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Oct 01
2009

If you could read my mind

Posted by Dan Fisher in Beyond the Bank

Gordon Lightfoot’s classic song by that title was all about romance, but what if you could walk up to a point-of-sale terminal in a grocery store, place your hand on a pad, think your PIN and you're done? No more cash, cards, or contactless key fobs with chips! Call it “Think n’ Pay”! Take this same concept and apply it to an ATM, and so on. Could we invent a device that can read our minds in such a way that all we have to do is think, and things happen?


Sep 29
2009

NEW MARKETING CHALLENGE: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING THAT'S NEW AND WORKS?

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Marketing in a new media world

Our question:  What is your bank doing? Does it work? What will you try in the future?

Come share your ideas, pick up a few! 

Sep 29
2009

PEOPLE COSTS: HOW IS YOUR BANK KEEPING THEM DOWN?

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Controlling "people costs"

Our question:  What is your bank doing to contain personnel costs?

Come share your ideas, pick up a few! 

Sep 29
2009

WHAT CHANGES HAS YOUR BANK MADE IN D&O?

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Handling directors and officers liability insurance in a troubled and litigious atmosphere with prices rising and availability subject to change.

Our questions: What changes has your bank made (or plan to make) in D&O protection for the year ahead?

Come share your ideas, pick up a few!

Sep 28
2009

EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION PROGRAMS: DO THEY WORK?

Posted by Steve Cocheo in Pass the Aspirin The Blog

The Headache: Getting fresh ideas about profitability, cost cutting, and more

Our questions: Has your bank tried a formal employee suggestion program? How well does it work? What’s the best idea to have come from it?

Come share your ideas, pick up a few!

Sep 24
2009

So that's what they mean by _____:

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Private Cloud! No Trespassing!

Sep 24
2009

How to tell when your customer's a bad egg, or at least, a scrambled one

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

By Steve Cocheo, executive editor, scocheo@sbpub.com

Ed O’Leary, our “Talking Credit” blogger, used to know a businessman who made a habit of parking around back of a company. He’d ask somebody on the loading dock where to find the executive he was there to see. Sure enough, he’d be escorted from the dock back through the plant to the executive offices, where he’d keep his
Sep 23
2009

MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD IN WASHINGTON

Posted by Nancy Derr-Castiglione in Lucy and Nancys Common Sense Compliance

If you don't like what's going on in Washington, speak UP!

Sep 23
2009

RISK-BASED PRICING RECONSIDERED, PART 2

Posted by Ed O'Leary in Talking Credit

Second of a two-part look at Loan Risk Pricing

When the dust of today's cleanup clears, what will risk-based pricing look like?
Sep 17
2009

Cutting through the noise

Posted by Andrea Rovira in Untagged 

Combine location intelligence with account data to be more relevant