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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

Customer contact centers are reshaping retail service for the technology age. Certainly for the largest banks, contact centers are evolving into digital retail centers, managing new digital channels to handle more customer support activities previously conducted in-person at branches. By Phil Britt. Sure, call me if you want.

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Efficiency now: 8 smart strategy tips

Independent Banker

Consider your branch strategy. Assessing the value of bank branches is an exercise that began long before the pandemic, but vaccine and mask mandates added new considerations to the debate. Why should you, as a community banker, carry [a branch with little business] with all of these headwinds?”

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