Online brokerage, the new core account? - The stampede of investors to online stock trading has banks thinking fast and hard about whose website-or cell phones-will attract and retain customers.
Publisher: ABA Banking Journal Online     Author: Alan Levinsohn   

Predicting Bankruptcy in the WorldCom Age: How to determine when it is safe to grant credit - Given the increase in bankruptcies of even very large companies, the authors suggest that businesses need to be sure that their customers are credit-worthy before granting credit. They then provide a formula to use to check on publicly-traded companies and explain why it works.
Publisher: Graziadio Business Report     Author: Nikolai Chuvakhin and L. Wayne Gertmenian, Ph.D.   

Re-Inventing Financial Services, Business Models, Winning Market Plays - These are heady days for the financial services industry. U.S. commercial banks posted a record US$71.1 billion in earnings for 1999, the eighth straight year of profitability in an industry sector that spent most of the previous decade awash in red ink.
Publisher: Deloitte & Touche     Author: Deloitte & Touche   

Rethinking the branch experience - In a world going virtual, bankers wrestle with the purpose, look, and existence of their vast network of offices.
Publisher: ABA Banking Journal Online     Author: Lauren Bielski   

Running in Circles - If you're counting on the Internet as a shortcut to the capital markets, better think again.
Publisher: CFO.com     Author: Steve Bergsman   

Shared Services, Shared Opportunities - Some shared-services programs, like a huge one being developed at Bank of America, are being structured more like strategic alliances than conventional outsourcing deals.
Publisher: Financial Executive Online Edition     Author: Jeffrey Marshall   

Testimony before the House Banking Committee on Bank Powers and Bank Mergers - Each Congress for the last dozen years has made a major attempt to revise our Depression-era banking regulations. Each attempt at fundamental reform has failed.
Publisher: Chicago GSB Faculty     Author: Randall Kroszner   

The business of banking - Banks have been at the heart of economic activity for eight centuries. In this, the second of our schools briefs on the world of finance, we explain why banks evolved, how they function, what they do, and the challenges they face.
Publisher: The Economist     Author: The Economist   

The Coming of the Financial Services Bazaar? - Deregulation of financial services and a shift to an electronic economy present financial managers with increased opportunities for savings.
Publisher: Strategic Finance     Author: Alan Levinsohn   

The Megabank Banquet - Banking mergers aim to provide a full menu of services, but smaller customers may be left hungry.
Publisher: CFO.com     Author: Stephen Barr