South State Correspondent
JANUARY 16, 2024
Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. Some bankers will soon hear about another example of banks using derivatives that, unfortunately, will lead to losses. No ISDA documents.
South State Correspondent
MARCH 30, 2023
While banks lose money on many CD-only customers, and CD-only customers have a relatively short average life, a niche customer, such as a church, is almost always profitable because the bank has much higher retention rates and the average niche customer uses an average of four bank products.
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South State Correspondent
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Sunday Programming: consisted of a federal lobbying track, AI Summit, Small Business, Fraud, running a fintech, cannabis banking, and modernizing the banking core system. The topics were perfect, and there were some great case studies, but the substance was standard, bordering on underwhelming.
Jeff For Banks
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Having Ciaran onstage with Laura as a case study added credibility to the presentation. Suncrest started in 2008 with a $19 million capital raise, and did three small follow-ons of $5, $8, and $7 million to support growth. Ten years after opening Suncrest did another $25 million raise led by p/e firm Castle Creek Capital LLC.
Jeff For Banks
MARCH 5, 2021
A bank trade association CEO asked me a couple of questions while he was researching an op-ed piece. Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The edited Q&A is below.
South State Correspondent
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Link insights to all community banking growth strategies and market activation so that multicultural banking becomes ingrained in all products, services, and marketing and is not a standalone effort. This effort looks like more multicultural events, targeted education, and tailored products for both banks.
Social Assurance
MAY 7, 2021
Financial banking looked a little different this past year. The COVID-19 pandemic presented community banks with a unique set of challenges – but also opportunities. Necessity forced many institutions to think outside the box and develop innovative approaches to helping their community. TrustTexas Bank Case Study.
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