CHEMICAL BANK CASE Executive Summary The retail bank division of Chemical Bank was performing a radical organizational transformation into a market-focused and customer-focused organization after the 1991 merger with the Manufacturers Hanover Corporation. The new vision of the bank was to shift its image from a narrow provider of traditional financial services to a broader and innovative provider of superior financial service and advice for targeted customer groups. The objective was to position
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The Case for Repositioning a Bank Introduction/Facts of the Case ANZ bank is over 170 years old providing a range of banking and financial products and services to more than 5.7 million retail customers on a global scale (case). . Offering 817 branches and 2600 automated teller machines (ATMs) all over Australia‚ ANZ is ranked in the top 4 banks in Australia along with Commonwealth Bank of Australia‚ National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) and Westpac Banking Corporation. This report will identify
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Case 1: Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard see page 233-252 Questions for the case: 1. What does Mike Hegarty want to accomplish with the BSC ? 2. Comment on the BSC implementation at Chemical’s Retail Bank ? 3. What pitfalls need to be avoided for a successful BSC project? Balanced Scorecard Implementation Pitfalls to Avoid There are many Balanced Scorecard implementations where companies don ’t seem to get all the benefits described above. Research and experience have
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Nick I‚ Herbert A‚ Zachary C 10/8/14 Financial Markets and Institutions Central Bank Case 1) The federal funds rate is the term coined to describe the interest rate at which depository institutions lend and borrow overnight funds‚ which are maintained at the Federal Reserve‚ to one another. The official website of the Fed states that “By trading government securities‚ the New York Fed affects the federal funds rate‚ which is the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances to each
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CHAPTER 9 CASE: The Fall of Barings Bank The story of Barings Bank shows how overconfidence‚ coupled with poor internal control‚ can even bring down an historic financial institution. Below we provide a few teaching points. Nick Leeson seemed to have all the characteristics of an overconfident trader. As described in the chapter‚ excessive trading‚ lack of diversification‚ and too much risk were obviously present. Self-attribution bias seemed to play a major role. One commentator notes
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[pic] UNITY BANK: REALIZING VALUE FROM AN M&A INTEGRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Founded in 1982 in South Africa‚ Unity Bank was one of the few providers of global shareholder and employee management services and other value added services. Unity held more than 60 million accounts for over 10‚000 corporations across twelve countries and five continents‚ employing 8000 people worldwide and a market capitalization of $2 billion. The M&A integration of Delta with Unity Bank in itself was a great
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Case 8.2 Northwest Bank Developing Expectations for Analytical Procedures Analytical procedures are used for many purposes‚ such as to understand the clients industry or business‚ assess the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern‚ and to indicate the presence of possible misstatements. The audit approach for Northwest Bank calls for the audit team to gain assurance on the fairness of loan interest income primarily through the performance of analytical procedures. Additional detailed
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Bank of America Corp.: Fortune 500 Company Cristina Robinson Florida State College at Jacksonville Organization Brief History Bank of America Corp.‚ also known as Bank of America‚ has a history that dates all the way back to July 5th‚ 1784! Before the corporation was found by Amadeo Peter Giannini or known as Bank of America the company had taken quite a journey to be at today’s successful status. The BofA predates five years before America’s first president was inaugurated but at the time
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Banking Case Studies October‚ 2010 Copyright © 2010 All Rights Reserved.. Understanding the economics of mobile banking through a series of case studies Background‚ purpose‚ methodology Ten case studies of implementations of mobile banking were researched‚ with a particular focus – where possible – on the economics of these implementations‚ enabling a better understanding of the potential for gain‚ the business case‚ and the attributes of successful implementations. The case studies
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Summary of the Case: Alpen bank needs to launch credit card in Romania which is a matter driven by market dynamics‚ customer demographics‚ usage behavior and changing macroeconomic conditions. Formulation of an effective marketing strategy is inevitable for the introduction of the credit card in such an environment. 1. How should Alpen position its card‚ if it intends to launch it? Positioning is identifying a set of possible competitive advantages to build a position in the minds of the consumers
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