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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

Banks that are looking to enhance their risk management practices should consider incorporating the concept of the velocity of risk into their enterprise-wide risk management practices. In this age of social media, global interconnectedness, and market volatility, banks can be one tweet torrent away from a lightning-fast onset of risk.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

In 2013 there were 246 bank and thrift merger and acquisition deals announced, the highest number since 2007 when there were 318 deals. This all comes with fewer banks than there were in 2007. And what is social media? What is driving deal volume? Our combination.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Between 1980 and 1995, more than 2,900 banks and thrifts with collective assets of more than $2.2 More recently and by comparison, the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis took down more than 500 banks between 2007 and 2014, with total assets of nearly $959 billion. trillion failed. What caused it?

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FinDEVr Live: “No Stack Banking” from Fidor Bank Helps Developers Build New Digital Banking Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Fidor Bank introduced community banking more than five years ago and were early enablers of Bitcoin and Ripple. Now we are the first bank to offer open RESTful APIs secured with OAuth2.0, Fidor Bank is a fully licensed online bank with both a user-oriented and tech-driven mindset.

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Gonzo Goes to BAI Retail Delivery 2014: Sweet Home Chicago?

Gonzobanker

Broadway Bank’s Jimmy Allen told a fun story about how Broadway’s universal bankers communicated across the branch with hand signals that would make any third base coach proud. Barclaycard discussed its social media and crowdsourcing, including a site where customers share travel stories and openly discuss product options.

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