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HSBC: the world's local bank

HSBC's [HSBA.L] acquisition of the Bank of Bermuda will increase the company's client base and strengthen its Private Banking business in the area. However, the group will need to ensure that any changes it makes do not dissatisfy Bank of Bermuda's loyal customers, who may be wary of HSBC's scale.

Published By Datamonitor
30 Oct 2003
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Identity theft goes upmarket

UK credit reference agency Experian recently revealed that the rise it has seen in identity fraud has coincided with an increase in organized cyber crime. The agency's data has also revealed that a surprisingly large number of consumers were unaware of identity fraud committed against them until they were informed by a financial services firm, which throws up the issue of data theft reporting.

Published By Datamonitor
19 Apr 2007
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CommentWire

IMF: mixed message unlikely to inspire consumer confidence

The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecasts for world growth from predictions earlier in the year, with growth for 2010 estimated at 4.50% followed by a slight dip to 4.25% in 2011. However, the IMF also highlighted the risk of a double dip recession and, as policy makers continue to dole out mixed messages, it could be some time before consumer confidence recovers completely.

Published By Datamonitor
09 Jul 2010
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In search of financial criminals through social link analysis

SAS recently released its social link analysis tool, increasing the availability of software designed to identify suspicious individuals or corporations. However, successful deployments are entirely dependent on selecting the right internal data. Moreover, if banks do not provide adequate shared data, the solution may never achieve its full potential.

Published By Datamonitor
19 Aug 2009
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India climbs into the top 10 wealth markets list

The global wealth market declined in 2011 after two years of robust recovery, with the eurozone sovereign crisis, natural calamities, and stock market volatility taking their toll. Uncertainty about the future of the euro and the worsening of the sovereign crisis in Europe are predicted to cause continuing problems, but many emerging markets are expected to continue marching ahead.

Published By Datamonitor
29 May 2012
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Investment and private banking: merging worlds

As hiring starts to get underway again within global private banks, several wealth managers are choosing to recruit their talent from the ranks of the investment banks. Drawing people from the wider financial services community is undoubtedly a good thing for the private banking community, but bringing investment bankers into wealth management needs to be done with great care and proper support.

Published By Datamonitor
03 Jun 2010
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Is there a future for biometrics in retail?

Despite the collapse of the US's largest biometrics payment company earlier this year, some commentators are still predicting a rosy future for the technology. However, current credit and debit card readers remain cheap and effective. Unless banks push biometrics on to retailers due to fraud concerns, near field communication technologies are more likely to be adopted as alternative payment types.

Published By Datamonitor
23 Sep 2008
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Itau Unibanco's Chilean joint venture highlights wealth market potential

Itau Unibanco has agreed to sign a joint venture agreement with the Chilean financial services firm Munita, Cruzat & Claro. The venture will operate under the Munita, Cruzat & Claro brand and highlights the growing attraction of local South American wealth markets for expansion-hungry global banks, as well as the particular strength of the economy in Chile.

Published By Datamonitor
09 Aug 2011
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Joint In2Pay solution is attractive but consumer reaction remains unclear

ViVOtech and DeviceFidelity have partnered to bring a full range of applications for mobile commerce to smartphones. For the payments industry, this could be a big step forward in building momentum behind all kinds of contactless applications. However, only the success of the recently announced trials and customer experience will determine the feasibility of further developments in this area.

Published By Datamonitor
13 Sep 2010
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Julius Baer and Bank of America Merrill Lynch: shaking up the world order of global wealth managers?

Julius Baer has agreed to acquire Merrill Lynch's non-US wealth management operations from Bank of America. The deal is sizable, seeing Julius Baer boost AUM by around 40%, and could see it edge into the top 10 largest wealth managers globally. Despite the divestment, Bank of America is set to remain as the third largest wealth manager in the world, thanks to its significant US operations.

Published By Datamonitor
15 Aug 2012

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