Retail Banking Competitor Tracker - December 2009
Datamonitor
January 27, 2010 30 Pages - SKU: DFMN2594139
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Introduction
Datamonitor's Retail Banking Competitor Tracker is a monthly product providing updates on key events relating to major players in retail banking across the globe. Covering major developments such as M&A activity, market entries and withdrawals, partnerships, product innovation, and customer targeting, the Retail Banking Competitor Tracker provides succinct summaries of key stories.
Scope- Information on new product developments, mergers and acquisitions, distribution and partnerships.
- Insight on how the major retail banks are adapting to the ever changing economic climate.
Highlights
Struggling banks' accession to national asset protection schemes became official in the UK and Ireland
Raiffeisen International plans new direct bank for CEE region
NatWest targets single parents as key focus for financial advice and support
Reasons to Purchase- Provides a definitive source of information on all your competitors' key strategies.
- Offers insight into how the competitive landscape is evolving through M&A activities, partnerships and organic growth.
- Detailed insight into new product developments within retail banking.
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- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Methodology
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- This tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developments
- Each month Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from 100 competitors
- Datamonitor's Retail Banking Team provides analysis of the key developments at both the one-month and 12-month level
- A fully searchable database of the past two years of developments is also delivered alongside the report
- Key Trends and Developments in December
- Struggling banks' accession to national asset protection schemes became official in the UK and Ireland
- Raiffeisen International plans new direct bank for CEE region
- NatWest targets single parents as key focus for financial advice and support
- ....and finally
- December brought an increase in news announcements, particularly in M&A and organic growth
- Restructuring announcements and organic growth stories were prominent in December
- Products, Services and Innovation
- Alliance & Leicester
- UK: Alliance & Leicester announces £100 cash-back bonus for switching to its premier current account
- Barclays
- UK: Barclays updates website for mobile banking customers
- UK: Woolwich launches an online guide for brokers to track the status of mortgage applications
- Citibank
- India: Citibank launches universal mortgage account
- Korea: Citibank Korea launches scheme for Korean mountaineers
- US: Citibank launches electronic tax collection platform
- US: CitiMortgage and CitiFinancial North America announce a national foreclosure suspension program
- First National Bank
- South Africa: First National Bank initiates re-engineering of its branch network
- Maybank
- Malaysia: Maybank launches campaign to increase deposits
- Raiffeisen Bank
- Central and Eastern Europe: Raiffeisen International intends to launch new direct bank
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
- UK: the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Gingerbread launch personal money guide for single parents
- Standard Bank
- Angola: Standard Bank granted Angola banking license
- State Bank of India
- India: State Bank of India and Eko mull 'no-frills' account via mobile
- Yapi Kredi
- Turkey: Yapi Kredi celebrates World Disabled Day with launch of barrier-free ATM
- Turkey: Yapi Kredi introduces expatriate banking services
- Yorkshire Building Society
- UK: Yorkshire Building Society increases cash back on mortgages to cover the cost of the increase in stamp duty
- M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth
- ABN Amro
- Benelux: ABN Amro and Deutsche Bank sign share purchase agreement
- UK: ABN Amro and the Royal Bank of Scotland sign accession agreement
- Allied Irish Bank
- Ireland: Allied Irish Bank intends to participate in National Asset Management Agency program
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
- Australia: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group to acquire AWB's Landmark loan and deposit books
- Vietnam: ANZ completes acquisition of RBS in Vietnam and opens its 10th branch
- Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
- Italy: Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena sells 50 branches to the Intesa Sanpaolo Group
- Barclays
- UK: Barclays completes the sale of Barclays Global Investors to BlackRock
- BBVA
- China: BBVA increases stake in China Citic Bank to 15%
- BNP Paribas
- France: BNP Paribas and Intesa Sanpaolo reach an agreement on Findomestic
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
- Vietnam: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China receives license to set up branch in Hanoi
- KBC
- Benelux: Kredyt Bank's board approves transfer of its consumer finance company, Zagiel, to KBC Bank
- Slovakia: KBC Bank acquires complete ownership of CSOB Slovakia
- Millennium BCP
- Portugal: Banco Comercial Português provides update on negotiation with a Mozambican group
- Northern Rock
- UK: Northern Rock receives order for capital and legal restructure
- Société Générale
- France: Société Générale and Dexia complete Crédit du Nord transaction
- State Bank of India
- India: State Bank of India receives approval to negotiate acquisition of State Bank of Indore
- India: SBI and State Bank of Saurashtra receive approval to merge
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Russia: ZAO Sumitomo Mitsui Bank commences operations in Russia
- UniCredit Group
- Italy: UniCredit's board of directors approves 'Together for our clients' project
- Appendix
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: The 100 companies and subsidiaries covered by Datamonitor's Retail Banking Competitor Tracker
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Growth stories increased significantly in December
- Figure 2: The type of news announcements were fairly evenly distributed in comparison to previous months
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