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Average
Commercial Real Estate loans were $5.5 billion, with growth of 39 percent
and 20 percent, respectively, in the fast-growing markets of Austin, Texas
and Orange County, California |
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National Dealer Services loans were a record $4.8 billion at year-end 2005 |
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Average Middle Market loans of $14.7 billion were up 6 percent from 2004,
with the Western and Texas markets contributing 37 percent of the total |
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Created a Specialized Industries department within Global Corporate Banking
to leverage synergies between the Financial Institutions, Healthcare &
Education Lending, and Municipalities & Specialty Services groups |
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Streamlined treasury management online product delivery through Treasury
Management ConnectSM, or TM Connect, for short |
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Launched Comerica Business Deposit Capture, which enables businesses to
scan (capture) images of checks at their own locations and transmit them electronically
to Comerica for deposit |
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Attained the Ex-Im Bank “Fast Track” lender designation for
working capital loan approvals up to $25 million |
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Relationship managers have 15-20 years of experience, on average |
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Technologically advanced treasury management and global trade services |
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North American commercial banking platform |
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Comerica ranks #6 among Ex-Im Bank working capital lenders |
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Ability and willingness to lend through all phases of an economic cycle |
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Niche business specialties (e.g., Energy, Technology & Life Sciences,
Entertainment, Financial Services) |
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Opened 18 banking centers, 17 of which were in the high growth markets
of Texas, California and Arizona |
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Received five awards for excellence in serving small businesses from
Greenwich Associates in their Business Banking Research Program, demonstrating
skills and commitment to helping small business owners be successful |
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Installed new hardware in banking centers in preparation for the 2006
rollout of TRiO, a comprehensive sales and sales management system that will further
improve sales and service accountability and further enhance the ability to help
customers achieve their goals |
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Upgraded Web Bill Pay service to allow customers to make bill payments
faster and easier |
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Launched new automated application system for consumer loans to improve
turnaround times to customers |
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Implemented a program to allow banking center sales managers to focus
more on their customers by relieving their operational and administrative responsibilities |
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Added a Spanish language option on all ATMs nationwide |
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A strong middle market corporate client base, which knows Comerica as a trusted financial institution |
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Superior relationship management skills; many families have worked with
Wealth & Institutional Management for up to seven generations |
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Tenured and experienced staff |
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Focus of Wealth & Institutional relationship managers on referrals
and cross-sales |
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Investment products, resources and performance |
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Presence in national growth markets in California, Texas, Arizona and
Florida |