Retail Banking Competitor Tracker: June 2008

Retail Banking Competitor Tracker: June 2008

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.

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*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.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Table of Contents 2
M&A, Partnerships and Organic Growth 3
ABN AMRO 3
Fortis, ABN AMRO and Deutsche Bank agree on sale of parts of ABN AMRO Business Unit Netherlands 3
Alpha Bank 3
Greece - Alpha Bank announces the sale of a 4% stake to Qatari private investors - June 30, 2008 3
Barclays 4
Russia - Barclays Completes the acquisition of Russia's Expobank - July 2, 2008 4
BBVA 4
China - BBVA and CITIC reinforce their strategic agreement - June 3, 2008 4
BNP Paribas 4
Lebanon - Bank of Sharjah and BNP Paribas in regulatory filing for partnership agreement in Lebanon - June 25, 2008 4
Citigroup 5
Hong Kong - Citibank launches Citigold Global banking services in Hong Kong - June 16, 2008 5
Brazil - Citi to Acquire Intra S. A. Corretora de Câmbio e Valores - June 19, 2008 5
China - Citi China Commences RMB Retail Services in Dalian - June 20, 2008 5
DBS 5
Indonesia - BCA acquires 1% of PT Bank DBS Indonesia (DBSI) - 26 June 2008 5
Halifax 6
UK - Halifax's opens three new branches - June, 2008 6
HSBC 6
HSBC opens for business in Georgia - 20 June 2008 6
Poland - HSBC launches world's local bank account in Poland - June 25, 2008 6
ING 7
Ukraine - ING starts rollout of retail banking network in Ukraine - June 5, 2008 7
Intesa Sanpaolo 7
Ukraine - Intesa Sanpaolo acquires Jsc Pravex-Bank in Ukraine - June 27, 2008 7
Northern Rock 7
UK - Northern Rock announces mortgage agreement with Lloyds TSB - June 5, 2008 7
Rabobank 8
Rabobank acquires 35% in Banque Populaire du Rwanda - June 13, 2008 8
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 8
UK - Capital investment in Barclays PLC - June 25, 2008 8
Suncorp 8
Australia - Suncorp Expands In Western Australia - 3 June 2008 8
Unicredit 9
UniCredit finalizes the sale of a majority shareholding in Bank BPH to GE Money - June 17, 2008 9
UOB 9
Singapore - UOB and Evergrowing Bank sign subscription agreement - 26 June 2008 9
Product Innovation and Customer Targeting 10
Citibank 10
Colombia: Citi Launches Innovative Solution to Obtain Personal Credit Products via the Internet 10
Brazil: Citi and MetLife Introduce CitiPrevidencia Kids 10
Hong Kong: Citi Launches Citigold Global Banking 10
Taiwan: Citi Taiwan Launches New Offset Mortgage Offering 11
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 11
Australia: Commonwealth Bank launches online car finance feature 11
ICICI Bank 11
India: ICICI Bank launches virtual "b2- Branch- free Banking" 11
First National Bank 11
South Africa: FNB brings Cellphone Banking for Businesses 11
Nedbank 12
South Africa: Nedbank offers retail clients tools to help save on banking fees 12
Lloyds TSB 12
UK: Lloyds TSB launches 2008 student account 12
Alliance & Leicseter 12
UK: Alliance & Leicester launches ifax to speed up mortgage processing 12
BBVA 13
Spain: uno-e launch an exclusive offer on Facebook 13
APPENDIX 14
Methodology 14
Further reading 15
Ask the analyst 15
Datamonitor consulting 15
Disclaimer 15
List of Tables
Table 1: List of banks tracked , table 1 of 2 14
Table 2: List of banks tracked, (table 2 of 2) 15