BOSTON, Nov. 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MineralTree, Inc., maker of the cloud-based, secure payments solution specifically designed for small and medium businesses (SMBs), announces today that CEO BC Krishna will be a featured panelist at the 17th Annual Small Business Banking Conference, taking place Nov. 7-9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Spa in Florida.
The panel will reveal insights from the Treasury Strategies 2012 SMB benchmarking study, which collected data from more than 50 banks in order to evaluate the effectiveness of existing small business payments offerings and explore why financial institutions have failed to seize the opportunity in SMB payments. Krishna will be joined by four additional banking experts: Paula Barrington, SVP, Treasury Management Services, BOK Financial; Chrystal Pozin, Managing Director, Treasury Strategies; Bryan Walley, SVP Treasury Services, City National Bank; and Todd Hollander, EVP Head of Business Banking, Union Bank
What: Panel Discussion: Why Banks Fail to Seize SMB Payments Opportunity
When: Thursday, November 8, 2012 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Where: Granada C&D Meeting Room in the Boca Raton Resort & Spa
Additional topics of discussion will include:
· How well do banks believe they are meeting SMB payment needs?
· What are the greatest opportunities to differentiate SMB products and services?
· What are the greatest obstacles to delivering SMB specific solutions?
· What's most important to small business customers?
· What does best-in-class service actually look like?
All attendees will receive a copy of the complete survey findings. For more information, or to register, visit: http://www.americanbanker.com/conferences/sbb/.
About MineralTree
MineralTree delivers
secure, online payments solutions to banks that are specifically
designed to meet the needs of their small and medium business
customers. The solution provides a simple, streamlined approach
that brings new efficiency, security, and convenience to payments
and cash management processes - at a cost that is easy to justify -
while helping to enhance the bank's customer relationships.
MineralTree's leadership team has a long track record of creating
innovative solutions to long-standing problems in banking and
financial services.
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