http://thefinancialbrand.com/3246/ing-direct-cafes/ Ideas and insights for financial marketers. Sat, 19 May 2012 12:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://thefinancialbrand.com/3246/ing-direct-cafes/comment-page-1/#comment-18096 Free Tour of All 11 ING DIRECT Cafes in North America : The Financial Brand: Marketing Insights for Banks & Credit Unions Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:06:29 +0000 http://thefinancialbrand.com/?p=3246#comment-18096 [...] Highlights: DJ sound booth inherited from Local Motion, the previous tenant. Huge retail wall with great ING garb. The bike shirts are especially cool. More about the Honolulu location here. [...] [...] Highlights: DJ sound booth inherited from Local Motion, the previous tenant. Huge retail wall with great ING garb. The bike shirts are especially cool. More about the Honolulu location here. [...]

]]> http://thefinancialbrand.com/3246/ing-direct-cafes/comment-page-1/#comment-9136 The Financial Brand » Free WiFi? Yes. Cappuccino hangouts? No way. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:46:48 +0000 http://thefinancialbrand.com/?p=3246#comment-9136 [...] strategies driving each bank’s decision to create a café-style experience. ING DIRECT was an internet-based bank looking to reassure consumers by establishing some sort of physical presence. And Umpqua’s success has much more to do with its promotional, branch-centered events – like [...] [...] strategies driving each bank’s decision to create a café-style experience. ING DIRECT was an internet-based bank looking to reassure consumers by establishing some sort of physical presence. And Umpqua’s success has much more to do with its promotional, branch-centered events – like [...]

]]> http://thefinancialbrand.com/3246/ing-direct-cafes/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 The Financial Brand » Blog Archive » It’s official: UNCB’s ‘Gold Cafés’ are gone Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:22:09 +0000 http://thefinancialbrand.com/?p=3246#comment-1274 [...] had gained some popularity in the first half of the decade. Branch designs from Umpqua Bank and ING Direct seemed to suggest financial institutions could transcend their boring caste by introducing [...] [...] had gained some popularity in the first half of the decade. Branch designs from Umpqua Bank and ING Direct seemed to suggest financial institutions could transcend their boring caste by introducing [...]

]]> http://thefinancialbrand.com/3246/ing-direct-cafes/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 The Financial Brand » Blog Archive » Headlines, snapshots and misc. stories of interest Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:11:38 +0000 http://thefinancialbrand.com/?p=3246#comment-1084 [...] seating. There wasn’t any ambient alternative music. There wasn’t any free coffee. What ING Direct does can be called a café, but not WaMu’s Occasio [...] [...] seating. There wasn’t any ambient alternative music. There wasn’t any free coffee. What ING Direct does can be called a café, but not WaMu’s Occasio [...]

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