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Art GillisOctober 19, 2007
Bank IT spending continues to increase in spite of lower bank earnings reports
Analysis of: Will BofA Retreat From Investment Banking? | dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
Author: Art Gillis, President, Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
With many big banks such as BoA, Wachovia and Citigroup reporting record breaking losses in the 3Q, there shouldn't be any less spending for new bank technology in the future. We may see consolidation of banking & trading divisions, but technology will come to the forefront in spending from ban...
October 19, 2007
2007 Gift Card Sales Will Give Retailers A Boost
Analysis of: Gift Cards To Be Holiday Bright Spot | www.emarketer.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
Gift cards has had a major effect on the retail industry in the 4Q. The rise in gift cards purchases has impacted what consumers plan to buy and when they plan to redeem their gift cards, which is a factor that is extending the holiday sales period beyond the 4Q. As of 2007, 39% of holiday gift cards...
October 18, 2007
Check Image Volume Grows As Paper Check Volume Continues to Decline
Analysis of: SVPCO Check Image Volume Continues to Grow | www.paymentsnews.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
Check image volume continues to increase with daily image volume, monthly volume and total dollar value surpassing 2006 record numbers.  The volume of imaged checks increased from 28 million images to 283 million images. The dollar amount of Check 21 items grew 155%, increasing from $192 billion...
October 17, 2007
Search providers are not a near-term competitive threat to the credit card and payments industry
Analysis of: Overshooting the Target: Why Buying Online is Gaining on the Credit Card Business | www.deloitte.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
While the credit card and payments industry would benefit from more innovation and competitive verve, search providers are not a near-term threat.
October 16, 2007
Regulatory mandarins rap Visa’s knuckles to cow greater compliance
Analysis of: The European Commission has fined Visa 10.2m euros ($14.4m; £7m) for blocking Morgan Stanley from joining its European credit card payment network. | news.bbc.co.uk
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The regulatory mandarins conjured an improbable counterfactual that Morgan Stanley aspired to and would become a force in pan-European acquiring to justify fining Visa. They aim to cow the two pan-European card payment networks to a more compliant attitude as SEPA unfolds.
Art GillisOctober 10, 2007
Signs of entrepreneurship are appearing in the bank tech world
Analysis of: Diebold Releases Innovative ATM Depository Technology | www.bobsguide.com
Author: Art Gillis, President, Computer Based Solutions, Inc.
Bank Technology has seen an expansion in new technology that has been built on old technology. It is not just the bigger organizations but the smaller entrepreneurs that are in the running.
October 9, 2007
Sallie Mae Tells Buyout Consortium to Put Up or Pay Up $900 Million Breakup Fee
Analysis of: Sallie Mae Suit Seeks $900M Breakup Fee | news.yahoo.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
Students borrow approximately $85 billion annually to finance the costs to attend college and the demand for private education loans has surged by 27% over the last six years, while Sallie Mae has diversified its portfolio to offer college-savings plans and private student loans in the last 10 years...
October 9, 2007
Barclays Throws In the Towel and the RBS-Consortium Will Divide ABN's Spoils
Analysis of: Barclays: ABN Amro Bid Withdrawal Poses Bigger Question | www.banking-business-review.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
The RBS Consortium won the hostile bid for ABN with 86% of ABN's shareholders voting in favor of the Consortium's bid valued at $101.5 billion, trumping Barclays $89 billion bid. Barclays threw in the towel after ABN's shareholders voted in favor of the Consortium's bid and Barclays will seek the $281...
October 8, 2007
Credit Card Marketers Turn Their Sights on America’s Benighted Subprime
Analysis of: Subprime Direct Mailings on Rise | www.americanbanker.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Notwithstanding the subprime mortgage crisis many credit card issuers are scouring higher-risk-consumer segment for growth. It is a prime area where they can originate new cardholders, receivables, and rich fee income. Perhaps counter intuitively, the signal risk in subprime is not credit losses but...
October 5, 2007
Commerce Bancorp Sold to TD Bank for $8.5 Billion
Analysis of: TD Bank to Buy Commerce for $8.5 Billion | dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
TD Bank is paying a 7% premium over Commerce's closing share price on 10.1.07 of $42.37 and the deal is expected to be completed by April 2008. TD Bank will incur a pretax restructuring charge of approximately $490 million to expand market share in the U.S. and as a result 2008 and 2009 earnings will...

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