Jeff For Banks
MARCH 10, 2012
'I recently taught Bank Profitability to a Washington Bankers'' school. As part of the curriculum, we discussed the cost structure of financial institutions and how it impacts decision making. True to the subject, we discussed using product profitability data to make decisions. For example, if a product is unprofitable, should we make changes to it or cut our losses?
Money and Payments
MARCH 30, 2012
'The Digital Money Forum is an event that this year reached it''s 15th anniversary. And a special event it is. My previous visit to the Forum was probably some ten years ago, when everyone was pretty much into the e-money way of life. But technology, money and society continue to develop and that''s where Dave Birch and his team of Consult Hyperion come in.
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Jeff For Banks
MARCH 4, 2012
'I frequently hear lamentations about the gap between the performance expectations of community financial institution (FI) personnel and performance results. A frequent challenge is that performance expectations are not documented in the form of job descriptions. Instead, expectations are often trapped between the ears of the supervisor or senior management.
Jeff For Banks
MARCH 24, 2012
'SNL Financial LP does an annual ranking of best performing banks using six core financial performance metrics that focus on profitability, asset quality and growth for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, 2011. SNL measured each company''s standard deviation from the mean of each metric. The standard deviations, which were each equally weighted, were then added together to calculate a performance score for each company.
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Jeff For Banks
MARCH 20, 2012
'I regularly attend industry conferences and occasionally will particpate as an exhibitor. One of the benefits of spending long hours in the exhibit hall is to take advantage of the industry expertise plainly evident as you roam the aisles. Today a financial institution CFO asked what we thought about measuring the profitability of certain niches, or SEGs in credit union parlance.
Money and Payments
MARCH 7, 2012
'As many of you may know, the Netherlands are now in a final stage of migrating from the Dutch POS-system PIN to the international card scheme Maestro. And as a part of this migration, Rabobank has changed the looks of the card. Given the fact that chip-terminals require a dip of the card, Rabo has moved its cardholder from a landscape to portrait design.
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