The September issue of ABA Bank Marketing and Sales magazine, now available online for subscribers, features a cover story on the continuing evolution of bank branches. Key trends include incorporating video and tablets into the branch experience, shrinking the branch footprint and offering meeting and work space for community groups and customers to reserve. Other articles in this issue cover how to use online ad templates, how to expand networking into “net-sharing” and how to prepare for rising interest rates.
ABA urges lawmakers to lift regulatory barriers to bank merger, de novo formation
Narrow supervisory standards, inconsistent approval timelines and other regulatory impediments are limiting new bank formation and leading to further consolidation in the financial sector, ABA said.