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• Position: ABAMN 2006 Financial Marketing Awards: First Place: Brand Campaign; Assets over $1 billion - Brief article

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Institution: First Commercial Bank, Birmingham, Ala.

Assets: $1.78 Billion

Agency: Frederick Swanson, Alpharetta, Ga.

For decades, the Birmingham, Ala., bank market had been comprised exclusively of home-grown banks. But by early 2005, Wachovia had acquired hometown bank SouthTrust; Regionas and Union-Plants banks had merged. In all, four new bank brands were on the landscape and consumers were rethinking their bank choices.

First Commercial Bank (FCB), being of moderate size but with the backing of Synovus, was perfectly situated to capture incremental market share.

The objective of the brand campaign was to differentiate FCB as a bank that is powerful enough to deliver every banking service, like a megabank, but still small enough to give every customer individual attention.

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Announcer: You know there is a baffling phenomenon going on today in the banking world. In fact it's happening to someone right now, at this very point and time. It goes something like this: You walk into your bank.

SFX: Hello. (echo, Hello)

Announcer: It's a big bank.

SFX: Hello?

Announcer: A big bank full of big bank bankers. Doing lots of big bank bankers stuff, but when you need a little help from you big bank ...

SFX: Ah...