Retail Banking Competitor Tracker - October 2009
Datamonitor
November 24, 2009 SKU: DFMN2508128
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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
Competition is beginning to return to UK mortgages.
Citibank maintains its focus on China despite its need to restructure.
Postbank's new iPostbank application sees mobile banking gain momentum in Germany.
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
- 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 22 months of developments is also delivered alongside the report
- Key Trends and Developments in October
- Competition is beginning to return to UK mortgages
- Citibank maintains its focus on China despite its need to restructure
- NAB is abolishing fees on certain accounts
- Postbank's new iPostbank application sees mobile banking gain momentum in Germany
- Competitor activity fell in October
- Product and service innovation stories became more dominant in October
- M&A, new product and new service stories made up the majority of stories in October
- Product, Services and Innovation
- Abbey
- UK: Abbey unveils mortgages with no upfront costs
- UK: Abbey lowers fixed rates and introduces new tracker rate mortgage
- Banque Populaire
- France: Banque Populaire offers solutions for young working people
- Citibank
- US: Citibank launches Citi Mobile en Espanol
- Thailand: Citibank expands range of tailored financial solutions for mid- and high-income customers
- Clydesdale Bank
- UK: Clydesdale Bank offers new £20 bank notes
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- Australia: Commonwealth Bank enhances its NetBank customer service
- Crédit Agricole
- France: LCL offers 100% online banking through e.LCL
- HBOS
- UK: Halifax introduces daily overdraft charging structure
- HSBC Bank
- UK: First direct launches fee free remortgage offset trackers
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- Australia: NAB waives bank fees on customers accounts
- Nationwide Building Society
- UK: Nationwide offers range of mortgage deals
- Nedbank
- South Africa: Nedbank relaxes lending criteria for home loans
- South Africa: Nedbank offers salary protection scheme
- Postbank
- Germany: Postbank offers iPostbank to locate ATMs, branches and cash service stations
- Standard Chartered
- Singapore: Standard Chartered offers dream home service at a property showroom
- M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth
- ABN AMRO
- UK: ABN Amro Group splits into ABN Amro Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
- China: ANZ opens rural bank in China
- Citibank
- China: Citi launches Dalian Wafangdian Citi Lending in China
- Japan: Citi sells NikkoCiti Trust and Banking to Nomura Trust & Banking
- US: Citi concludes the sale of Norwegian consumer finance business to Gjensidige Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- Netherlands: Deutsche Bank agrees to acquire ABN Amro's Netherlands business
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
- Thailand: ICBC buys ACL Bank Public Company from Bangkok Bank
- State Bank of India (SBI)
- India: SBI plans more acquisition in Indonesia
- Société Générale
- France: Société Générale announces the acquisition of a 20% stake in Crédit du Nord
- 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: M&A stories fell in October more significantly than product innovation and customer targeting events
- Figure 2: New products and services, and M&A activity, dominated this month's news stories
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