FinTech Strategy Check: Three Bank Executives Share Recipes for Success

Three trailblazing bank executives, Larry Mazza (CEO, MVB Financial), Eric Sprink (CEO, Coastal Financial Corporation) and Charles “Chuck” Shaffer (CEO and Director, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida) have been ahead of the pack in their banks’…

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Steven Hunter, Director of Strategic Risk Modeling at South State Bank, talks to Brian Love of Travillian NEXT

Travillian NEXT proudly hosts an emerging leader, South State Bank’s Director of Strategic Risk Modeling, Steven Hunter. By way of their massive merger with CenterState Bank earlier this year, Steven is at the epicenter of…

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A Conversation with Jeff Cardone: Keeping Your Bank Proactive with Growth, Capital Planning and Succession

Travillian’s Head of Depository Search, Brian Love, spoke with Jeff Cardone (Partner, Luse Gorman), about how banks need to be proactive in this tumultuous economic climate. The two also covered M&A and hot-button topics…

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Are Share Repurchases a Good Idea? Considerations for Management Teams – When to Execute And What to Anticipate

“Stock buybacks, though sometimes misused, are an important tool that businesses must have to reallocate excess capital.” – Jamie Dimon, 2018 Shareholder Letter  Backdrop on Share Repurchases. With slower loan growth likely and…

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Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged – ​Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Edition: Strategies, Advice, and M&A in a Revenue-Challenged Environment

The Travillian Group hosted three top Northeast and Mid-Atlantic focused depository investment bankers in a discussion about how they’re advising their bank clients today. Topics included M&A, strategies around operational…

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Talent and Strategy Will Help Banking Evolve

The Travillian Group’s Depository Search team, Brian Love and Keith Daly, joined Bryan Claggett’s Bad Ass Banking webcast in a casual, fun conversation about the intersection of talent and innovation…

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Credit Quality in a COVID World: It’s All About the Shape of the Recovery

Stress Testing and Planning for the Current Environment “The world has a habit of going on.” – Woodrow Wilson Backdrop Investors spent the last few years debating the cause of…

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A Conversation About Credit Risk

Brian Love, TTG’s Head of Depository Search, and Brett Rabatin, TTG’s Head of Strategy, spoke with Jim Costa, TCF Financial’s CRO/CCO. The three spoke about credit risk and how the…

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The Transformation Catalyst? – Digital Strategy Thrust to the Forefront

We are in the middle of a digital revolution, yet technology is nothing new to banking.  Magnetic strips and ATMs have been around since the 1960s, and, incredibly, online banking…

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