Can greater efficiency gains be made by Spain’s cost-effective banks – and will their forays into Anglo-Saxon markets succeed? Karina Robinson reports from Madrid.
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Wind in their sales
April 2, 2007A survey concludes that maximising sales capacity and adviser effectiveness through the adoption of efficiency techniques can boost productivity in Europe’s bank branches. Stephen Timewell reports.
Delay creates breathing space
April 2, 2007The delay of the Payments Services Directive means that the Single Euro Payments Area will go live in a phased approach. Frances Maguire looks at the impact this will have.
Hishem Laroussi
March 5, 2007The CIO and executive vice-president of newly formed Yapi Kredi tells Dan Barnes of the challenges involved in successfully merging the IT systems of two banks with divergent platforms and cultures.
The march of the automatons
March 5, 2007The drive for achieving ever-faster trade execution speeds in capital markets means that any glitch, gremlin or gulp will lead to serious consequences in terms of lost business and margin erosion. This makes the technologist’s role ever more vital. By Chris Skinner.
Gateway to automation
March 5, 2007Due to lack of investment, over-the-counter derivatives trading practices remain hopelessly unautomated. But, as Natasha de Terán reports, an industry-wide solution using web-based technology is in the pipeline.
Virtually obsolete
March 5, 2007The brave new world of Web 2.0 will require a brave new approach from banks if they are to keep their customers, writes Joshua Weinberger.
...coming soon to a bank near you
March 5, 2007In the first of our quarterly 2015 series, The Banker takes a look at what retail banking will look like in eight years’ time. Stephen Timewell explains who the winners and losers will be.
Supply chain gains
March 5, 2007
Corporates that create supply chains with highly flexible supply routes will find they are part of larger global chains and reap
the economic advantages, says Dan Barnes.
The hi-tech lowdown for 2007
February 5, 2007Dan Barnes canvasses the views of senior technologists within the banking industry on the innovation challenges they are preparing for during the remainder of this year.