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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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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Updates on the PPP – Insights, Forgiveness and Unknowns
It’s been up to our nation’s banks – small and large – to administer the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Plan and deliver aid to small businesses, by keeping their workforces gainfully…
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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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Stepping Up for the PPP – A Day in a Banker’s Life
Community banks were handed a seemingly insurmountable task in late March: design and implement processes to execute the US Treasury and SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. Some banks lacked the requisite…
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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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