SVB/SBNY – Insiders Take on the Lead Up to Failure, Auction Process and Suggested FDIC Insurance Revisions
With the credible perspective very few possess, Hernan Hernandez sheds light on this past weekend’s wild events which shockingly led to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failing. Joined by…
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Community Banks & The Battle for Fee Income
As the fight for fee income intensifies, community banks are looking for new ways to compete in an ever-changing landscape. Larger banks are eliminating overdraft, ATM, and other fees that…
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A Fintech / Bank Relationship Shouldn’t Be a Pain in the BaaS
In the dynamic world of banking and fintech partnerships, collaboration is key to achieving success and growth. Similar to the importance of building strong relationships in your personal life, BaaS…
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The Green Scene: Cannabis and Community Banks
As the legal cannabis market continues to grow, many community banks and credit unions are looking for ways to support this thriving industry. Banking cannabis brings its own set of…
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How Banks Can Navigate Gray Skies and Seize Opportunity in 2023
Nate Mittag and Frank Sorrentino, Managing Directors of FIG at Stephens, joined Brian Love, Head of Banking and Fintech at Travillian, in a conversation about the state of the community…
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CEOs of the Highest Valued Banks Reveal Their Recipe for Success
Two of the most well-respected CEO’s in the banking industry – Community Bank System’s Mark Tryniski and ServisFirst Bancshares’ Tom Broughton – join Brian Love, Head of Banking & Fintech…
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Banking on an Embedded Future: A Conversation with Sarah Howell, SVP Partner Programs at Infinant
Embedded Banking. Banking-as-a-Service. Embedded Finance. Whatever you want to call it, banks are both excited and skeptical about the recent upsurge in the adoption of this initiative. BaaS can lead…
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Back to the Rate Race: Banks Must Rebuild Their Deposit Relationship Muscles
Banks are faced with two disparate pictures when they look at their cost of funds in 2022. Funding costs are not exploding, thus far anyway, from the highest performing banks…
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The Highest Valued Bank Stocks Share Some Surprising Traits
Why are certain banks consistently valued highest by investors? We recently presented to the Board of Directors of a community bank and in preparation for the discussion, we were asked…
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The Alamo for Community Banks: A Conversation with Matthew Smith – Director of Strategic Initiatives for Independent Banks Association of Texas (IBAT)
As with the Alamo, opposition is coming from all angles these days for community banks. Fintechs, megabanks, Wall Street, Big Tech, and even Walmart all have the advantage of investing billions…
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Is Your Bank’s Risk & Compliance Talent Focusing on the Right Things: A Conversation with Coastal Financial Corporation’s Curt Queyrouze & Andrew Stines
Risk and Compliance has always been a critical function for community banks, especially so today when tech-forward banks are involved in complicated BaaS and embedded finance partnerships with fintechs and…
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Succession Planning: Be Proactive. Be Collaborative. And Do It Now.
Brian Love, Head of Banking & Fintech at Travillian, and Jeff Cardone, Partner at Luse Gorman, chat primarily about how community banks should be thinking about their succession planning. Still an…
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3 Community Bankers Weigh in on the Magnitude of Independence
Community banks are intrinsically woven into the fabric of American society. They provide an array of valuable services, not the least of which includes being the financial catalyst for a…
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If You Build It, They Will Come: Iowa Bank Wins Over Fintech Rancher and Risk Maestro
Travillian Tech-Forward Bank Index Profile I The Zac Brown Band sings about everybody being in the “same boat, fishing in the same hole.” In that case, Reinbeck, Iowa-based Lincoln Savings…
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