Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

'This blog post idea occurred to me several months ago but I have been hesitant to commit to print. My first inclination was to describe the main characters of the drama without actually naming them. This stems from the age-old maxim, "if you don''t have something nice to say.". But the third quarter improvement to profitability by both banks represents a return to the way it has been over the past decade. the smaller bank outperforms the larger one.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

'Banking has taken a beating in the media and court of public opinion in the past two years. Some of it has been unfair, particularly with how banks were associated with subprime mortgages (very few were originated by banks) and how community banks were lumped in with the practices of very large financial institutions (FIs). But if we are to be honest with ourselves, some of it is deserved and we should take positive steps to repair our image, better serve our customers, and lead us into the fut

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

'A The title of this book compelled me to read it, and I''m a better consultant for having done so. Strategy consultants such as me focus on keeping clients at least 10,000 feet up when discussing where we want to go in the next five years. But this doesn''t mean that our knowledge base shouldn''t be in the weeds. This book does a deep dive into the weeds of balance sheet management.

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