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Verdict Staff
Industry experts discuss how retail banking will develop in 2015
With only a fleeting few weeks left of 2014, RBI has asked industry experts to share their predictions for 2015. It remains unclear what will make its mark in the upcoming year and what will be left behind, but it appears that the sector will be as ever-changing as always
Scotiabank to buy Citibanks retail and commercial banking operations in Peru
Canadian lender Scotiabank is set to acquire the retail and commercial banking operations of Citibank in Peru.
Back from the Brink – How Banks Can Save the Payday Borrower
Retail banks are not doing enough to address the needs of a financially isolated section of the UK population increasingly reliant on payday lenders, argue Jens Baumgarten, Alex Graham and Chris Peacock
Lessons to learn: the mobile and online challenge
The way that we use banks has changed beyond recognition. As internet and mobile banking usage has surged ahead, the number of people visiting traditional branches has also fallen significantly. Simon Cadbury explains what the branch can learn from digital
The world needs banking – but does it needs banks?
This is a question that many are asking; not only customers, but also established banks, challenger banks, non-banks and commentators.
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Batelco signs partnership deal with BBK
Bahrains business communications services provider Batelco has inked a partnership deal with retail and commercial bank Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK).
First Niagara Bank to slash up to 200 jobs
First Niagara Bank is planning to axe 150 to 200 employees in the managerial level across four US states it operates.
British government to further reduce stake in Lloyds
The British government is planning to further cut down its stake in Lloyds Banking Group by selling shares worth £3bn over the next six months.
Raiffeisen Bank looking to sell Polish subsidiary
Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is reportedly planning to sell its Polish arm Raiffeisen Bank Polska, which is its largest foreign unit after Russia.
Kenyas Dubai Bank launches m-banking platform
Kenyas Dubai Bank has teamed up with telecommunication solutions provider Rapid Communications to launch a mobile banking platform, named M-SASA.