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Bank Systems & Technology June 13, 2007 Nancy Feig	Avian Flu: Are Banks' IT Systems Ready? The U.S. financial services industry will test its ability to respond to an avian flu pandemic with an exercise to begin in late September that will be sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Bank Systems & Technology September 28, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Open for Business Amidst the chaos following Hurricane Katrina, at least one entity had its act together - the financial services sector. Even before the floodwaters began receding, banks in the disaster zone were working to restore operations.
Wall Street & Technology December 17, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Financial Industry's Pandemic Exercise Gets Mixed Results To see how well prepared the U.S. financial industry is for a pandemic, 2,775 U.S. financial firms recently took part in a drill conducted by the U.S. Treasury, SIFMA and the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee.
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.
Insurance & Technology April 20, 2007 Peggy Bresnik Kendler	It Pays to Be Prepared Insurers are leveraging lessons learned from past disasters and technology such as data replication and virtualization to prepare both IT and employees for a disaster.
Bank Technology News May 2004 David Ng	Disaster Recovery Takes High Priority Do banking industry preventative measures go overboard?
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Leslie Kramer	CIO Challenge Business continuity planning has been on the top of most financial services firms' agendas since Sept. 11, 2001. However, recent fears about an Avian flu epidemic and other possible disasters have some firms revisiting those plans.
U.S. Banker May 2007 Rebecca Sausner	Disaster Planning: Plans Focus on Employees Instead of Infrastructure Pandemic flu prompts need for virtual workplace.
Insurance & Technology November 11, 2008 Anthony O'Donnell	Insurers Prepare for the Worst by Strengthening Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery To some extent, American National's example reflects the superior preparedness typical of the financial services industry.
Entrepreneur August 2006 Chris Penttila	The Hot Zone Prepare your business for the outbreak of bird flu or any other possible pandemic before you're really in trouble.
Bank Technology News April 2002 Amy Newell	Backup, Recovery and Beyond Sept. 11's terrorist attacks heightened awareness about data protection, and industry insiders recommend that financial institutions view the issues in both present and future terms...
Bank Systems & Technology July 28, 2006	BS&T Blogosphere The Tech Vendor Landscape: More or Less... Outsourcing Gaining Ground... Patience Is Still a Virtue... Job Hunting... Hurricane Lessons Learned?... etc.
Bank Systems & Technology April 28, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	No Swine Flu Emergency Yet, but Banks Should Keep Eyes Open Although it's not yet time to push the panic button, it is still important for banks to monitor something like the spread of swine flu closely and to take stock of their disaster recovery plans.
Managed Care July 2006 Ed Silverman	Managed Care Prepares For the Worst To cope with the possibility of an avian flu pandemic, health plans are devising ways to function even when their providers are being overrun and the insurers themselves face a vastly depleted workforce.
Bank Systems & Technology February 1, 2007 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Show Me the Value Industry association executives speculate on the top challenges, opportunities and trends facing the banking industry in 2007.
Bank Systems & Technology December 1, 2005 Katherine Burger	Calling in Sick There may be a kind of disaster looming that even the most recovery-savvy businesses have not anticipated -- a major flu outbreak. The implications regarding business continuity plans are as serious as a looming hurricane.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Michael Hickins	Throwing The Book at Pandemics In preparation for the next time Mother Nature attacks, most companies have established business continuity plans that rely to a great extent on the nation's Internet backbone to provide the infrastructure for telecommuting.
BusinessWeek November 28, 2005 John Carey	Avian Flu: Business Thinks The Unthinkable Experts say most companies don't yet realize how serious the economic effects of a pandemic could be. But some executives are starting to confront the real chance of panicked workers, supply disruptions, and economic upheaval.
Financial Advisor August 2006 Karen DeMasters	What If ... ? Financial advisors debate talking with clients about what to do if a viral pandemic strikes U.S.
InternetNews December 22, 2005 David Needle	Most Companies Ill Prepared for Pandemic A new Basex report says that most large companies don't have the right policies to handle extended absenteeism and other pandemic related issues.
OCC Bulletin March 15, 2006	Influenza Pandemic Preparedness This interagency advisory is intended to raise awareness regarding the threat of a pandemic influenza outbreak and its potential impact on the delivery of critical financial services.
Bank Technology News October 2005 Michael Sisk	IP Telephony: UMB's Getting Clear Signals For VOIP Quality of service classes allow banks to rank which activities should get priority on a network. It's getting a try at institutions such as Kansas City's UMB Bank.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2006 Doug Bartholomew	Plan for Worst-Case Scenarios Should the avian flu pandemic occur, the U.S. government has created basic guidelines to help companies continue operations.
Bank Systems & Technology February 10, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	Can IT Deliver Success in Retail Delivery? The overall strength of the retail banking sector depends in large part on the job market. But banks aren't waiting for a recovery to press ahead with IT projects, thanks to Check 21.
U.S. Banker July 2007 Karen Krebsbach	After Estonia Cyber Attacks, U.S. Frets Over Potential Cyber War The U.S. Treasury Department's decision to sponsor an industry-wide exercise this fall for the financial-services sector to test its ability to respond to a pandemic crisis is taking on a different, and more sinister tone.
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Crisis Management Building owners and managers have another reason to dust off their emergency preparedness plans -- the growing threat of avian flu.
American Journal of Nursing July 2007 Victoria J. Davey	Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness.
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.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Assif Shameen	Malaysia Rolls Out The Red Carpet Foreign banks, once shunned, now are wooed as catalysts for change
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2003 Chere LaRose-Senne	Congress Revisits the Issue of Banks Selling and Managing Real Estate Commercial real estate professionals should stay informed on the progress of the Community Choice in Real Estate Act.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005	The "Horrific" Economics of Avian Flu A new study looks at what a pandemic could do to the global economy, and it isn't pretty. The lesson: Prepare well -- now.
U.S. Banker February 2003 John Engen	Blocking Consolidation in Canada Canadians' love-hate relationship with the "Big Five" banks -- the largest and best employers and sponsors of community activities like pee-wee hockey teams -- is at the core of their collective merger angst. With two mergers nixed, it's beginning to rub local bankers the wrong way.
BusinessWeek September 19, 2005 Catherine Arnst	A Hot Zone In The Heartland Little could be done to contain a deadly avian flu outbreak. Right now, the U.S. has no national pandemic preparedness plan, either for treating large numbers of patients or for dealing with the resulting economic and social disruptions.
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 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 Systems & Technology January 29, 2005	Blue Skies Tech 2005 Business Forecast: Top banking industry leaders weigh in on how technology will impact their business.
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2005 Ivan Schneider	Equal Protection A federal bailout of Gulf Coast financial institutions unfairly favors banks over local businesses. Scarce reconstruction funds have far better uses than to prop up banks with an undue concentration of geographic risk.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Nsouli & Schaechter	Challenges of the "E-Banking Revolution" Electronic banking is the wave of the future. It provides enormous benefits to consumers in terms of the ease and cost of transactions. But it also poses new challenges for country authorities in regulating and supervising the financial system and in macroeconomic policy.
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.
Entrepreneur September 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson	Pick and Choose Big banks are competing for your business. How can you decide which one is best for you and your company?
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.
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Michael Hickins	Ringing (False?) Alarm Bells IBM and HP are launching disaster recovery services as the hurricane season kicks off.
Bank Technology News March 2001 David Rountree	Up Today, Up Tomorrow Banks appear determined to sustain their leadership in technology as the virtual world creates ever new real-world threats to their traditional business models.
CFO December 1, 2007 Karen M. Kroll	Flu Diligence New software programs help companies gauge the potential business impact of a pandemic. FluWorkLoss... Infectious Disease Modeling... etc.
American History December 2006	Letter : Coming Home to Roost Remembering 1918 and recognizing the catastrophe that could unfold in an age when a virus can cross the globe in a matter of hours has spurred unprecedented international cooperation and planning.
Bank Systems & Technology April 7, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Security Outlook A plethora of high-profile data breaches and concerns about identity theft have put the banking industry on high alert. To secure their information assets, banks must implement a cross-channel, multilayered approach that extends beyond technology.
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.
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Paul Allen	Firms Ready to Dive Into China's Financial Markets The opening of the huge Chinese financial services sector to foreign-based institutions presents a gamut of opportunities -- whether in retail and corporate banking, investment banking or asset management -- for North American and European firms.
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Hans Dieter Seibel	Agricultural Development Banks Close Them or Reform Them? Agricultural development banks were established to extend credit and other financial services to customers not considered creditworthy by commercial banks. Should these banks be closed or are they worth revamping?
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.