By Art Gillis

There are 30 stories in the 2006 Edition of Automation in Banking, in addition to 473 pages of stats and facts. Sixteen stories are from the mouths of bankers. Fourteen are from the keystrokes of prominent tech vendors. I served as the humble messenger.
The primary value of the stories, in my opinion, lies in the fact that the subjects were their choices.
Here are the topics they chose:

Bankers:
Core Systems as an in-house mode of processing 38%
Core Systems an an outsource mode of processing 13%
Internet banking 13%
Wire transfer 6%
Platform automation 6%
Overdraft protection 6%
Remote branch capture 6%
Integrating platform systems with core 6%
Fraud detection 6%

Tech Vendors:
Integration
Risk Management
Straight-Through Commercial Lending Workflow
Check 21 and Remote Deposit Capture
Straight-Through Processing
Extended Financial Enterprise
Shifting the Focus from the System to the Customer
Attract and Retain Deposits
Capitalizing on Electronic Payments
Investing in Your Future Technology
Disaster Recovery
Shopping for a Core Banking System
Straight-Trough Processing - Front and Back Offices pulling Together for the Customer
The Next Level of CRM

Are these the right topics? Who’s to say. They ARE the topics.

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