Retail Banking Competitor Tracker - April 2010

  • OVERVIEW
    • Catalyst
    • Summary
    • Methodology
  • INTRODUCTION
    • This tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developments
      • Each month Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from 100 competitors
      • Datamonitor’s Retail Banking Team provides analysis of the key developments at both the one-month and 12-month level
      • A fully searchable database of the past two years of developments is also delivered alongside the report
  • PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND INNOVATION
    • Abbey
      • UK: Abbey launches a new Key Account tracker mortgage
      • UK: Abbey launches a new feeless tracker mortgage
    • Banco Sabadell
      • Spain: Banco Sabadell launches mobile banking
    • Bank of Scotland
      • UK: Bank of Scotland provides tax help to buyers of mortgage products
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
      • Spain: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria offers television to direct payroll deposit customers
    • Citibank
      • Taiwan: Citibank launches a financial management website
    • Co-operative Bank
      • UK: Co-operative Bank launches new mortgage products
    • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
      • Australia: Commonwealth Bank launches Coinland
      • Australia: Commonwealth Bank launches iPhone banking
    • Credit Agricole
      • France: Sofinco and Finaref to merge
    • Northern Rock
      • UK: Northern Rock launches a new website
    • Standard Bank
      • South Africa: Standard Bank introduces a person-to-person money transfer system
    • State Bank of India
      • India: SBI launches a new service, SMS Unhappy
      • India: SBI goes green
    • Yapi Kredi
      • Turkey: Yapi Kredi announces benefits to individual customers and small and medium enterprises
  • M&A, PARTNERSHIPS AND ORGANIC GROWTH
    • ABN Amro
      • The Netherlands: legal separation of ABN Amro and Royal Bank of Scotland completes
    • Australia and New Zealand Bank
      • Australia: Philippines to have Australia and New Zealand Bank's new operational hub
      • Australia: ANZ acquires RBS Taiwan
      • China: China Banking Authority gives preparatory approval to ANZ
    • Banca Monte dei Paschi
      • Italy: Banca Monte dei Paschi and Banca Personale sign deed of merger
    • Bank of Brazil
      • Brazil: Bank of Brazil to acquire control of Bank of Patagonia
      • Brazil: Bank of Brazil to acquire shares of Grupo Santander in Spain
    • Banco Commercial Portuguese
      • US: Banco Commercial Portuguese to sell its American business
    • Citibank
      • China: Citibank opens another training center in China
      • Japan: Citibank Japan to open two new branches in Tokyo
      • Korea: Citibank enters into a partnership with National YWCA
      • Malaysia: Citibank opens four branches in Malaysia
      • Russia: Citibank to outsource ATMs from Diebold
      • Sweden: Citibank to sell its consumer finance business
    • Commerzbank
      • Germany: Commerzbank to sell its loan savings and financing arm to Wüstenrot
    • Deutsche Bank
      • Saudi Arabia: Deutsche Bank opens Sharia-compliant home finance company
    • First National Bank
      • South Africa: First National Bank to close various outlets
      • South Africa: FNB to increase banking hours to sell FIFA world cup tickets
    • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
      • China: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited acquires 97.24% shareholding in ACL Bank
    • Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich
      • Austria: Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich and Raiffeisen International decide on the details of merger
    • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
      • Japan: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Promise and At-Loan modify their strategic alliance
      • South Africa: SMBC and Absa Bank enter into an alliance
    • Standard Bank of South Africa
      • South Africa: Standard Bank and China UnionPay enter a strategic partnership
    • State Bank of India
      • India: State Bank of India plans to start operations in Doha and Jeddah
      • India: Reserve Bank of India modifies the scheme for the acquisition of State Bank of Indore by SBI
      • India: SBI to hire more bank correspondents
    • Swedbank
      • Sweden: Swedbank to leave the state guarantee program
      • Sweden: Swedbank to create a Group Business Support sector
    • Yorkshire Building Society
      • UK: Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies merge
  • APPENDIX
    • Methodology
    • Further reading
    • Ask the analyst
    • Datamonitor consulting
    • Disclaimer
  • TABLES
    • Table: The 100 companies and subsidiaries covered by Datamonitor’s Retail Banking Competitor Tracker

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Published on
08 Jun 2010
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