ABA Bank Marketing

Banknorth Group Inc., Portland, Maine, has purchased two insurance agencies.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Brief Article

Centerpost Corp.

Appointment - Brief Article

Citizens Business Bank.

Appointment - Brief Article

Compete Inc.

Appointment - Brief Article

Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank.

Appointment - Brief Article

Financial Publishing Services.

Appointment - Brief Article

Florida Trust Co.

Appointment - Brief Article

Pentegra Group.

Appointment - Brief Article

Synovate.

Appointments - Brief Article

Union Bank.

Appointment

Fair Isaac Corp., San Rafael, Calif., has acquired NAREX Inc., a provider of analytic solutions for collections and recovery.

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

Fidelity Information Services Inc. has agreed to buy WebTone Technologies Inc.

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

InfoUSA, Omaha, and Alterian, Chicago, have signed an agreement to expand their strategic partnership.

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

Merchant Services Inc.

MSI - Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

PCi Corp. has formed a strategic relationship with FNIS/Empower, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Information Solutions (FNIS).

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

Progeny Marketing Innovations of Nashville, Tenn., and First Data, of Denver, have teamed up to market a new small-business benefits program to merchants across the United States.

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

Shareholders of CSB Financial Corp., Teaneck, N.J., have voted to approve the merger of CSB and Lakeland Bancorp Inc.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Brief Article

The custom publisher, McMurry of Phoenix, Ariz., has formed an alliance with Lawrence Ragan Communications, Chicago.

Agreements & Alliances - Brief Article

Fly with your angels (profitable customers).

Q & A/ Larry Selden and Geoffrey Colvin - Interview

Target direct mail according to 'distance from the branch'.

Marketing News

Cohort of the month: a look at some sample customer segments, together with an overview of their key characteristics.

Marketing News

Ideas that work.

innovative marketing ideas from banks throughout the nation

Another casualty among prepaid cash cards.

Marketing News - Brief Article

ATM operators exploring new revenue options.

Automated teller machines - Brief Article

Certification news.

poll conducted by the National Organization for Competency Assurance - Brief Article

Rising identity theft.

Brief Article

Idea bank.

Samples of ad campaigns and other marketing materials from banks around the country

More advertising is not the answer.

Marketing Solutions

Work/life balance more critical than ever.

Rewarding Employees

Plugging the deposit drain: sometimes outright customer defection is not as big of a problem as incremental deposit erosion. One way to hold on to dollars is to develop a steady stream of new products that appeal to customers as their financial behavior evolves--and they make the transition from one life stage to another.

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