Strategic Management

  • TMIB Lite: S.2155-Finally Some Regulatory Relief!

    Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts 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…

  • TMIB Lite: Balancing Digital and Physical

    Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts 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…

  • Is Your Brand Dead?

    Guest: Cassandra Giovanni, Marketing Manager at Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts 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…

  • Are you Asset-Driven or Deposit-Driven?

    Over the past sixteen years we performed an analysis to determine if stock pickers rewarded one strategy more than the other.  In two of the three times we did this, the deposit-driven strategy won out.  The last time we did it, asset-driven banks were rewarded with higher market multiples. Although…

  • Which Bank Will Blink on Rate?

    It happened, I received an e-mail this week for a 13-month CD special. The ad insisted it would make me happy. Instead, sadness. Sad that this bank thought I wouldn’t notice they were front-running a likely Fed rate hike. Sad that the bank fell back on old tricks, getting customers to…

  • The Lawnmower Man: Your New Virtual Assistant?

    Was Hollywood clairvoyant when in 1992 it released the film “The Lawnmower Man”?  The Lawnmower Man was a full-length feature film about how the main character, Jobe, quickly transforms from a person who mows lawns into a virtual presence.  The premise behind this TKG Newsletter is that technology is taking…

  • Jeff For Banks Top Three of 2015

    For those who may not know, I have been authoring a blog for the past five years. I do it separately from any writing or speaking I do for The Kafafian Group so I can be provocative and have it represent my own opinion, rather than the collective firm’s point…

  • Things to Think About in 2015

    The Kafafian Group would like to wish all of our clients, business associates, and friends a Happy Holiday season and much future success in the coming New Year.  We are grateful for your business and the relationships we have mutually developed over so many years. It’s hard to believe that…