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City Bank reports a solid 5% profit growth in the first half of 2024, showcasing its resilience and strategic growth in a dynamic financial landscape. As the bank continues to navigate challenges and opportunities, this performance underscores its commitment to delivering value to shareholders and customers alike. #CityBank #ProfitGrowth #FinancialResults #H12024 #BankingIndustry #EmergingTiger #BusinessSuccess #StrategicGrowth #EconomicTrends

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Rebecca Lewis has been appointed Head of Operations for Afin Bank, the specialist lender and savings provider that launched in October last year. She will oversee the customer-facing functions, including lending operations and customer service, when the bank starts offering products later in the year. Lewis has huge experience in financial services operations, particularly in the building society sector where she has had roles with Dudley Building Society, Skipton Building Society and most recently as Head of Customer Service at Tipton and Coseley Building Society. Afin Bank has been created to support underserved customers, such as self-employed and high net worth borrowers, but in particular people from Africa living in the UK who find it difficult to get a mortgage from mainstream borrowers because of their visa status or lack of credit history. https://lnkd.in/dr4CucP6

A detailed investigation of Direct Market Engagement ft. Tyler Collie🔎🕵️♂️👣 . . .  🎥💬 To foster deeper connections with their customers, Scotiabank Bahamas partnered with Lifestyles Digital Media Group to create authentic, vox pop-style videos featuring real, unscripted moments with pedestrians and bank representatives. 🎙️✨ From digital banking tips to savings and loan options, these lighthearted yet impactful conversations brought relatable, local storytelling to the forefront. The result? A boost in social media engagement 📈 and stronger customer loyalty built on trust and accessibility. 🙌💙 Together, we transformed client interactions and reinforced Scotiabank Bahamas’s reputation as an industry leader. 🌟 #DigitalBanking #CustomerConnection #AuthenticStorytelling #lifestylesdmg

Another eventful quarter in the home-equity market saw eight leading bank lenders collectively lift their unpaid principal balances from the preceding period and outpace totals from the same quarter last year. Citizens ascended to the biggest gain, KeyBank suffered a steep slide, and PNC Bank held on to its No. 1 ranking. https://lnkd.in/g3G6GAHb

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Digging into the IPSOS data for Personal banking service quality (GB) - one of the remedies ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority to help address adverse effects on #competition in the UK personal #CurrentAccount market. Some interesting trends over the last 6 years - see video below or the interactive charts here: https://lnkd.in/ePA7WYsX - Overall: service quality has fallen over the measurement period - Challenger banks with direct models like first direct, Monzo Bank and Starling Bank score highly, but there's a clear honeymoon effect, and they struggle to maintain their scores. - Lloyds Banking Group brands (Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland) show the best improvements - Nationwide Building Society is the most consistent high performer of the high street banking providers when it comes to overall and branch service quality #datavisualisation #banking #banks #UK #challengers #champions

Afin Bank Limited has unveiled its new Central London headquarters ahead of its planned product launch later in the year. The new office at 10 Chiswell Street, close to Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations, will be home to the bank’s corporate functions, including finance and compliance, as well as the IT teams developing the systems and mobile app that will be at the core of Afin Bank’s proposition. The launch of the London headquarters comes hot on the heels of the opening of its Centre of Excellence in Birmingham in December, which is the base for its customer service functions and its credit and lending support teams. Afin Bank has been created to support under-served customers in the UK who struggle to access lending because of their circumstances. It received its banking licence Authorisation with Restrictions (AwR) in October and plans offer residential and buy-to-let mortgages to African nationals in the UK, as well as supporting other non-standard borrowers like the self-employed and high-net worth customers. It will also offer savings accounts. https://lnkd.in/e-GgYbxv

From Coffs Harbour to Bendigo, Westpac business lending data shows that parts of regional Australia are booming. Despite economic headwinds, business credit in regional areas is growing fast, with Westpac reporting a 12.4% increase over the past two years. 📈 “As we’re seeing more Australians move from capital cities to regional areas in search of more affordable housing and lifestyle factors, businesses are following suit,” says Shane Howell, Westpac's GM of Commercial Banking. Discover why regional centres like Launceston, Mackay and the Gold Coast are the new business hotspots - click to read more https://lnkd.in/gmMEXCNq #RegionalAustralia #SME #BusinessBanking

How do we turn dull financial stereotypes set in banks and offices more relatable to people? Scotiabank have nailed it in their newest ad celebrating budget-friendly family bonding. “Personal finance in everyday experiences” - the campaign humanises finance with emotional appeal, showing real world applications of how money management and financial knowledge assists day to day life. This approach can be creatively applied to most financial services -in the ‘Do it For Them’ campaign, or the ‘My Home Move Conveyancing’ campaign which connected with families to provide tools and products for real everyday financial support. Do you like the campaign? https://lnkd.in/eunwfFrX #FinancewithFeeling #Emotion #Marketing #FinancialServices