GLG News by Fidelity National Information Services Experts

Citibank announced that it will cut back on its branch expansion strategy and may sell some recently opened branches due to high costs and/or poor results.  Any future expansion initiatives are likely to be limited to larger markets. What are the implications for Citibank's future in retail banking?...

This article is a very good brief about the RiskMetrics IPO, but doesn't attempt to broadly touch the many areas that are set to shine from recent events in the subprime mortgage market.

It is terrific that one day gains reclaimed much of the territory lost over the various Asian exchanges on Tuesday.  The significance of the instant reaction to the price cut at the Fed's lending window was one of timing.  The question is whether this particular means for economic stimulus...

2008 isn't shaping up as a good year for the mortgage industry as delinquencies hit record highs, foreclosures reach record levels, builders are faced with too much inventory and in December 2007, applications for building permits fell by 8.1%, which marked the seventh consecutive monthly decline and...

NYSE snags rival Amex for $260 million in stock to expand its "options" business, which offers higher margins than stock markets. The deal will provide NYSE with additional listings, as well as increase its scale in U.S. options, ETFs, close-end funds, structured products and cash equities. NYSE also...

 have completed 154 consultations for 67 investment firms in the past two years.  The analysts asked a lot of good questions, and none that I didn’t expect, about the performance of bank tech companies.  However, no one ever asked me about the competence of the sales force.  Not...

TD Bank (Toronto Dominion) agreed to purchase Commerce Bancorp for $8.5 billion in 2007, however, shareholder lawsuits and a suit from its former CEO and a suit filed against his wife and her design firm may be putting the deal in jeopardy. TD Bank agreed to pay a 7% premium over Commerce's closing...

The reduction in US consumer spending is hopelessly enmeshed in the availability of mortgage credit, housing prices, and generalized consumer confidence.  The slowdown in the US economy, tied to these three macro forces, will greatly affect both established and emerging markets across the...

Over valued versus the risk of litigation, talent flight, legislative constraints, portfolio loss and about every other imaginable variable. Overvalued servicing rights with disappointed servicing investors. Average industry systems, nothing great. Short staffed already. More leaving. Mozillio defineltly...

While on paper the acquisition versus the valuation of loan servicing looks good, the reality is a whole mess of operational and regulatory risk. The Countrywide CIO was just announced leaving for FIS (Fidelity) and the state of the art systems was one of the selling points in the acquisition. An asset...