Notably Quotable: Thoughts within the financial industry

GMAC Launches Deposits-Only ‘Ally Bank’

Roughly six months after GMAC became a bank in order to receive TARP funds, the financial services firm has decided  

Snapshots and misc. stories of interest

Here are recent stories and other items of interest from around the web. Click on the hotlinked headlines to read  

A Great Campaign That Raises a Question of Social Media Ethics

Anyone with a dry sense of humor will love the “I Love Fees” campaign from Coast Capital Savings up in  

Creative Showcase: Matters, Jet Ski, Testimonials

United FCU – “Matters” Ads The Financial Brand wrote about United FCU’s Gen-Y program ‘Matters’ a few weeks ago. Here’s  

The Future of Branches

“The Future of Branches” is another presentation by Jeffry Pilcher, Publisher of The Financial Brand and President/ICONiQ. It takes a  

Q&A Interview with Two Financial PR Firms

Recently, The Financial Brand sat down with two PR pros in the financial industry to chat about public relations and  

Datahead: Facts From Around the Financial Industry

Snapshots and miscellaneous stories of interest

Here are recent stories and other items of interest from around the web. Click on the hotlinked headlines to read  

Lessons from the Chase/WaMu Merger on Twitter

[Editor's Note: This is a follow-up piece to yesterday's article from Freddy J. Nager, "The post-WaMu blues: Chase has lost  

The Post-WaMu Blues: Chase Has Lost ‘That Lovin’ Feeling’

By Freddy J. Nager Founder, Atomic Tango So my longtime bank, Washington Mutual (WaMu), recently got taken over by megabank  

Guaranty Bank Bulldozes 16 New Houses

Guaranty Bank out of Austin recently paid a demolition company around $100,000 to flatten 16 model homes in Victorville, California.  

Creative Showcase: Cool Website, Dump Your Bank, Power of Un

Progress Bank – Website Isn’t this one of the more simple and interesting websites you’ve seen for a financial institution?  

LEED Gold Branch for a True-Green Credit Union

Columbia Credit Union is just about as green as financial institutions get. They have green business practices, an E-Go Green  

What’s on TV? Ads for Financial Institutions

Here are some of the more notable or interesting TV spots that The Financial Brand has run across in the  

Results 2.0: Social Media for Financial Institutions

Recently, a bank sent this request out over Twitter: “Help us figure out what our new blog should be about.  

ING Stacks Consumers’ Finances Against Peers

A new, free web-tool from ING, INGCompareMe.com, uses peer data to let people see where they stand on a wide  

Banking Powerhouse ANZ Debuts New Global Logo

ANZ officially debuted its new logo in Indonesia last month, and has announced plans to roll the brand out globally  

Snapshots: Quick hits from around the financial industry

Bribes: one way to buy deposits National Bank of Kansas City is offering a free $50 Lowe’s Gift Card for  

Creative Showcase: No Jets, Stork, Brownie Points

1st Bank – No Jets, Just Plane Immediately before the Colorado Rockies play their home opener today, a biplane will tow