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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Efficiencies Through Robotics – Five Star Bank’s Journey
What sets community banks apart from superregional and global banks is the personal touch. However, these banks often struggle to provide a consistent customer experience—requiring large front lines and operations…
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Consolidation Across the Nation – Trends and Takeaways for your Branch Network
Introduction. For many years, bank delivery models have been transforming due to massive digital adoption, which was accelerated in 2020 with no sign of looking back. A recent survey (Novantas) indicated…
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Virginia is for Mergers: Insights on the MOE Trend in Banking – an interview with two dynamic CEOs in Southern Virginia
Charlottesville, VA-based Blue Ridge Bankshares and Richmond, VA-based Bay Banks of Virginia announced a $100 million merger on August 13th. This MOE marks a possible trend that may be more…
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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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Community Banking Through the Private Equity Lens Investors Weigh in on the State of the Industry
The Travillian Group hosted two top private equity investors, David Honold from Patriot Financial Partners and Tony Scavuzzo from Castle Creek Capital, in a discussion about the current state of the banking industry and…
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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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Three Key Trends That Emerged from Bank Earnings Season
Of the 133 out of 164 banks with greater than $5B in assets that have reported so far, 58% exceeded consensus expectations for 2Q20. Bank stocks have bumped around but…
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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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Gazing into the Bank M&A Crystal Ball
While I have resided in bigger cities since high school, I grew up in a small town in the South. Fishing, either from the shore or a small boat was…
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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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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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