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Coffee with a Journalist: Anna Hrushka, Banking Dive

OnePitch

Anna Hrushka is currently a senior reporter at Banking Dive, covering banking and the fintech sector. She was also part of the team at Industry Dive to help launch the Banking Dive vertical.

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Commonwealth Bank Hammered for Billing Dead Customers

Ronn Torossian

As Wells Fargo waited to find out how much it would have to pay for past transgressions, an Australian bank hit the headlines for admitting to billing clients for fees. The catch: those clients had been dead for years, and at least some people at the bank knew it. These admissions came directly from … READ MORE ».

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More thoughts on the banking rep meltdown

Mark My Words

PR expert Mark Borkowski said bank bosses were guilty of using ’20th-century PR to deal with 21st-century crisis issues’ He told MailOnline: ‘Every crisis that leads to problems that will bring down people is down to hubris and the advice these people are getting. ’ .

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More thoughts on the banking rep meltdown.

Mark My Words

PR expert Mark Borkowski said bank bosses were guilty of using ’20th-century PR to deal with 21st-century crisis issues’ He told MailOnline: ‘Every crisis that leads to problems that will bring down people is down to hubris and the advice these people are getting. ’ .

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Banking’s Reckoning: With millions lost to scams, are banks finally getting their PR pushback?

Ronn Torossian

The latest story on the British media circuit has the Big Banks in its sights: scammers have stolen more than £500 million (US$653 million) from UK bank customers in the first half of 2018, and the banks have done little to restore faith in the system. appeared first on 5WPR CEO Ronn Torossian Founder's Blog.

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For comms pros, Silicon Valley Bank is a reminder that trust is currency

Sword and the Script

They didn’t trust the bank. The banking community has some unique dynamics… Scar tissue. The preceding cryptocurrency meltdown toppled a bank or two and reminded us of the financial ghosts; and Uncertainty. Or even more likely, today, simply digits. The only reason money has value is that we say it does.

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Silicon Valley’s Next Victim: Tech Powerhouses Like Apple Looking to Disrupt the Banking Industry

Ronn Torossian

According to experts, it could be time for banking companies to sound the alarm. In fact, the research group “McKinsey” has warned numerous organisations that while the latest launch of fintech startups might seem manageable enough – the more big technology groups get involved, the more banks will have to worry about.

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