Jeff For Banks

APRIL 9, 2019

I ask and ask and ask: what does brand get you? Forbes calculated brand value in their " World's Most Valuable Brands " by taking anything that a company achieves over an 8% return on equity. What if the company is more capital intensive, and has to carry more capital than other companies? i.e. brand.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. A bank can build a brand that will slow margin shrinkage down, but it will not stop it. We sat through almost every presentation and took pages of notes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The analyst community balked at longer-term questions about the company’s liquidity even though 2019 was the company’s sixth straight year of triple-digit revenue growth with over 177,000 cars delivered and just shy of $4 billion in revenue. billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. New Markets. Ontario (L.A.),

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Long Lasting Ideas

MARCH 1, 2016

Happy bankers also engage with the community beyond the branch’s four walls. pays employees to volunteer in the community, provides a generous 401k match and contributes to an employee stock ownership initiative. And there’s little things that make a difference in communicating the bank’s brand. HomeBanc in Tampa, Fla.,

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Randy Stevens , CEO , First Farmers and Merchants Bank , Nashville TN. Like how does that play into our communities? 82% to over 2.3% Inspirational?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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