Strategic Management

  • Paycheck Protection Program

    Thursday evening (April 2, 2020) the Small Business Administration issued 13 CFR 120, its Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) regarding the PayCheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The 31-page document comes just hours before the new loan program was set to open on April 3. Bankers have been scrambling to get ready to…

  • What’s the Next Crisis?

    I remember a speech given by Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase, at the New York Bankers Association Convention back in the fall of 2009. It was approximately a year after the real estate debacle which culminated in September 2008 and caused what we now know as…

  • Millennials – What Do They Want from Their Bank?

    Guest: Craig Rodenberger, Vice President and Marketing Director, Ephrata National Bank 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…

  • Banking New Year’s Resolutions – We Have Opinions / Negotiating Merger Transactions

     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…

  • Are Diversity Requirements Really Necessary?

    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…

  • 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…

  • Cannabis Banking – Are You Ready?

    Guest: Jon K. Skarin, EVP of Legislative & Regulatory Policy, Massachusetts Bankers Association 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…

  • Core Providers, Open Banking, APIs: What Should You Know?

    Guest: Aaron Silva, President and CEO of Paladin fs & Golden Contract Coalition 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…