TowerGroup Research Reports

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The Banking Industry Architecture Network: A New Path to Core Systems Modernization? By: TowerGroup A group of primarily European banks and information technology vendors has formed the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN). The purpose of this network is the development of service-oriented architecture (SOA) standards for the banking industry. \| more... Search inside this report	6/9/2008	$1,750.00
Mobility Enables Customer Relationship Management Applications in Insurance Distribution By: TowerGroup No longer just a convenient means of making phone calls and sending e-mail, mobile devices extend enterprise business applications into the field. A firm can increase sales force productivity by deploying a cohesive mobility strategy \| more...	6/1/2008	$1,750.00
Back to Basics, Into the Future: Risk Management and Growth Through Enterprise Intelligence By: TowerGroup Holistic, enterprise-wide risk management has taken on new importance throughout the financial services industry as stockholders, boards of directors, and regulators demand better, more timely analysis of risk and a deeper understanding of how the \| more... Search inside this report	5/26/2008	$1,750.00
Charred Card: Private-Label Gift Cards Stumble in a Weak Economy By: TowerGroup This TowerGroup ViewPoint explains the financial risk to consumers who have private-label stored-value cards in a weakened US economy. It illustrates how open-system prepaid card issuers can offer consumers a more reliable prepaid product and \| more... Search inside this report	5/26/2008	$1,750.00
Contingency Planning: Are Credit Card Issuers Ready for the Next Pandemic? By: TowerGroup The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, caused both the private and public sectors to examine their business processes and infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities. The examination revealed that in the event of a flu pandemic, \| more... Search inside this report	5/26/2008	$1,750.00
Expect Radical Change: "Credit Crunch" Calls for Reassessment of the Universal Banking Model By: TowerGroup This ViewPoint calls on financial service institutions operating as "universal banks" to reexamine the viability of this business model where it has inflicted damage as a result of the recent "credit crunch." Such banks offer \| more... Search inside this report	5/12/2008	$1,750.00
The Treasury Blueprint: Will Regulatory Reform Cure What Ails the Lending Industry? By: TowerGroup On March 31, 2008, the US Treasury Department announced its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure. The Blueprint covers the banking, securities and futures, insurance, mortgage lending, and payments industries. It also proposes reforming \| more... Search inside this report	5/12/2008	$1,750.00
Paulson's Blueprint for Insurance: A Rallying Cry for the Optional Federal Charter? By: TowerGroup The US Congress currently has bills in committee in both the House and Senate that would establish a federal insurance regulator and give insurers the option of being federally regulated or to continue under state \| more... Search inside this report	5/5/2008	$1,750.00
Avoiding More Regulatory Oversight in OTC Derivatives: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense By: TowerGroup The current method for processing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives remains opaque and involves too much paper and to many manual processes. To address the limitations, on March 27, 2008, the Operations Management Group sent a letter \| more... Search inside this report	5/5/2008	$1,750.00
European Banks' Top 10 Business Drivers, Strategic Responses, IT Initiatives: Cross Industry (2008) By: TowerGroup This Research Note presents TowerGroup's Top 10 list of current issues and priorities across the European banking industry for 2008. To help firms in the industry chart a course for the year, the analysts in \| more... Search inside this report	4/28/2008	$1,750.00
Extending Influence of Data Security into the Card Ecosystem: The Next Trend in PCI Compliance By: TowerGroup This Research Note reviews merchants' progress toward meeting the standards of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC). It explains how the PCI SSC has reacted to slow adoption by smaller merchants and \| more... Search inside this report	4/28/2008	$1,750.00
The US Treasury Proposal Levels the Playing Field for Credit Cards By: TowerGroup In response to widespread concern among legislators, the media, and the public at large, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in late March 2008 introduced proposals, called the "Blueprint," that would alter in important ways how \| more... Search inside this report	4/21/2008	$1,750.00
Small Business Remote Deposit Capture: A Goldilocks Tale By: TowerGroup TowerGroup defines a small business "hierarchy of banking needs" as consisting of saving time and money, managing cash flow, reducing administrative tasks, and being a trusted advisor. Banks must focus on this hierarchy of needs \| more... Search inside this report	4/21/2008	$1,750.00
Paulson Blueprint on Payments: Can the Fed Both Regulate and Compete with Private Payment Systems? By: TowerGroup In response to widespread concern among legislators, the media, and the public at large, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in late March 2008 introduced proposals, called the "Blueprint," that would alter in important ways how \| more... Search inside this report	4/21/2008	$1,750.00
Global Risk Management Challenge: Survival of the Fittest By: TowerGroup The crisis in the subprime lending market served as a harsh reminder that financial risks (most noticeably credit and liquidity) bear systemic interdependencies globally. Growing complexity of financial instruments and markets, cross-border interdependencies, unforeseen scenarios, \| more... Search inside this report	4/21/2008	$1,750.00
Don't (La)Rue the Day: Preparing for the Coming Wave of 401(k) Lawsuits By: TowerGroup In light of the growing importance of defined contribution retirement plans such as 401(k) plans, the developments in two recent lawsuits — LaRue v. DeWolff and Hecker v. Deere — may well induce others to \| more... Search inside this report	4/14/2008	$1,750.00
"Stay in Your Car Ma'am": Best Practices in Automotive Finance Collections By: TowerGroup As many lenders feared, the ramifications of the subprime mortgage crisis for cash-strapped homeowners have pushed the credit crunch beyond mortgages. Delinquency rates are rising for consumer loans, including automotive finance. Auto loans are secured \| more... Search inside this report	4/14/2008	$1,750.00
Follow the Money: New Opportunities for Payments Fraud? By: TowerGroup Banks and other financial services institutions (FSIs) must continually invest in compliance technology to prevent funds transfers for illegal activities. As of 1Q 2008, they have directed much of that technology at traditional payment methods \| more... Search inside this report	4/14/2008	$1,750.00
European Green: European Banks Have to Answer to Investors By: TowerGroup Banks have been struggling to determine how much effort to direct toward environmental concerns, in part because they have lacked a key element — an understanding of how investors value environmentally conscious projects and how \| more... Search inside this report	4/14/2008	$1,750.00
Credit Crunch Opportunity: IT Spending Imperative in a Time of Crisis By: TowerGroup History cannot repeat itself; circumstances change, as do the players. The US mortgage meltdown of 2007 and ensuing credit crunch will in time be just another chapter in the story of the cyclical nature of \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
Life Insurers, Act Now! Demographics Are Rocking the Boat By: TowerGroup Insurance companies must meet the demands of tech-savvy younger consumers as well as manage the needs of the large population approaching retirement age. Demographic and ethnographic shifts affect insurers' internal workforce as well as distribution \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
Actionable Information in Insurance: Making Data Speak Louder than Words By: TowerGroup It is often thought that the insurance industry is awash in data but has no information. It is sadly true. Lack of actionable information is keeping many carriers at a competitive disadvantage that is threatening \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
Why Asset Managers Will Not Escape the Subprime Meltdown That Has Decimated Wall Street By: TowerGroup In 2008, economic uncertainty brought on by the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market will be a top business driver for securities and investments firms. Despite the relative lack of bad news about asset \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Their Importance in the Global Financial Services Industry By: TowerGroup Sovereign wealth funds have attracted the attention of the financial services industry globally because they have provided liquidity during the current credit crunch. This TowerGroup ViewPoint outlines why sovereign wealth funds have an important and \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
The Fall of Bear Stearns: Disaster or Opportunity in the Prime Brokerage and Clearing World? By: TowerGroup For some time, TowerGroup believed only one more "big" deal was likely to happen in the clearing market. The unfortunate demise of Bear Stearns was not what we envisioned! Rumors have floated around the brokerage \| more... Search inside this report	4/7/2008	$1,750.00
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