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U.S. Banker July 2004 Holly Sraeel	Politics, Promises and the Impact (or Not) of Mergers The case can be made that some mergers are in the best interest of shareholders. But what about what's in the best interest of communities? That's where the promises start.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Karen Krebsbach	After Supremes Ruled for OCC, Fight May Move to Capitol Hill The Supreme Court negated potential legal challenges to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's preemption power over state laws, ruling that state-chartered operating subsidiaries of national banks are exempt from state consumer-protection laws like their national bank parents.
U.S. Banker September 2004 John Engen	Pride and Predilection Once dubbed the "Magic City," Birmingham is home to four top-50 banks. But with Wachovia's recent acquisition of SouthTrust, AmSouth chief C. Dowd Ritter and his local peers are beginning to ponder what further consolidation could mean for the city they cherish.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	American Financial Expands Its Reach American Financial Realty Trust partners up to take a swing at garnering the business of smaller banks. It'll be a little while before this agreement bears a substantial amount of fruit for shareholders, but this is a company that needs to continue diversifying its revenue streams.
U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Banks' Insurance Operations: Are Painful Lessons Paying Off? Banks clamored for years for the right to underwrite and sell insurance, but few have proven adept at it. There are signs of progress, however, as some banks embrace the brokerage side and gain revenue.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Walter Woods	Bank Merger Leaves Atlanta Office Market in Limbo Wachovia's acquisition of SouthTrust Corp. in June could leave some Atlanta landlords feeling jilted because consolidation of space generally follows mergers.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 Michael Leibert	Bank of New York Never Sleeps Bank of New York and Mellon Financial produce solid results as they move toward merging. Shareholders should feel confident that steady profit growth will continue.
Bank Systems & Technology May 25, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Corporates' Wishes Are Banks' Commands Between industry consolidation and the entrance of new players in the market, banks have their work cut out for them when it comes to serving business customers and meeting their demands.
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Sticking With the Tried and True The days when large U.S. banks could sustain their old core systems on the IT version of life support are numbered, according to TowerGroup.
Bank Technology News November 2003 Jeremy Quittner	Finding Equals in a Merger Jean Davis's responsibility is to integrate all of Wachovia's systems, technologies and operations since its 2001 merger with First Union. It wasn't a cake walk, but the new entity is beginning to hum.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Paul Hyde et al.	Mergers Create Mid-Sized Have-Nots Nearly two decades of steady banking industry mergers have created a landscape dotted with a group of banks struggling to survive in an undifferentiated no-man's land.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Wachovia Banks Another Quarter Wachovia just reported third-quarter results, and the bank continues to grow steadily. Investors, take note.
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	The Two Faces of Bank Mergers Despite all the talk about the "seamlessness" of the mergers being planned in the nation's fast-consolidating banking industry, CFOs of bank customers aren't all that convinced. And their concerns are both financial and personal: Will the merger of their bank hurt their access to capital, they ask? And how will their relationship with bank officers change?
OCC Bulletin February 9, 2006	OCC Bulletin Subject: Community Reinvestment Act Description: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) encourages national banks to help meet the financial needs of their customers and their communities.
HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2004 Jim Heskett	Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Research tells us that the short-term value in an acquisition accrues primarily to shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations.
CIO April 1, 2004 Alice Dragoon	Banks Fight Customer Fligtht Following mergers, banks used to sacrifice customer service in favor of speedy integration and cost-cutting. But no more. Here's how CIOs are helping banks implement a new postmerger mandate to focus on customer service.
Insurance & Technology November 12, 2007 John Macaluso	Banks Should Consider Extending SOA With BPM Banks should consider extending SOA technologies with business process management strategies.
U.S. Banker March 2006 Michael Dumiak	Value of Bank Deals Plunged in 2005 The number of M&A deals remained relatively flat last year, but their combined value fell through the floor. This year is not looking a lot better, but 2007 holds some promise, say analysts.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Rich Smith	Wachovia's Turbocharged Purchase Wachovia gets deeper into auto loans by buying Westcorp's loan portfolio -- and its shares, too. Investors, take note.
CFO March 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty	Too Big to Succeed? Banking giants struggle to keep costs under control.
InternetNews December 21, 2007 Kenneth Corbin	A 'Building Year' For Mobile Banking Research firm Celent looks ahead to the coming year in banking technology.
CFO March 1, 2005 Tim Reason	A Love-Hate Relationship Banks and their customers have grown closer to, and more wary of, each other.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Good Deal, Wachovia! Strong quarterly results from A.G. Edwards reaffirm the wisdom of Wachovia's pending purchase. Investors, take note.
Wall Street & Technology June 13, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Are Banks Meeting the Cash Management Needs of Middle Market Businesses? Data shows midmarket companies want their banks to provide cash concentration, positive pay and foreign exchange capabilities online. But currently only the biggest banks tend to offer these services.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2006 Vitaliy Katsenelson	Why Are Bank P/Es So Low? Slow growth potential or high leverage? Here are some causes of the financial industry's low ratios. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2008	The Lowdown on Basel II Its No. 1 goal is to smooth out financial crises, and its main method is fine-tuning banks' capital requirements.
Bank Technology News December 2005 Lee Conrad	Service-oriented Architecture: First Tennessee Makes A Service Play First Tennessee is among the banks that are using integration and simplification of various core systems to achieve improved relationships and customer service capabilities.
U.S. Banker August 2006	Mid Tiers' Performance Proves Size Matters Little While the industry may be at odds over what accurately defines a community bank versus a mid-tier one, strong financial performance isn't at issue. Mid tiers have made that point this year.
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Lands of Opportunity The international opportunities for U.S. banks with the right IT and know-how can be huge, provided they follow the appropriate strategy.
Bank Systems & Technology June 2, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Acquisition Obsession Results In Bank Deposit Growth Deposits have been dropping off at U.S. banks for years. And according to a recent study, there is no one technology or formula that banks can follow to reverse the trend.
OCC Bulletin September 19, 2005	Hurricane Katrina The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued guidance to assist national banks and their customers affected by Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. Banker April 2007 Lee Conrad	Financial M&A Sees Third-Highest Year on Record Mergers and acquisitions in the bank and thrift market staged a major comeback in 2006.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005	A Talk with New York's Banking Watchdog New York Superintendent of Banking Diana Taylor says there's a happy medium for regulation at the state and national level.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Well-Protected Wachovia The banking giant is set to report its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006	Small Businesses Big Biz for Banks Capturing small businesses as banking customers will be a top priority for many banks this year, according to a new report.
Bank Technology News November 2007 John Adams	Small Biz/Small Bank: Losing Out In Their Own Back Yard New research that's found that larger banks are processing small business loan applications much faster than community banks - a pace that can't be explained by their size advantage alone.
U.S. Banker August 2005 Michael Grebb	Climbing Another Ladder Rung Customers want speed and have no patience for inconsistency among channels. That's reason enough for banks to fully combine their silos once and for all.
Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Size Matters To stave off a purchase by more-efficient and better-capitalized European banks, can U.S. banks manage an operational turnaround in time? For institutions that have been built through M&As, that's a questionable proposition.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Study: Banks Need New Ways to Gauge Customer Payment Preferences A recent study shows behavior models can help financial institutions understand clients better and can improve their competitive position in the payments business..
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Wachovia Goes South Wachovia shares lost a little ground in trading, even though the company announced a deal to buy SouthTrust that would increase its presence in the Southeast U.S. and allow it to trump rival Bank of America in that region.
Bank Systems & Technology May 1, 2006 Katherine Burger	Merger Season Despite their inevitability, mergers continue to be extremely difficult to manage for financial institutions, and even those that look good from a balance sheet perspective almost always disappoint in some key constituency, especially IT.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 John Rosevear	Checking Out Checking Accounts How to steer clear of "free checking" pitfalls.
Job Journal March 20, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Layoffs Test a Company's Compassion Sadly, eliminating jobs is the most immediate way corporate executives have to justify the cost savings they have promised in a merger. But firms can hurt themselves if they mishandle cutbacks. Bad treatment often backfires.
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	Banking Customers More and More Mistrustful of Financial Institutions It's not just security breaches that are causing consumers to lose faith in their financial institutions. Consumers in general are more demanding, and this attitude spills over into the relationships they have with their banks.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004	Figuring Out If Banks Fit Together A talk with fund manager David Ellison about how he assesses the prospects of bank mergers working out
Bank Systems & Technology August 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Martin Davis Unites the Wells Fargo and Wachovia IT Shops Merging two customer-centric banks presents challenges and opportunities for Davis as he oversees the technology integration.
Bank Technology News March 2007 Glen Fest	Business Banking: Small Banks Beefing Up Commercial Capabilities Four in five community institutions say they will increase tech spending on capabilities such as cash management and imaging to attract corporate banking customers.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad	In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007.
Bank Systems & Technology January 14, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Managing M&As Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the revived M&A market in financial services.
CFO February 1, 2003 Ian Rowley	Banking On U.S. Acquisitions European financial institutions, their growth stymied at home, are targeting U.S. retail acquisitions.