Not a Session at Acquire or Be Acquired: Culture
I attended Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference two weeks ago. The buzzword of the show: Culture. When Raphael Reznek, CIO of Mascoma Bank, spoke about the biggest challenge to launch online account opening: “our internal culture”. When Mike Butler, CEO of Radius Bank, spoke of technology experimentation and implementation: “you have to change […]
Banking New Year’s Resolutions – We Have Opinions / Negotiating Merger Transactions
Podcast Show Notes: Our This Month In Banking (TMIB) podcast features discussion with colleagues and other industry thought leaders on interesting banking news that happened this month. TMIB will be available on the last Wednesday of every month here, and on Apple and Droid podcast apps for your listening enjoyment. Join us on your […]
Banking for Good
It happened. A client, a bank I owned shares in, and one that I admired announced they were selling to a nearby financial institution. In June, Stewardship Financial Corporation, and their banking subsidiary, Atlantic Stewardship Bank (ASB) announced their sale to Columbia Financial Inc. (MHC) and their banking subsidiary, Columbia Bank. It’s not that […]
Banking’s Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition
For the past eight years I searched for the Top 5 financial institutions in five-year total return to shareholders because I promote long-term strategic decision making that may not benefit next quarter’s or next year’s earnings release. And I am weary of the persistent “get big or get out” mentality of many bankers and industry […]
Are Diversity Requirements Really Necessary?
Podcast Show Notes: Our This Month In Banking (TMIB) podcast features discussion with colleagues and other industry thought leaders on interesting banking news that happened this month. TMIB will be available on the last Wednesday of every month here, and on Apple and Droid podcast apps for your listening enjoyment. Join us on your commute, […]
Finxact Core System – It’s Different!
Guest: Michael Sanchez, Founder and President of Finxact Podcast Show Notes: Our This Month In Banking (TMIB) podcast features discussion with colleagues and other industry thought leaders on interesting banking news that happened this month. TMIB will be available on the last Wednesday of every month here, and on Apple and Droid podcast apps for […]
Are Diversity Requirements Really Necessary?
Diversity in banking continues to be a hot topic. Based upon recent conversations TKG has participated in, there is a heightened interest and focus by many financial institutions to have greater diversity in their boardrooms, executive management teams, and in their overall workforce. TKG recently participated in a panel discussion on board diversity at the […]
In Banking, Soft Skills Remain Blah, Blah, Blah
Weakness: Middle Management. I hear this often. Why is it so common in community banks? I have opinions. Peter Principle is alive and well in banking. We elevate superior performers in their functional position to leadership positions to which they are ill prepared. We promote them to the level of ineffectiveness. But that doesn’t mean […]
Byline Bank Turned its Future from Bleak to Bright!
Guest: Alberto J. Paracchini, President, CEO & Director, Byline Bank Podcast Show Notes: Our This Month In Banking (TMIB) podcast features discussion with colleagues and other industry thought leaders on interesting banking news that happened this month. TMIB will be available on the last Wednesday of every month here, and on Apple and Droid podcast […]
Bank Branches: A New Model
This design or that design. Digital, pods, low square footage. All the talk around the branch of the future is about design, staff levels, square footage, and technology. Yet the people that carry balances, the boomers and older, can’t figure out where to go when they come in for a teller transaction. And the younger […]