Banking, Zombies, and World War Z
World War Z is the popular novel and now movie about zombies attacking around the world. Despite being written by Max Brooks, the son of Mel Brooks, the story presents…
Raises issues for senior management consideration, including organization, compensation, and macro topics.
World War Z is the popular novel and now movie about zombies attacking around the world. Despite being written by Max Brooks, the son of Mel Brooks, the story presents…
More than ever, a significant portion of FIC’s work centers on issues related to internal bank conflicts and barriers to change. Instead of looking outward to define new market segments…
A New Year with new starts for all. What should banks be doing? In no particular order: 1. Remember Shakespeare. He famously wrote, “First, let’s kill all the lawyers.”…
As you recall, 2012 turned out to be a better year for many banks than had been expected. In many cases additional lowering of provisions due to continually improving credits,…
A colleague, one who served both in the Vietnam and the banking industry emailed the following: “A friend of mine who reads lots of military history observes that the officers…
While summers are definitely more intense from a work perspective than they were 15-20 years ago, there is no doubt that post-Labor Day marks the time when banks and their…
At some of our client banks, the budgeting process has already begun or will begin over the next few weeks. Budgeting can be a big productivity killer; we have seen…
We apologize for our company’s email outage last week. If you sent an email to us and did not receive a reply, please resend it to my address at cwendel@ficinc.com…
Has the American consumers’ attitude toward credit and their view of personal responsibility for debt fundamentally changed? At least for a significant percentage of customers it has. However, many analysts…
Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal offered a headline that most banks instinctively know: “Banking Whales Leave Minnows Behind.” The big are getting bigger while smaller banks risk becoming irrelevant to an…