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. […]
TB or Not TB? Is that THE Question?
In the early stages of Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s epic 15th century play, the protagonist says “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Through this phrase, Hamlet questioned […]
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, […]
Your Competitors Are Using Performance Measurement Data to Improve Their Performance. Are You?
We have just completed producing the Performance Measurement reports for our clients for the 4th quarter of 2016 and thought this would be a good time to take a look […]
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 […]
Time to Pull the Plug on CRA?
In Richard J. Parson’s book, Broke: America’s Banking System, he suggested that bankers and examiners major in the majors. By that, he meant sweat the big stuff; and by big […]
Women in Banking
Since I began my banking career approximately 38 years ago, the financial industry has experienced dramatic change, particularly as it relates to the adaption and utilization of technology, customer delivery […]
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 […]