Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Quarterly Financial Markets & Economic Update- October, 2017 I love this time of year. The markets have not given way to anything, with long term bonds still trading in a tight range and short term rates having risen from Fed action. Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. What Does the Economy Need?

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 1, 2017

At a recent banking conference, Ray Davis of Umpqua Bank took center stage to tell of his journey from a small, Oregon community bank to a regional powerhouse. What sparked this post was a recent article in ababankmarketing.com written by Mark Gibson and Kevin Halsey of Capital Performance Group in Washington DC. I thought, Why?

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FICO

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) has long been a concern to many organizations that are frustrated by their inability to effectively use modern technology to communicate with their customers or members. The road to modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act will include some speed bumps. by Daniel Nestel.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 31, 2017

I read a recent interview of Members 1st Credit Union CEO Bob Marquette by S&P Global Market Intelligence (link requires subscription). I also believe that branches can be developed as competitive advantages for community financial institutions. If your market wants business acumen from your branch employees, can they do it?

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Especially if I believe community banks must increasingly be known for some niche to differentiate. Fidelity Southern Corporation (Nasdaq: LION) One of the largest bank holding companies in the Atlanta area, you would first think that Fidelity Southern is the first plain vanilla community bank in the Top 5. But you would be wrong.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. It will never regain its IPO value and it trades at one-third the market cap of LendingTree. Payments chaos.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Below is our curated list of the best global banking tech events and conferences in 2023.

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