Overview:

Introduction

Datamonitor's Retail Banking Competitor Tracker is a monthly product providing updates on key events relating to major players in retail banking across the globe. Covering major developments such as M&A activity, market entries and withdrawals, partnerships, product innovation, and customer targeting, the Retail Banking Competitor Tracker provides succinct summaries of key stories.

Features and benefits

* Provides a definitive source of information on all your competitors' key strategies.
* Offers insight into how the competitive landscape is evolving through M&A activities, partnerships and organic growth.
* Detailed insight into new product developments within retail banking

Highlights

BNP Paribas opens its first concept store named ‘2 Opéra'
Handelsbanken launches iPad application
SEB targets affluent Scandinavian expats by opening a new branch in Hong Kong

Your key questions answered

* How can I keep up to date on new product developments, mergers and acquisitions, distribution and partnerships?
* Where can I get insight on how the major retail banks are adapting to the ever-changing economic climate?

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Methodology 1
Introduction 5
This tracker provides both one-month and 12-month views of developments 5
Each month Datamonitor tracks the most relevant announcements from 100 competitors 5
Datamonitor’s Retail Banking Team provides analysis of the key developments at both the one-month and 12-month level 6
A fully searchable database of the past two years of developments is also delivered alongside the report 6
Products, Services, and Innovation 7
Banco do Brasil 7
Brazil: Banco do Brasil introduces Android application for its customers 7
BNP Paribas 7
France: BNP Paribas opens its first concept store named ""2 Opéra"" 7
Central Bank of India 8
India: Central Bank of India woos clients with ""Door Step Banking"" services 8
HSBC 8
UK: First Direct launches a new tracker product as a part of its winter offerings 8
Brazil: HSBC Brazil introduces new mobile banking services 8
Nationwide Building Society 9
UK: The Mortgage Works introduces new products to its Prime Residential and Buy to Let mortgage deals 9
State Bank of India 10
India: State Bank of India aims to target affluent class with a new private banking initiative 10
Svenska Handelsbanken AB 10
Sweden: Handelsbanken launches iPad application 10
M&A, Partnerships, and Organic Growth 11
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena 11
Italy: Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena to enact a reorganization plan 11
Bank of China 12
Belgium: Bank of China launches new branch in Brussels 12
Germany: Bank of China sets up third branch in Germany 12
BBVA 12
India: BBVA and Bank of Baroda form a joint venture to offer credit cards 12
BNP Paribas 12
Germany: Arval Germany to take over Commerz Real Autoleasing 12
Citibank 13
China: Citibank opens a new branch in Shenzhen 13
DBS 14
China: DBS to acquire retail and commercial banking portfolios of RBS 14
EFG Eurobank 14
Europe: Eurobank further enhances its partnership network to promote €pistrofi reward program 14
Maybank 14
Indonesia: Maybank launches syariah bank 14
Nedbank 15
Africa: Nedbank re-organizes its retails business 15
Postbank 15
India: Postbank sells Deutsche Postbank Home Finance Limited 15
Raiffeisen Bank 15
Poland: Raiffeisen Bank International announces bid for stake in Polbank EFG 15
Slovakia: ZUNO starts operation in Slovakia 16
SEB 16
Hong Kong: SEB plans to open a new branch in Hong Kong 16
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 16
Japan and Malaysia: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation signs memorandum of understanding with RHB Bank Berhad 16
UniCredit Group 17
Italy: UniCredit and Poste Italiane sign agreement for the disposal of 100% of UniCredit MedioCredito Centrale to Poste 17
Appendix 18
Methodology 18
Further reading 18
Ask the analyst 18
Datamonitor consulting 18
Disclaimer 18