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			<title>MAKING A MOBILE APP STAND OUT</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/5843.html</link>
			<description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;i&gt;Small business card programs differentiate by innovative handheld and tablet apps&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;b&gt;*&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;By Alisson Andrade&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/ [...]</description>
			<author>arovira</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>MOBILE MOBILITY: UNDERSTANDING YOUTH DISSATISFACTION IN MOBILE AND ONLINE SERVICES</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/5249.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;One in ten customers plans to change banks soon. Many are younger&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; •   •   •&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Andy Rooks,&lt;/b&gt; senior research associate, consulting services, Corporate Insight  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; •   •   •&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Conventional wisdom states that it’s much easier to retain clients than attract new ones. With that in mind, it’s crucial for banks to understand what drives customer satisfaction, and what can cause unhappy clients to leave [...]</description>
			<author>Moderator</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>WHY YOUR BANK'S EMAIL BLASTS MAY NOT GET THROUGH</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/5237.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;Some issues make messages look like spam&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;By Steve Cocheo&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;, executive editor and digital content mgr&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Have you ever wondered why your bank's e-mail campaigns don't pull better? It may be that something you're doing makes your messages look like spam, resulting in an email reputation that results in your messages being blocked by recipients' internet service providers (ISPs). &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Indeed [...]</description>
			<author>scocheo</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>EXPLORING THE TABLET BANKING LANDSCAPE</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/5079.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;Best treat them as more than big smartphones&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;*    *   *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;	&lt;br/&gt;		&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;b&gt;By Daniel J. Wiegand.&lt;/b&gt; Dan is a senior analyst on Corporate Insight's 			Consulting Services team. He joined the firm in 2006 after graduating  			from Harvard University. He has performed extensive research in the  			mobile space with a focus on banking and investing platforms. Corporate  			Insight authors contribute to various multi-author blogs on  			www.ababj.com, including T [...]</description>
			<author>Moderator</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>LUCKY 13: WHY I.T. COSTS ARE FALLING, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/5010.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;For all kinds of reasons, I.T. isn’t breaking the budget in community banks these days&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;*   *   *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;	&lt;br/&gt;		&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Art Gillis, &lt;/b&gt;banking technology consultant. Read more about Gillis here. &lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;			 &lt;br/&gt;			&lt;img src=&quot;images/stories/art_gillis.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.ababj.com/images/stories/art_gillis.jpg&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;		&lt;br/&gt;	&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I can find 13 legitimate reasons why bank IT costs are lower now for 14,539 financial institutions (inclu [...]</description>
			<author>Moderator</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>TALKING WITH THE TECHIES</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/2408.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;Communications tips for the rest of us&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;*&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Steve Cocheo&lt;/b&gt;, executive editor &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;* &amp;nbsp; * &amp;nbsp; * &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As a non-techie, have you ever been tempted to ask your bank's IT director something like this: &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;	 &amp;bull; Where can I view the Great Data Migration? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;	 &amp;bull; I M here-where are UAT? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt; [...]</description>
			<author>scocheo</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>‘MOBILE CHECKING' DOMINATES BANK MOBILE PAYMENTS THUS FAR</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/2397.html</link>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;Will banks or new players drive the broader revolution?&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;bull; &amp;nbsp; &amp;bull; &amp;nbsp; &amp;bull;  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;By Daniel J. Wiegand.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;Dan is&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;a senior analyst on Corporate&lt;img src=&quot;images/dan%20wiegandat250square.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float: right; margin: 5px&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; height=&quot;81&quot; hspace=&quot;6&quot; width=&quot;81&quot; /&gt; Insight's Consulting Services team. He joined the firm in 2006 after graduating from Harvard Univer [...]</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>QUARTERLY DATA WON’T CUT IT ANYMORE</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/2273.html</link>
			<description>Competition and regulatory demands drive push for &amp;ldquo;business intelligence&amp;rdquo;  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; &amp;bull;&amp;nbsp; &amp;bull;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;	&lt;br/&gt;		&lt;br/&gt;			 			&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;br/&gt;			&lt;b&gt;By Peter Graves, CIO, Independent Bank.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Graves has 25 plus 			years experience on the business side relating to commercial lending  			administration and on the technology side in his role as chief  			information officer for Independent Bank, a $2.7 billion community bank  			with over a 100 locat [...]</description>
			<author>pgraves</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>HAS ANYONE ONE SEEN MY VIRTUAL DESKTOP? </title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/1937.html</link>
			<description>A dive into desktop virtualization and infrastructure: Is this real or some kind of technology voodoo?  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;bull; &amp;bull; &amp;bull;  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.ababj.com/images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Peter Graves, CIO, Independent Bank.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Graves has 25 plus years experience on the business side relating to commercial lending administration and on the technology side i [...]</description>
			<author>pgraves</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>THE INVISIBLE RISK – NETWORK SECURITY</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/1655.html</link>
			<description>What you can&amp;rsquo;t see can&amp;rsquo;t hurt you, right? A perspective for nontechnical bankers &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;bull; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.ababj.com/images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Peter Graves, CIO, Independent Bank.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Graves has 25 plus years experience on the business side relating to commercial lending administration and on the technology side in his role as chief inform [...]</description>
			<author>pgraves</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>STAYING ON TOP OF THE &quot;CLOUD&quot;</title>
			<link>http://www.ababj.com/blog/1528.html</link>
			<description>Despite the hype, it&amp;rsquo;s an important trend. A perspective for nontechnical bankers &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.ababj.com/images/stories/petergraves.jpg&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;By Peter Graves, CIO, Independent Bank. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Graves has 25 plus years experience on the business side relating to commercial lending administration and on the technology side in his role as chief information officer for Independent Bank, a $2.7 billion community b [...]</description>
			<author>pgraves</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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