As banks look at efficiency and expenses and ask what all those people down in the technology dungeon are doing with their time, the conversation about technology staff levels once again raises its head. [Read more]
Banks are realizing that somewhere between a sleepy trust company and an annuity-loving investment group, they are missing a large opportunity: the mass affluent. [Read more]
Acme Bank is a $1.5 billion community bank focused on commercial and business banking but with a desire to also provide a complete range of financial services, resulting in retail, mortgage, investment, and Trust lines of business. Should Acme buy best of breed systems for each line of business from multiple vendors or a suite of products from one vendor? [Read more]