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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

Gonzobanker

We can’t sleep on non-bank competition, bigger banks controlling even greater market share, or big tech and embedded finance. Concerns about successors to today’s executive leadership teams dominated many presentations. Well, we’re in 2024 and let’s talk about that “promising outlook” that seems to be building toward Q3.

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Developing leaders in mortgage lending – Navigating uncertainty with leadership strategies

Independent Banker

The question is whether financial institutions will feel the positive impact of the current indicators or if uncertainty and volatility in the mortgage market will prevail. percent through 2024—a number above the long-term growth rate of 2 percent–what should be of interest to lenders during this time is the direction of interest rates.

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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

Within the story are multiple lessons on dealing with the theory of constraints, choosing key performance indicators, organizational dysfunction, management, and leadership. Anthony has written eight bestsellers and offers an inspiring take on leadership. This book will be needed by bank CEOs in 2024.

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Change management in banks and credit unions: A key to success

Abrigo

Specifically, examiners are directed to assess how banks are implementing significant changes in the following four areas: Leadership Operations Risk management frameworks Business activities (including the use of third parties to support critical activities).

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Conference Alert: New Fintech Event to Focus on AI (duh!)

Fintech Labs Insights

. – But there is another event debuting this year that I completely get, Fin + AI 2024 It could easily become a fixture on the fintech conference circuit. This time around he’s going after an even bigger market, AI in financial services.

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President's Day: The Great Refrainer

Jeff For Banks

It is with this admiration of our 30th president, the Great Refrainer, the one that presided over the Roaring Twenties when life improved significantly for all Americans, that I read the official results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey administered by professors from the University of Housten and Coastal Carolina University.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Expect more deals to be announced in 2024. Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Credit Union) – Spire Credit Union and Hiway Credit Union put 2+2 together to make a $4 billion institution in the Minnesota market. The “Giant Sucking Sound” Award – goes to the swell of funds leaving banking and ballooning money market mutual funds.

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