ABN exits competitive New York market.(ABN Amro Holding N.V.)(Brief Article)

NEW YORK -- Chase today announced the promotion of Scott Powell and David Lowman to larger roles in Retail Financial Services. Powell was named CEO of Consumer Banking, which includes 3,000 branches, 8,500 ATMs and the related staff and support systems. Chase created the CEO position as a result of ......

David Thomas, Vice Chairman- Retail Banking, Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu, was elected Chairman of the Consumer Bankers Association. Lynn Pike, Managing Director of Consumer Banking & Distribution, FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Boston, was elected Chairman-Elect, CBA President Joe Belew announced. As Vice Chairman and member of the Managing Committee of the ......

Fries with that loan?" is not a cross-sell pitch you'd expect in a bank branch. There's no immediate danger of that happening, either, but you might today be offered a coffee in a bank branch that operates very much like a McDonald's restaurant. Appropriately enough, the man who came to ......

Lost in last week's announcement that Bank of America is promoting marketing chief Cathy Bessant was the fact that the bank is also conducting a major reorganization of its marketing department that may de-emphasize consumer marketing.

Emerson L. Brumback, President and Chief Operating Officer, M&T Bank Corporation, Buffalo, NY, has been elected Chairman of the Consumer Bankers Association for a one year term beginning Oct. 1. Joseph C. Guyaux, President of The PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh, PA, was elected Chairman-Elect. Newly elected members of the ......

HEADNOTE As globalization continues, the financial services industry is consolidating, and a group of premier institutions is emerging with the scale, the technology and the products required to meet the needs of customers anywhere at anytime. In the new world of global banking, customer service is still the key to ......

Richard K. Davis, Vice Chairman of U.S. Bancorp, has been elected Chairman of the CBA for the 2003-03 term. Scott Kisting, Group Executive Vice President, California Federal Bank is the board's Chairman-elect. Davis is responsible for the Minneapolis-based company's Consumer Banking and Payment Services division, which includes Community and Metro ......

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Brent Beck and Harry Rosenthal of Sundance Catalog, a catalog company based ......

A Better Way to Fly (to London) Eos Airlines is a new airline that has a single route, and but one flight per day (each direction) -- London-New York.  And boy, did it do the trick.  I was able to get a complimentary ticket, but let me tell you, ......

StartupJournal | Venture Capital Banks Remain Cautious With Startup Investment By CHERYL WINOKUR MUNK From The Wall Street Journal Online NEW YORK -- After many moons, the waning of private-equity portfolios may be nearing an end. But that won't necessarily usher in renewed interest from investment banks in venture ......

Financial planning isn't just about building wealth for the future. It's also remembering to take care of what's important to your personal finances here and now. One of these important items of personal finance business includes remembering to provide forwarding information to your creditors, lenders, bankers, utilities and retirement plans....

Cabbies in the NYC area love to add a random fee for "tolls" when they pick up newbies from the airport. Curiously, they forget any English when you argue that you only crossed one bridge and that a $20 toll fee seems "excessive." ......