Bishop Robert J. Banks, who served in the 1980s as Cardinal Bernard Law's chief...Responding to questions at a news conference in Green Bay, Banks also said he has no plans to resign ...

How virtual banks are close to becoming reality

The Independent - London;  February 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Banks as we know them will soon cease to exist. A stark warning over what lies ahead for the banks was delivered yesterday by David Llewellyn, professor of...in London on banking in the 21st century, he said that the banks should recognise that the move by supermarkets into banking...

Bottom line.(problems faced by retail banks)

The Banker;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Banks are being hit hard on all sides. Competitive challenges are...could also be some of the most destructive. Retail commercial banks worldwide face a revolution not only in how financial services...technology have allowed aggressive new entrants into the banks' cosy world and unless the banks can ...

A shop of little horrors. (banks financing small businesses)

The Economist (US);  November 13, 1993 ;     700+ words ...BANKS everywhere know that making money from small-business customers...small firms wilted in the drought of recession. Yet these banks, and many others in Europe and America, are firmly wedded...flurry of fee changes to attract small-business customers. Banks are trying to make their operations less costly ...

Are joint ventures with powerful retailers in the banks' long-term...

The Banker;  March 1, 1997 ;     700 words ...Banks are under serious threat. And this does not just relate to the recent mega-mergers and restructuring...issues emanating from the Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discovery deal mirror the realities that retail banks worldwide are threatened by non-banks which are not only making inroads into the key ...

Risk Management: Braving Basel II Storm: The soon-to-be revised accord...

US Banker;  September 1, 2003 ;     698 words ...Banks that embrace rather than resist Basel II, the mammoth proposal...shareholder returns-or so the hope is among supporters. More banks are moving toward accepting the spirit of Basel II, says...see more of that in the U.S. An Accenture report notes that banks in compliance will gain superior capital ...

Banks could ruin agencies. (bank entry into the insurance business)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  September 4, 1989 ;     664 words ...Banks Could Ruin Agencies Bank entry into the insurance business...federal Glass-Steagall Act falls--and thus the barriers to banks in insurance torn down--the major brokers will not be substantially...current agency population will still be in business. Yet banks present an opportunity for agents as well ...