October 22, 2008
Blue Clover to Redesign IBC Bank’s website
San Antonio, TX – Knowing that a user-friendly website is integral in today’s banking world, IBC Bank is launching a new website and has chosen Blue Clover—an award-winning On and Off-Line Branding™ firm—as its interactive strategy and design firm. Blue Clover’s creative and technology teams will develop an intuitive, user-friendly site aimed at enhancing the overall site experience and driving onlineadoption, by including podcasts, video sharing sites, RSS feeds, wikis and other modes of interaction and personalization via Web 2.0.
Since opening in 1966, the Laredo-based IBC Bank has grown to more than $11 billion in assets, making it one of Texas’ largest holding companies. It serves more than 100 communities throughout Texas and Oklahoma, with more than 265 branches and more than 425 ATMs.
“IBC has charged us with creating a premier website that reflects the bank's "We Do More" culture and delivers maximum online value to its customers,” said José B. Sena, president, CEO and founding partner, Blue Clover. “Our design and technology teams will work collaboratively with IBC's management team and IT consulting firm, BT INS, to elevate the site to the next level and leverage new technologies and media tools that meet customer needs.”
“At IBC Bank we strive to provide products and services that focus on convenience for the customer”, said Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman and CEO of IBC’s parent company International Bancshares Corporation. “This re-designed web site, besides allowing customers to learn more about our products online, will provide an unparalleled user experience because it will be created with the latest technological advancements.
BLUE CLOVER: San Antonio-based Blue Clover was established in 2003 by marketing experts and partners Sena, Juan Barrera and Chris Gilbert. The growing staff now includes four partners (with the addition of SE Division president Jody Tidwell), and 14 full-time creative, technology and management professionals with extensive traditional and multicultural marketing, public relations and web-based communication experience from throughout the world. In July 2007, the firm opened new offices in Atlanta and Mississippi to serve its southeast customers, hiring Tidwell as president of the southeast division.
This innovative talent and relentless drive has distinguished Blue Clover as an award-winning firm, including a place in PRINT Magazine’s Regional Design Annual (the most comprehensive annual competition in the design profession), San Antonio Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, San Antonio Business Journal’s Fast Track list for two years in a row; the Emerging Business Award from the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and the San Antonio Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award for Sena; and the 2008 Association for Women in Communications Proliner Award.
More information on Blue Clover is available at (210) 223-5409, www.blueclover.com or info@blueclover.com.
Since opening in 1966, the Laredo-based IBC Bank has grown to more than $11 billion in assets, making it one of Texas’ largest holding companies. It serves more than 100 communities throughout Texas and Oklahoma, with more than 265 branches and more than 425 ATMs.
“IBC has charged us with creating a premier website that reflects the bank's "We Do More" culture and delivers maximum online value to its customers,” said José B. Sena, president, CEO and founding partner, Blue Clover. “Our design and technology teams will work collaboratively with IBC's management team and IT consulting firm, BT INS, to elevate the site to the next level and leverage new technologies and media tools that meet customer needs.”
“At IBC Bank we strive to provide products and services that focus on convenience for the customer”, said Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman and CEO of IBC’s parent company International Bancshares Corporation. “This re-designed web site, besides allowing customers to learn more about our products online, will provide an unparalleled user experience because it will be created with the latest technological advancements.
BLUE CLOVER: San Antonio-based Blue Clover was established in 2003 by marketing experts and partners Sena, Juan Barrera and Chris Gilbert. The growing staff now includes four partners (with the addition of SE Division president Jody Tidwell), and 14 full-time creative, technology and management professionals with extensive traditional and multicultural marketing, public relations and web-based communication experience from throughout the world. In July 2007, the firm opened new offices in Atlanta and Mississippi to serve its southeast customers, hiring Tidwell as president of the southeast division.
This innovative talent and relentless drive has distinguished Blue Clover as an award-winning firm, including a place in PRINT Magazine’s Regional Design Annual (the most comprehensive annual competition in the design profession), San Antonio Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, San Antonio Business Journal’s Fast Track list for two years in a row; the Emerging Business Award from the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and the San Antonio Business Journal’s prestigious “40 Under 40” award for Sena; and the 2008 Association for Women in Communications Proliner Award.
More information on Blue Clover is available at (210) 223-5409, www.blueclover.com or info@blueclover.com.
