The Board`s Role In Making Loans

Here`s our list of front-running technologies that are poised to alter the world of banking.

Learning to let go is hard. But the proponents of business process outsourcing have got it all figured out: Just do what you do best, and let someone else do the rest. This strategy makes sense, but it requires trusting outside companies to handle functions normally controlled from within. Are bankers ready for this?

Our 1998 bank analyst team gives sage advice to directors on mergers and acquisitions, investing in technology, and how to retain the value of the franchise in a volatile market.

We asked several individuals who might play roles in such a situation how they would react.

The rising tide that lifted the value of all banks is clearly ebbing.

With larger acquisitions, mergers of equals, and purchases of nonbank entities, directors should look at some practical rules to prepare for the new merger integration issues ahead.