[Report] Retail Banking Competitor Tracker Market Research, Trends, Analysis TOC

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
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
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)

Retail Banking Competitor Tracker: January 2008

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