Heads and tales: Bank shots
By Wade Kwon
Banks – merging mayhem: Chances are in 2005 that your bank changed names, bought another bank or didn’t even exist two years ago. Can Birmingham’s banking industry remain a powerhouse, or will it be overtaken by outsiders and other emerging industries?
• Mergers reshape Birmingham banking status [Birmingham Business Journal]
Banks – boutique branches: If attracting and keeping bank customers is the problem, maybe the solution is … a coffee bar? flat-screen TV set? wireless access? Sheesh. We’d settle for shorter lines, faster tellers and ATMs that don’t flash “Out of service” every other trip.
• Banks add twist to draw clients [Birmingham News]
Banks – competing interests: Would you put your money in a startup bank? At least two new companies are betting on it: Red Mountain Bank and ServisFirst Bank. We’d switch, if only we could get our friggin’ $28.52 out of the friggin’ ATM! Arrrgh!!
• Youngsters of Birmingham banking market boast new digs [Birmingham Business Journal]
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