Full Pipelines Solve Problems
Printer-friendly version (PDF) This title quotes a client’s comment about the businesses he and his colleagues run at a major bank. If you add the word “quality” before pipeline, making…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) This title quotes a client’s comment about the businesses he and his colleagues run at a major bank. If you add the word “quality” before pipeline, making…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) My last two newsletters provided a deposit checklist and some valuable deposit-related insights by two bankers/consultants with long experience related to deposit gathering. This final deposit newsletter…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Given the response to last week’s newsletter and the importance of the topic, deposit gathering merits a follow-up newsletter. In a note commenting on FIC’s prior newsletter…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Before becoming too distracted by Fintech, Regtech, AI, block chain, bit coins, augmented reality, and other innovative IT-based options available to banks, senior management and its Board…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) At the end of 2016 and in early 2017, I attended several conferences at which prominent experts stated that 2017 was going to be the year of…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Each quarter my colleague, Bob Browne, sends out the most recent FDIC bank performance data to clients and friends. For any investor or analyst, this database of…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Beyond emailing a newsletter, what does FIC do? Despite operating for more than 20 years, I often come across colleagues and potential clients who are unclear about…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Banks, both big and small, now have an unparalled opportunity to work with third-party Fintech-oriented players in multiple areas. But, many, if not most, banks are missing…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Many banks may need to take a pause before getting too focused on becoming “Fintechs” or “digital banks.” First, they should reexamine their fundamental approach to customer…
Printer-friendly version (PDF) One of the major management challenges faced by senior bankers today concerns their ability to balance the two worlds in which they operate. They need to support…