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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Solving the Digital Riddle Aligning Your Bank’s Strategy, Culture & Talent

The Travillian Group was proud to host four industry innovators in a discussion about their experience solving the “digital riddle”. We spoke about how to successfully implement a digital strategy…

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The Secrets of Their Success: Profiling Three Florida Banks CEOs

Leadership is situational but always involves some combination of the following competencies: Transformational Leadership Charismatic Leadership  Analytical Thinking Information and Intelligence Gathering Communication Decision Making Motivation and Commitment Adaptability and…

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A Conversation with Brian Love

Brian Love, Head of Travillian’s Depository Search team, participated in an interview with Tom Bengtson, publisher of Bankbeat.biz/BankBeat Magazine, and the two covered subjects regarding talent, succession planning, and hiring…

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Inspiring the Troops – Real Stories of Bank Leadership in a Crisis and ​the Benefits ​to Employees and Customers

This is the inaugural article of Travillian’s original content emphasizing the “human element” to the banking industry. The dilemma: At a time when COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in our personal…

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A Bridge Over ​Troubled Water: A Timely Q&A with the CEO & the Marketing ​Communications Director of Washington Federal, A True Innovator In Community Banking

Washington Federal ($16.4B; Seattle, WA) has made news recently for its Small Business Lifeline loan program, designed to help both current and new customers get through current economic turbulence. Recently,…

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