ABN Amro: charging into the mass market in Singapore

Dutch bank ABN Amro has revealed intentions to significantly ramp up its credit card business in Singapore in 2007 by hiring more staff, launching new cards and targeting different market segments. While ABN Amro has significant experience outside its home country, Singapore's market is one of the world's most competitive credit card markets and the bank could struggle to achieve its aims here.

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ABN Amro: expanding its presence in China

ABN Amro is planning to open its fifth Chinese wealth management branch on January 18, 2007, in Chongqing. This addition reflects the Dutch bank's strategy to service China's growing wealth management needs, and should help boost its presence in the country. Indeed, it should prove a positive move, enabling ABN Amro to expand its distribution potential in the face of rising competition.

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ABN Amro: how fast will it grow?

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ABN Amro: market exit could prove too hasty

ABN Amro Capital's sale of its German portfolio to its management team could be seen as a little hasty. True, the German market is a tough one to operate in but, given ABN Amro's [ABN] size and resources, the group should instead have recruited an exceptional management team to access upcoming market opportunities.

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ABN AMRO: one leasing giant for sale

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ABN Amro: Private Clients doing well

Wealth manager ABN Amro [ABN] struggled in 2003, but it has worked on its domestic business and reaped the rewards. Its Private Client arm in particular has improved significantly on last year. With the right strategy ABN Amro should now be well placed to make inroads into the tough German market.

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ABN Amro: reclaiming online banking convenience

Banks have struggled to balance security and convenience when it comes to online banking. ABN Amro offers an innovative solution that other banks should take heed of.

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ABN Amro: revealing all

ABN Amro [AAB.AS] is set to launch an index aimed at showing wealthy investors how their investments should be performing, throwing open the traditionally clandestine wealth management sector to deeper scrutiny. Absolute returns are now the key for HNW clients, and the index could be a concern for those private banks failing to provide them.

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ABN Amro: standalone portal doesn't make sense

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Absolute Systems offers a payment switch for deposits in South Africa

Absolute Systems, a South African ATM software developer, has launched Imali, a payment switch for secure deposits, consisting of a switch and a strongbox for use in secure environments to which small retailers have access. The attractions of the Imali service are security, since the cash becomes the responsibility of the bank once it is in the strongbox, and also its real-time capability.

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