Strategic Management

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

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 […]


TMIB Lite: Balancing Digital and Physical

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 […]


Is Your Brand Dead?

Guest: Cassandra Giovanni, Marketing Manager at Savings Institute Bank and Trust Company Podcast Show Notes: Our This Month In Banking (TMIB) podcast features discussion with colleagues and other industry thought […]


Will Your Bank Be Independent and Relevant in Fifteen Years?

As 2017 enters the history books, it’s hard to believe that Y2K was eighteen years ago.  We all remember the furor over how the world might come to an end.  […]


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, […]


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 […]


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 […]


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 […]


Interview with Glenn E. Moyer, Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking and Securities

Glenn E. Moyer recently joined TKG and three other complementary community bank consultancies as Senior Advisor after spending the previous four years as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Banking […]


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 […]