Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Datamonitor' s Retail Banking Competitor Tracker is a monthly product providing updates on key events relating to major and innovative players in the retail banking sector. Covering events such as M&A activity, market entries and withdrawals, partnerships, product innovation and customer targeting on a global basis, the Retail Banking Competitor Tracker provides succinct summaries of key stories.
Reasons to Purchase
- Provides invaluable information on your closest competitors' strategies all in one place.
- Keeps track of how the competitive landscape is changing through M&A activities, partnerships and organic growth.
- Provides input to your product development by tracking the latest product innovations.
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Table of Contents
- M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth
- BNP Paribas
- Libya: BNP Paribas and Sahara Bank kick off their partnership
- Deutsche Bank
- China: Deutsche Bank China incorporates in Beijing
- HSBC
- China: Hang Seng becomes largest shareholder of Yantai City Bank
- HBOS
- UK: Halifax opens three UK branches
- Northern Rock
- UK: Northern Rock announces sale of lifetime mortgage portfolio
- UniCredit Group
- Ukraine: Bank Austria acquires majority stake in Ukrsotsbank
- CitiGroup
- US: Citibank opens new branches and financial centers
- China: Citibank opens new office in Dalian
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Vietnam: CBA to open branch in Ho Chi Minh city
- Westpac Banking Group (WBC)
- Australia: Westpac completes RAMS Home Loans Group transaction
- St.George Bank (SGB)
- Australia: BankSA Announces Sale and Lease Back of 13 Branches
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
- China: ICBC completes acquisition of shares in Seng Heng bank
- BNP Paribas
- Product Innovation and Customer Targeting
- Abbey
- UK: Abbey and Personal Touch Financial Services signs IT deal
- HSBC
- Japan: HSBC to offer offset mortgages in Japan
- UK: HSBC introduces ' RateMatcher' service
- Yorkshire Building Society
- UK: Yorkshire Building Society launches over 50s savings account with free travel insurance
- Citigroup
- Turkey: Citibank launches "Deliverable to Address Express" loans
- Poland: Citi Handlowy adds features in its ' Keep the Change' program
- Malaysia: Citibank offers promotional deals to celebrate Chinese New Year
- Maybank
- Maybank launches Islamic foreign currency account
- Abbey
- APPENDIX
- Methodology
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 2: List of banks tracked , table 1 of 2
- Table 2: List of banks tracked, (table 2 of 2)
