Back to Basics: The Branch, Part Two
Executive summary. Banks continue to struggle with how to actively engage branches in selling to small businesses. Typically, management focuses on one or two discrete areas (for example, training and…
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Executive summary. Banks continue to struggle with how to actively engage branches in selling to small businesses. Typically, management focuses on one or two discrete areas (for example, training and…
Executive Summary: Most banks have had limited success in transforming their branches into sales offices. One reason: management focuses on limited initiatives that usually prove inadequate to drive long-term change….
Excuses. Many bankers, including senior managers, are extremely good at coming up with reasons not to take action. Some examples: “It’s been tried before and failed.” “It does not fit…
Our last newsletter highlighted some of the factors that we expect will result in low-to-zero growth for much of the banking industry in 2007. However, as is always the case,…
Based upon conversations with clients, prospects, and industry observers, including analysts and reporters, 2007 is shaping up as a very tough year for the U.S. banking industry. Many banks will…
Today, an increasing number of banks operate with a geographic structure rather than a functional approach. Of course, many community banks have always operated with such a structure. Branch or…
In years past, by September senior bankers seemed to be focusing more on planning for the following year than exploring how to get more revenues during the few months that…
The higher rate environment is resulting in banks placing increased focus on deposit retention and generation. Last week’s Wall Street Journal highlighted what it viewed as the negative…
This is an unsettled economic environment for banks. Generating growth on the bottom line is tougher than ever; ironically, senior management seems to have too many, rather than too few,…
The New Year brings with it the end of the era of easy money in banking. By this we mean that some of the foundations of revenue growth and profitability…