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 Issue of April 30, 2007 
   
Bankers Sue TJX Over Data Breach Costs
By Amy Wyeth
A line in the sand. That’s what the Massachusetts and Connecticut bankers associations and the Maine Association of Community Banks want to draw, saying the latest data security breach by a major retailer is one too many and their member banks should not absorb the resulting cost.

Local Banks Increasing Efforts to Encourage Debit-Card Use
By Amy Wyeth
Massachusetts banks are seeing the debit-card train coming down the tracks, and they’re jumping on board.

Event Highlights Non-Interest Options Available for Banks
By Jeff Haynes
A flat yield curve has raised banks’ interest in non-interest income. About two dozen of the estimated 800 attendees at last Tuesday’s BankWorld 2007 conference sat in at a session to listen to one option in particular: the Overdraft Privilege service from Houston-based financial services and profit-engineering consulting company Strunk & Assoc.



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