Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

Indeed, since the banking laws that were spawned from the Great Depression, banking has been stable, reliable, and boring. I know, my first job in banking in 1985 at Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania was making microfiche. First Internet Bank in Indiana was founded in 1998. I'm bullish on community banking.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. The poor payroll and benefits coordinator!

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In the chart below, derived from The Kafafian Group’s (TKG) peer database of hundreds of community bank branches, we see that the revenue generated from deposit spreads, asset spreads (typically consumer loans), and fees (typically deposit fees) as a percent of branch deposits averaged 2.08% for commercial banks and 1.88% for thrifts during 2014.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 21, 2011

But there are exceptions, such as how Wayne Bank in Honesdale, Pennsylvania implemented a leadership change flawlessly. Lastly and possibly more importantly, FIs have needed capital during the past few years as loan problems and operating losses have reduced industry capital ratios.

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American Banker

AUGUST 8, 2016

NexTier Bank in Butler, Pa., has tapped its chief operating officer as its next leader.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

It is the Mountlake Terrace, Washington holding company for 1st Security Bank, a $1.7 billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Here's another bank that I'm happy to see on the list. It is the $888 million holding company for Plumas Bank. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Nor do they perform worse." ~ Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania Do you know how difficult my life might become for the above quote? I have observed that the best functioning boards are not dominated by one or two voices, that operate at the level of what a board should operate at, and challenge each other and management.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The Pennsylvania company has redoubled its outreach to low- and moderate-income consumers by partnering with Operation Hope on a down payment assistance program and naming a veteran banker to the newly created post of director of fair and responsible banking.

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Banking 2020

AUGUST 24, 2015

For community banks or credit unions who are thinking about search, what would you say is the easiest way for someone to get started with a program? Prior to joining Digital Insight, Sabrina spent 10 years at digital agencies and consulting firms, where her clients included financial services firms such as JPMorgan Chase and PNC Bank.

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Banking 2020

AUGUST 18, 2015

For community banks or credit unions who are thinking about search, what would you say is the easiest way for someone to get started with a program? Prior to joining Digital Insight, Sabrina spent 10 years at digital agencies and consulting firms, where her clients included financial services firms such as JPMorgan Chase and PNC Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve. We draft your plan based on data, interviews and a group retreat.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 14, 2021

Did we undertake a bankwide process improvement to ensure as we grew the bank achieved positive operating leverage that accelerated earnings and therefore capital? J4B Take : The greatest uncertainty facing community banking is relevance. Did we keep the dividend steady so we can accumulate ever more retained earnings?

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 9, 2014

In fact, when I searched (via Bing) "Washington Trust Bank", a $4.7 billion in asset community bank based in Spokane and founded in 1902, I had 74,900 hits. Strategy team''s perform a Situation Analysis prior to developing bank strategy, surveying reams of facts to get an accurate assessment of their operating environment.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2024

CEO Tim Antonition has literally gone from teller to top chair in his 34-year career with the credit union, and hes been a student of efficient operations. non-interest expense/asset ratio in a full-service community credit union. GonzoBanker of the Year (Regional Bank) goes to Kevin Blair of Synovus Financial Corp.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Sale of the Year – Scott Custer, Terry Earley and the gang at Yadkin Bank for their successful sale to FNB Pennsylvania and the creation of a new regional power in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. From Hancock Bank’s Jennifer Wilson at FIS Connect. The big bang project is over.” Check it out on YouTube. see [link] ).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Sale of the Year – Scott Custer, Terry Earley and the gang at Yadkin Bank for their successful sale to FNB Pennsylvania and the creation of a new regional power in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. From Hancock Bank’s Jennifer Wilson at FIS Connect. The big bang project is over.” Check it out on YouTube.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Drones On the night of December 12 th , I saw reports from friends that they were personally seeing (and some videoing) the drones that have been filling the skies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Are they scanning for radiation, spying for the Iranians or Chinese, or just crazy operators who like to fly drones at night? Stay tuned!

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