2. What is retail bank?
• Retail banking is when a bank executes transactions
directly with consumers, rather than corporations or
other banks.
• A retail bank is a bank that works with consumers,
otherwise known as 'retail customers'.
3. Cont.
Retail banks provide basic banking services
to the general public, including:
• Checking and savings accounts
• CDs
• Safe deposit boxes
• Mortgages and second mortgages
• Auto loans
4. Retail banking characteristics
Today’s retail banking sector is characterized by three
basic characteristics:
• Multiple products(deposits, credit cards, insurance,
investments and securities)
• Multiple channels of distribution(call center, branch,
internet)
• Multiple customer groups (consumer, small business,
and corporate).
5. Retail Banking Vs. Corporate
Banking
Retail banking
• Bank that deals directly with retail customers.
• Also known as consumer banking or personal banking,
• Retail banking is the visible banking to the general public
• Bank branches located in abundance in most major cities.
Corporate banking
• Known as business banking, refers to the aspect of
banking that deals with corporate customers.
• The term was originally used in the U.S. to distinguish it
from investment banking
• Corporate banking is a key profit center for most banks.
6. Products and Services of Retail Banking
Products
Checking and savings
accounts
Certificates of Deposit
Guaranteed Investment
Certificates
Mortgages
Automobile
Credit cards
Lines of credit
Services
Stock brokerage (discount
and full-service)
Insurance
Wealth management
Private banking
7. The Business of Retail Banking
• Act as payment agents
• Conducting current accounts for customers,
• Paying cheques
• Collecting cheques
• Enable customer payments via EFTPOS
(electronic fund transfer at point of sale), and
ATM (automated teller machine).
8. Advantage to Customers
• Anywhere anytime banking.
• Improved product offering.
• Faster and accurate service.
• Customer specific products.
• Branch customer to bank customer.
• Relationship banking.
9. Advantage to Banks
• Retail deposit are stable and constitute the
core deposit
• They are interest-insensitive and less
bargaining
• They constitute the low cost fund
• Retail customers bring other business to the
banks