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Banks changing, focusing
on needs of each customer
By CRAIG RENFRO
Reporter
Today’s banks are becoming more
customer-oriented as they move
away from the household and focus
on the individual’s needs and wants,
said Betty Sue Peabody, vice presi
dent of First City Bancorporation of
Houston Thursday.
Peabody spoke at a program
sponsored by the Texas A&M fi
nance department.
“The banking industry is experi
encing a revolution,” Peabody said.
“The term ‘bank’ no longer fits,
instead we have become retail finan
cial services,” she said.
Peabody said the most significant
changes in the last 20 years of bank
ing have taken place because of de
regulation.
Under new laws, consumers have
a wider choice of products and serv
ices at lower prices, she said.
“There is a whole lot of shaking
going on in the industry due to
banking failures,” Peabody said.
in banking just like any other sen
ice.
“New products and services nil
develop because the market is driven
and supported by a strong techno
logical base.”
Technology that is oriented to-
ward customer service allows for bet
ter convenience at a lower cost, Pei
body said.
Betty Sue Peabody
Today more competition pricing
a rr
is set by the marketplace an
is tn
many
non-banks, such as the Sears Finan
cial Network, Ford Motor Co. and
General Motors Corp., are setting
up financial consumer services, Pea
body said.
“An area of concern is how con
sumers place value on time,” she
said. “Consumers want convenience
Banks that use technology havei
larger share of the marketplacebt
cause they have a diversity oi sen
ices and can handle large 4
umes of work, she said.
"Market forces over time willi
low banks to offer all kinds of prod
ucts and services such as brokerage
real estate and insurance that pit
viously would be unavailable,” Pei
body said.
“I’m optimistic about retail
ing because it is a cornerstone [«
the success of my banks."
Tau Kappa to hold picnic
for international students
By JUNE PANG
Staff Writer
To welcome new Texas A&M in
ternational students, Tau Kappa will
hold a baked potato picnic Saturday.
Mike Cotton, president of Tau
Kappa, said: “It is kind of an inter
national students reception. The
purpose is to show we, Tau Kappa,
have an interest in international stu
dents here. We desire to make
friends with them, hoping that
friendship will be part of tne process
to get them involved in the Universi-
t y-”
The baked potato picnic will be at
Mount Aggie at 12:30 p.m. Tau
Kappa members will buy the baked
potatoes from a local store and bring
toppings, cheese and salad. All new
international students are invited to
attend.
Tau Kappa, which has about 50
active members, is ajunior honor so
ciety whose members have a grade-
point ratio qf 3.25 or above.
But grades are not the sole crite-
rton to get into the organization.
Members also have to be sociable
and willing to help the community.
Both last year and this year, Tau
Kappa has been helping A&M’s in
ternational students ancl the Bryan
Rehabilitation Center.
T his semester, the organization is
going to work with the English Lan
guage Institute to help foreign stu
dents with English.
Starting next week, Tau Kappa
will match one of its members with
one international student. The pairs
will meet one hour every week to
practice speaking English.
The organization also has invited
all new international students to join
the midnight yell practice Sept. 20.
Members of Tau Kappa will arrive at
Rudder fountain at 11:30 p.m. to
meet international students and ex
plain the Aggie traditions to them.
A&M’s chapter of I au Kappa is
the only chapter in the nation. It was
formed in 1981. During the spring
semester every year, the society takes
applications from sophomores and
chooses its members. Members can
be active for only one year. Members
of Tau Kappa are juniors, but se
niors can be elected as advisers.
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with religion
in San Antonio
Associated Press
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ble customers who subscribe i
the Play boy Channel have bea
getting a dose of religion alas |
with the erotic programming.
The local Bexar County Cablf
vision service inadvertentli
broadcast the Christian Broii
casting Channel to Playboy Cl»
nel subscribers during tne dai
when the Playboy progranuil
is off the air.
Bexar Cable General Manage
Michael Scott said the comp
leaves its satellite receiver
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score in tl
from 5 a.in. to 7 p.m. whenPb Aggies —
boy is off the air. The charne
usually picks up static, he said
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ie uii<
the idle program time on thesi
teliite Playboy was using, Playbd
spokeswoman Stephanie Mfi
said.
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