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2025
- Putting the ‘community’ back into community banking
tyfone, May 28, 2025 - Mortgage Lenders Turn to Tech and High Touch Amid Volatility
The Financial Brand, May 15, 2025 - Pennsylvania Community Bank Strikes Deal for In-State Rival
American Banker, May 12, 2025
2024
- 3 Questions With Jeff Marsico, Kafafian Group – Building a Strong Bank Board with Diversity & Expertise
Banking+, October 3, 2024 - Optimizing Profits for Community Banks in Today’s Market
Banking+, July 23, 2024 - Five Tips to Juice Community Bank Board Performance
ABA Banking Journal, July 11, 2024 - Indivisible
Virginia Banking Monthly, June 2024 - Keys to Successful Community Bank Mergers and Acquisition
Hometown Banker, 2024 Issue 3 - The Efficiency Toolkit
Bank Director, 2nd Quarter 2024 - Is Stakeholder Primacy Dead in Banking?
International Banker, February 27, 2024
2020 – 2023
- Large Michigan Credit Union to join a crowded Pennsylvania market
American Banker, December 4, 2023 - Data Snapshot:Consumer Debt Shrinks for the Average American
the Financial Brand, August 10, 2023 - Small Banks’ Are Not Losing Deposits
Forbes, June 9, 2023 - What’s Missing In The CFPB’s War On Junk Fees?
Forbes, February 8, 2023 - Can Banks Hang On to Low-Cost Deposits as Rates Rise?
The Financial Brand, October 13, 2022 - In the United States, Why So Few New Banks?
International Banker, September 6, 2022 - Citadel FCU Hiring Santander Banking Team
American Banker, July 8, 2022 - The Pandemic Paradigm Shift
New jersey Banker, Issue 2, 2022 - The Kafafian Group Enters Strategic Alliance with KlariVis
businesswire, March 18, 2021 - DLP Acquisition of Sunnyside Bancorp
S&P Global Market Intelligence March 16, 2021 - M&T Bank Agrees To Acquire People’s United Financial In Latest Tie-Up Of Regional Lenders
Forbes, February 22, 2021 - Expect surge in mergers of equals in ’21, industry veteran says
American Banker, January 13, 2021 - How the #$%& Do You Build Your 2021 Strategic Plan During COVID-19?
The Financial Brand Newsletter, October 13, 2020 - The Pandemic, the Banking Industry, and Change
PICPA CPA Now, September 14, 2020 - Credit union earnings could be depressed for the long haul
Credit Union Journal, August 13, 2020 - Credit unions are being flooded with deposits. What do they do now?
American Banker, June 22, 2020 - Pa. bank needed coronavirus shields. Good thing its CEO had a connection
American Banker, June 1, 2020 - Big banks’ earnings could hold coronavirus warnings for credit unions
CU Journal, April 20, 2020 - Vive La Resolution!
FMS forward, First Quarter 2020 - Endangered Species of Banking
ABA Banking Journal, January 3, 2020
2015-2019
- Merger Math: Earning Your Right to Remain Independent
New Jersey Banker, Fall 2019 - Best rates for deposits? Think again
Credit Union Journal, October 22, 2019 - Consulting-focused firm lands sizable bank M&A tombstone
S&P Global Market Intelligence September 26, 2019 - The Pulse of Profitability
FMS forward July/August 2019 - Don’t Blink: Are Retail Deposits Getting Away From Us?
PACB Transactions June 2018 - The Digital Dynamic
FMS forward, May/June 2018 - Brand Ambition: When A Bank Outgrows Its Name
American Banker May 2, 2018 - Bankers: Ask What Customers Want. Then Do That.
BS: Focus on Execution First
Precision Lender Purposeful Banker Podcast February 2018 - Leaders Wanted: Now More Than Ever
ABA Bank Marketing, January 23, 2018 - The Merger Market
FMS forward, January/February 2018 - Johnstown Credit Unions to Merge
The Tribune-Democrat, December 11, 2017 - Using Management Information to Make Informed Decisions
PICPA CPA Conversations Podcast, August 15, 2017 - Is CRA Working?
New Jersey Banker, Fall 2016 - Perspectives on Profitability
FMS Update, July 19, 2016 - Forming a Partnership with Fintech
ABA Bank Marketing ezine, June 7, 2016 - Valuations and the Banking Industry – More than a Feeling
FMS Perspectives, May 12, 2016 - Connect ROI/ROE with the C-Suite
ABABankMarketing.com, March 22, 2016 - Align Culture with Your Growing Revenue Imperative
American Bankers Association Bank Marketing & Sales, September 2015 - Linking Accountability to Strategy
BAI Banking Strategies, July 5, 2015 - Grow Your Own Small-Business Loan Platform
American Bankers Association Bank Marketing & Sales, April 2015 - How About Profits at the Branch of the Future?
paBanker Magazine, March-April 2015 - What’s the Real Reason Square 1 Is Selling to PacWest?
American Banker, Bank Think, March 2015 - Ten Things Banks Should Do, But Generally Don’t
BAI Banking Strategies, January 2015
2010-2014
- Get Serious About Retail Investment Sales
American Bankers Association Bank Marketing & Sales, November 2014 - BB&T Buys Susquehanna
TKG Quick Hitter, December 2014 - Wanna Buy A Bank?
New Jersey Banker, Spring 2014 - Why Training Should Report to Marketing
American Bankers Association Bank Marketing & Sales, June 2014 - Strengthening Your Core
American Bankers Association Bank Marketing & Sales, May 2014 - Three Risk Issues Troubling Bankers
American Banker, April 15, 2014 - Grow Revenue by Using the Right Branch Incentives
American Bankers Association Marketing Network, January – February 2014 - How Some Small Banks Thrive in a Tough Environment
American Banker, December 31, 2013 - Susquehanna Deal a Branch Cost-Cut Model
American Banker, December 30, 2013 - Bank Population Shrinking Fast Amid Lull in Startups
American Banker, September 6, 2013 - Business Checking–Not Profitable
Financial Managers’ Society, April 5, 2013 - Product Profitability-Out of the Shadows
American Bankers Association, September 25, 2013 - Feeling the Squeeze
Reading Eagle Business Weekly, November 20, 2012 - Volcker Rule Wrangling Shouldn’t Affect Smaller Lehigh Valley Banks
Lehigh Valley Business Journal, September 28, 2012 - Economies of Scale: How to achieve positive operating leverage
Financial Managers’ Society White Paper, May 2011 - Community Bank M&A Picking Up As Seller Expectations Come Down
American Banker, Friday, November 24, 2010 - How to Promote Your Bank’s Image With Social Media
PACB Newsletter, October 2010 - Why We Don’t Need Any More Bank Charters (Op-Ed)
U.S. Banker, July 2010
1997-2008
- ‘Need’ Becomes Relative with Treasury Cash in Play
American Banker, Wednesday, November 3, 2008 - Profitability Reporting as a Strategic Tool
Bank Accounting and Finance, August – September 2008 - How to Best Combat Encroachment? Specialize
American Banker, Tuesday, January 28, 2008 - Tying Management Information To The Front Line
Bank Accounting and Finance, December 2006 – January 2007 - Managing Spreads Through Funds Transfer Pricing
American Banker, June 6, 2006 - Extra Value: Cross-Selling Not An End Unto Itself
American Banker, January 2005 - Is Your Bank Cross-Selling Profitably?
CBANYS: Community Bankers’ Association of New York State, Winter 2004-2005 - Home Equity Loans: The Next Commodity
PA Banker Magazine, September/October 2005 - Community Banking: Measuring Your Profitability, Piece By Piece
American Banker, Tuesday, June 5, 2005 - Why Director Training is Important and What Kind of Board Is Yours
PA Banker Magazine, September 16, 2004 - Lead Like Lincoln
PA Association of Community Bankers – Bottom Line News to Use, February 2004 - Fee Income
PA Association of Community Bankers Newsletter, October 27, 2003 - What Works and Doesn’t in MIS Development
American Banker Community Banking Special Report, March 2003 - When Outside Help Is A Good Idea
American Banker, January 2, 2003 - Consultant Kafafian Severs Investment Banking Ties
American Banker Community Banking Special Report, January 2002 - Good Planning Now Means Sorting In Detail
American Banker Community Banking Special Report, September 2001 - Bottom Line, Accounting Is Not For Accountants Only
American Banker, May 29, 2001 - Helping Bank Clients Interpret Profitability Data
American Banker Community Banking Special Report, January 2001 - Knowing Costs is Half the Job; Banks Must Also Take Action
American Banker, July 14, 1998 - All Kidding Aside, Consultants Advice Doesn’t Have To Be A Laughing Matter
American Banker, February 10, 1998 - A New IPO Play Developing in Mutual Insurance Companies
American Banker, March 17, 1997