Jay Berfas Named Group Publisher

Jay Berfas has been named group publisher of Thomson Financial's Banking Magazine Group, which includes Bank Technology News as well as several other publications.

Berfas will continue to serve in the same capacity for Thomson's Marketing Publications Group, which he has overseen since joining Thomson Financial in May 2000.

Berfas has held a variety of senior positions in sales management, mostly in advertising and publishing for business publications, in addition to having served as senior vice president of marketing for data company Technimetrics. Before joining Thomson last year, he was associate publisher of Global Finance magazine and previously held the same post with Institutional Investor.

Thomson Financial publications that Berfas now oversees also include U.S. Banker, FutureBanker, Bank Investment Marketing, Financial Services Marketing and Small Business Banker, among others.

Berfas' appointment was announced by Andrew Goodenough, an executive vice president of Thomson Financial and president of Thomson's Publishing Group.

In this issue of Bank Technology News, we present the very latest data available on projected IT spending by banks and other financial services companies. The news is mixed, but we think you'll find the information unambiguously valuable.

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