Retail Banking Competitor Tracker - September 2009
Datamonitor
October 29, 2009 SKU: DFMN2500650
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Introduction
Datamonitor's Retail Banking Competitor Tracker is a monthly product providing updates on key events relating to major and innovative players in the retail banking sector. Covering events such as M&A activity, market entries and withdrawals, partnerships, product innovation and customer targeting on a global basis, 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
Indian banks expand at home and abroad.Scandinavian banks continue to struggle in the wake of nationalization.Barclays enhances its mobile banking services.
Reasons to Purchase- Provides invaluable information on your closest competitors' strategies all in one place.
- Keeps track of how the competitive landscape is changing through M&A activities, partnerships and organic growth.
- Detailed insight into new product developments within the 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 12 months of developments is also delivered alongside the report
- Key trends and developments in September
- Indian banks expand at home and abroad
- Scandinavian banks continue to struggle in the wake of nationalization
- Barclays enhances its mobile banking services
- Competitor activity increased in August from the levels seen in July
- Product and service innovation stories continued to dominate the headlines in September
- New products and initiative announcements made up the largest share of news stories in September
- Product, Services and Innovation
- Abbey
- UK: Abbey and Alliance & Leicester offer £100 current account switching incentive
- ANZ
- Australia: ANZ simplifies fee structure on personal accounts
- Barclays
- UK: Barclays introduces a new mortgage deal along with a reduction in the rate of existing mortgages
- UK: Barclays enhances its mobile banking services
- BBVA
- Spain: BBVA extends preferential financing conditions to self-employed workers
- Citigroup
- Hungary: Citibank offers revamped online internet banking for Hungarian customers
- Turkey: Citibank introduces a special loan package during the festival season
- China: Citibank introduces consumer credit education program
- Deutsche Bank
- US: Deutsche Bank purchases student loans from Northwestern University
- HSBC Bank
- UK: first direct slashes arrangement fees on fixed rate offset mortgages
- UK: first direct introduces a new offset tracker mortgage
- National Australia Bank
- Australia: NAB waives overdrawn account fees on personal transactions and savings accounts
- Australia: NAB introduces microfinance programs in Queensland
- Nationwide Building Society
- UK: Nationwide introduces range of mortgage deals
- UK: Nationwide offers personal loans at low rates
- Northern Rock
- UK: Northern Rock introduces a tracker mortgage and reduces interest rate on select mortgages
- UK: Northern Rock unveils a range of mortgages for residential purchase customers
- RBS
- UK: NatWest and RBS reduces the price of unarranged borrowing
- Standard Bank of South Africa
- South Africa: Standard Bank moderates lending criteria
- State Bank of India
- India: SBI offers special farm loan schemes
- Yorkshire Bank
- UK: Yorkshire Bank launches current account TV advertising
- M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth
- Banco do Brasil
- Brazil: Banco do Brasil acquires stake in Nossa Caixa
- Brazil: Banco do Brasil finalizes the acquisition of Banco Votorantim
- US: Banco do Brasil launches retail banking operations in the US
- BBVA
- Spain: BBVA offers financial products and services to Spanish Confederation of Police
- Commerzbank
- China: Commerzbank inaugurates a new branch in China
- DBS Group
- Singapore, Hong Kong, China: DBS partners with Agricultural Bank of China
- HSBC
- Poland: HSBC agrees to sell its Polish consumer finance portfolio
- Vietnam: HSBC collaborates with Vietnam post offices to offer banking services
- Nedbank
- South Africa: Nedbank acquires 49.9% stake of Imperial Bank
- Nordea
- Denmark: Nordea agrees to buy Fionia Bank
- Punjab National Bank (PNB)
- India: PNB launches 131 new customer outlets across India
- State Bank of India (SBI)
- India: SBI partners with 3i Info to provide kiosk banking facilities to rural customers
- India: SBI plans acquisition in UK
- 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: September saw a balanced number of stories across M&A and Product-related areas
- Figure 2: September brought a strong mix of product launches and new initiatives, as well as M&A news
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