Risk and Customers Key Considerations in MergersNovember 20, 2008Forced unions, toxic assets and politics all raise the stakes for recent bank mergers. However, some basic M&A principles are as true for today's hastily arranged megamergers as they are for traditional acquisitions.
BITS Program Streamlines Vendor Security AuditsDecember 23, 2007The Shared Assessments Program, which standardizes IT security audits of vendors, is slowly catching on in the financial services industry.
BITS Shared Assessments Program BasicsDecember 14, 2007The data security process Shared Assessments Program developed by the BITS IT Service Providers Working Group consists of two key elements.
What It Takes to Serve the Small and Mid-Size Business MarketMarch 30, 2007Small and Mid-Size Business Market Banks looking to build their presence in the small and mid-size business market should focus on providing online tools that can help these customers become more efficient in handling their cash management and payment need
SOA: At Your ServiceJune 27, 2006Speaking at the SIA conference held last week in New York, Carol Dow, principal in corporate technology services at The Vanguard Group, explained that, as a business-driven approach to technology, service-oriented architecture (SOA) allows companies to inn
Data Demands Respect November 02, 2004Acxiom has quietly made a billion-dollar business out of handling data for companies including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and MBNA America.
Data Demands Respect November 02, 2004Acxiom has quietly made a billion-dollar business out of handling data for companies including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and MBNA America.
