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  • Five Observations from BAI Retail Delivery 2011
    10/25/2011 - 15:43

    Posted October 21, 2011   I   by Gary Stein

    We enjoyed the opportunity to see a number of clients, strategic partners, and friends and make new acquaintances at the 2011 BAI Retail Delivery conference in Chicago last week. Our more notable takeaways from the conference included the following:
     
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  • Summary of Deposits Update, 2011
    10/25/2011 - 15:30

    Posted October 12, 2011   I   by Nick Robin

    The FDIC’s recent release of deposit information as of June 30, 2011 did not contain many surprises. A second flight to quality among consumers with renewed concerns about the strength of the country’s economic recovery led to deposit growth of 7.53% year-over-year.  This is similar to the 7.60% growth seen in 2009 (another time of...
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  • Highlights from the Fee vs. Free Checking Debate
    09/29/2011 - 15:29

    Posted September 29, 2011   I   by Vanessa Mambrino

    Last week, we debated the merits of free checking vs. fee-based checking at the ABA Marketing Conference. Unfortunately, that was not the only trip away from our offices that we had to take over the past several days, so these highlights are being posted a little bit later than we’d originally planned. 
     
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  • Five Things We Liked at the ABA Marketing Conference:
    09/22/2011 - 14:55

    Posted September 22, 2011   I   by Vanessa Mambrino

    We recently attended the 2011 ABA Marketing Conference in Baltimore, MD, and we must say that we were very pleased with the amount of actionable, practical, information for bank marketers that was on offer. When we were not participating in the debate on free versus fee checking (highlights of which are forthcoming), we soaked up a variety...
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