Talk:Royal Bank of Canada
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OK, who was the idiot who just vandalized this article as I was editing it? Fess up.--Bjeversole 11:43, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- Never mind; I now know of WoW.--Bjeversole 11:58, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
A very interesting inside story at slashdot. [1]
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[edit] SFNB?
Should we perhaps add something about how Centura was actually merged with the existing assets which came from RBC's acquisition of SFNB (Security First Network Bank) - at the time of it's inception ~1996, SFNB was touted as the "First Internet Bank" in that it did not have any physical locations (I think it had one office in Atlanta though). I'm not sure about the exact merger dates or details, so I can't really edit the article appropriately....
[edit] Logo
A history of the logo is available on the RBC website at http://www.rbc.com/history/leo/index.html, and is much more extensive that here, but it does not state a rationale for the removal of the crown. RayGates 23:54, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- I worked at RBC at the time the logo was changed and I believe it was part of the presentation on the new logo that the crown was dropped to help with penetration of the US market. --Cjrother 00:04, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- It's entirely possible that RBC at some point stated that the crown was deleted to help with U.S. market penetration. However, as a U.S. financial services marketer for over 20 years, I can assure you that Americans would not soon notice or care if a crown were present on the logo. A major packaging concern in the U.S. is Crown Cork and Seal Corporation. It was founded in Philadelphia and its headquarters remains there. Its logo is, yes, a crown. I know of no one who would on their most insane day think this was either a negative, or somehow tied it to royalty.
If we look at what is retained and accept the "anti-royal" rationale, the change doesn't make a great deal of sense either. If the premise is that Americans will dislike a bank which appears to be foreign or have references to imperialism, empire or royalty, it still fails. The logo still consists of a lion holding a crown, commonly recognized symbols of the Commonwealth and Empire. I highly suspect that whatever firm was hired to change the logo recognized its power in existing markets, but also recognized that it had to change something substantially to earn its fee. Hence, the crown disappears based on a doodle by an art director and the illogical rationale appears later. The rationale has the benefit of flattering RBC management by referencing their supposedly impending dominance of the U.S. market. How could they say no?
As a former AMSOUTH customer my bank and account was transfered to the RBC Centura. While southeners (americian southeners) don't necessaraly have a anti-royal / anti-crown tone (heck the city symbol of Charlotte, NC is the same rounded crown) its somewhat unnerving when a bank that you have a lot of money with suddenly changes look. The Centura name seems a little less foreign than Royal Bank of Canada and the revesal of the lion makes the logo appear to be 'looking toward the future rather than the past'.--68.209.2.187 21:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:RBCcentura.gif
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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Questionable Editing
I have updated this article (with appropriate references) on several occasions, sometimes reporting negative information about the bank. I am a firm believer that wikipedia is not a sales tool and am concerned that someone has been inappropriately deleting/editing the article to remove these items. RBC is a very large company and as such is going to have some negative information reported. It is not wrong or harmful to educate people on everything that is going on at the bank, not just the positive news.
[edit] The RBC commerical
The Dear RBC, I'd like to nominate Nick... comerical is becomeing annoying. Anyways, can it be placed in this article somewhere? GoodDay (talk) 22:25, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
RBC Centura Bank RBC states that the name will change to RBC Bank (USA) sometime this spring, not to RBC Royal Bank (USA). See recent press release) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.198.175 (talk) 15:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
