Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

He exemplifies the best of next generation bank leadership, with eyes wide open to the next iteration of banking in our rapidly changing environment. 2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The housing industry, and mortgage banking revenue, came to a stop. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Employees are back to work. Or maybe two or three days a week. We are in awe.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Name: Lexicon Bank. Photo by Sammy Tillery. Assets: $237.6

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Bank Deal of the Year. With prices rational and revenue pinched, there were some nice acquisitions by many banks. Bancorp for grabbing MUFG Union Bank. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Federal banking regulators are always alert to emerging safety and soundness issues. Consumers and business rely on local banks to meet their financial service needs. Curry, U.S. Comptroller of the currency. An interview with U.S.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Having worked in banking for nearly 23 years and having been preceded in executive leadership by my father and grandfather at our family’s community bank, I have repeatedly heard similar statements from our mortgage customers. It upsets them, too. To say that we’re overregulated is a huge understatement!

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so in 2020. As a reference, the best SIFI bank in five-year total return this year was JPMorgan Chase at 82nd overall. My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. Its headquarters is the only location.

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Abrigo

JULY 23, 2021

The regulations are forthcoming, but institutions now should begin the process of performing a threat-focused risk assessment which will guide them where to focus their efforts. It is a concept that we have all heard of, however, the concept remains somewhat of a mystery in the community bank world.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

THE BANKING AWARDS. Charles Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo – We have to give a nod to the individual tapped to restore the reputation and culture of such a legendary bank. Bank Lifetime Achievement Awards. Brutal competition is an everyday affair, as are product and price commoditization. But that’s for next year.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Heavy-handed regulators. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. 16 passing of Robert Wilmers, chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank Corp. Heavy core conversions weighing us down.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

FICO

MAY 6, 2020

The media has been giving banks a lot of bad press for how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was handled. While small businesses are scrambling to obtain emergency funding, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed some of the shortcomings of the big bank system. This is the story and timeline of a small banker’s experience with PPP loans.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The Trump effect on big banks — particularly their stock prices — has gotten an awful lot of play in the last week or two. But more quietly, America’s small banks and small bankers have been gearing up to get excited for the forthcoming changing of the guard.

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