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U.S. Banker June 2007 Lee Conrad	Weighing Customization Against 'Bank-in-a-Box' Solutions The ability to customize IT platforms could help small banks differentiate themselves, but they must be careful not to bite off more than they can chew. Partial outsourcing may do the trick.
Bank Technology News December 2007	Resiliency: Broadband Needs to Get Much Broader Much of banks' contingency plans rely on their ability to get work completed remotely. While a simultaneous drop in the communications and electric workforces may affect banks, the real concern is the availability of bandwidth.
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.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Tim Beyers	IBM: Help Wanted Amid signs of a mixed recovery in tech, Big Blue lays out a plan to add 18,000 workers. While others might be due for a beating, tech companies providing vital services are on solid ground.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Paul McDougall	Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years.
Bank Systems & Technology May 7, 2007 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Bank Tech Experts Discuss Vendor Relationships Here, these industry experts talk about outsourcing and offshoring along with other areas of bank tech concerns.
Bank Technology News September 2009 Mike Scheuerman	Outsource the Small Stuff Small financial institutions typically struggle with their IT infrastructure. Often, the answer is outsourcing.
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Glen Fest	Protecting Core Systems Online backup services provide banks with real-time data backup at a dozen distant locations.
Bank Technology News January 2006	Better Info Security Driven By Regulatory Compliance If information security is to become a strategic priority, then banks can start by reviewing existing practices -- their own and that of those companies with which they do business.
Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Sourcing Strategies Banks face myriad sourcing options, from build versus buy to in-sourcing and outsourcing. To select the right strategy, banks must determine which processes or services offer the most opportunity for competitive advantage or cost savings.
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Outsourcing Questions and answers about bank outsourcing.
Bank Technology News December 2004 Holly Sraeel	Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution.
Bank Systems & Technology February 27, 2006 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	Planning for Continuity The severity of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons taught financial institutions that disaster recovery programs alone cannot protect their businesses, forcing banks to reevaluate the strength of their backup plans.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Deena M. Amato-McCoy	The Blended IT Team According to a recent study, North American banks are increasing their technology spending.
Bank Systems & Technology July 30, 2007 Nancy Feig	Banks Eye Finance, Accounting Outsourcing Revenue Lagging cash management revenue has prompted many banks to start offering new elements of finance and accounting outsourcing to their corporate customers.
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Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Patent Issues a Growing Concern for Banks Unfortunately for the banking industry, legal wrangling around financial services patents is becoming all too common.
CIO March 15, 2002 Stephanie Overby	The Commando CEO Guy Haddleton, CEO of Adaytum, a Minneapolis-based software company he founded 11 years ago, served in the New Zealand Army for eight years in the 1970s and early 1980s. He says his years in the special forces provided valuable lessons for business -- and for life...
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CIO October 1, 2005 Stephanie Overby	Simple Successful Outsourcing CIOs who outsource discrete processes that have well-defined business rules are almost always happy with the outcome.
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.
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Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em A new bill introduced by a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee would relax regulations for smaller community banks and also reduce their tax liability.
Insurance & Technology October 7, 2005 Maria Woehr	The Sun Will Come Out For small insurance entities, recovering from a disaster often depends on a third-party provider. Here's how SunGard Availability Services maintained a third-party administrator's systems and preserved its viability in the wake of Katrina.
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology January 31, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Vicious Hurricane Cycle Although one can hope that the upcoming hurricane season will defy the predictions that have accompanied the start of the decades-long hurricane cycle, the banks in the Gulf Coast must do more than hope. They must plan, and plan for the worst.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Lee Conrad	Association Consolidation Doesn't Worry Small Banks A planned merger between the ABA and the ACB prompts the question of whether a larger size or a hyper focus is the best way to lobby Congress. It also raises the issue of how the ICBA will fare.
Wall Street & Technology October 20, 2006	Automation Finds Investment Bankers A new research note argues that technology is wedging itself into investment banking processes and is, for the betterment of the industry, forcing automation in new-issue deal management.
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U.S. Banker May 2006 Lee Conrad	Loans in Hurricane Areas Count as CRA Investments Small banks can lend outside their home markets.
Bank Technology News March 2002 David Rountree	Getting Technology Right Don't tell bankers about the importance of financial IT...
Bank Technology News October 2008 Anthony Jabbour	For Cost Cuts BPO and SaaS Still Deliver Banks are constantly looking for ways to dramatically reduce their IT costs; some banks have already launched programs targeted at cost reductions in the range of 50 percent.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Karen Krebsbach	CUs Gird for Battle over CRA Rules Recent remarks about whether credit unions and other nonbank lending firms should participate in Community Reinvestment Act requirements have raised the specter of that age-old argument, with credit union representatives solidly on one side and bankers on the other.
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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.
Bank Technology News November 2003 Holly Sraeel	Getting Serious About the Obvious in 2003 For those responsible for IT initiatives at banks, there was a determined sense of getting serious about accomplishing the obvious -- no glamour, no glory. Just the fundamentals of systems integration, decision support, security, compliance and the dilemma of outsourcing.
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