September, 2011

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #1 BofI Holdings Inc.

Jeff For Banks

'I was recently moderating a strategic planning discussion with a multi-billion dollar in assets financial institution. During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking. But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.

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Our Finest Hour

Jeff For Banks

'Things look grim for us: community financial institutions (collectively, "banks") and those that serve those august institutions. We lost the mortgage business a generation ago to category killers like Countrywide, Golden West, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac and the mortgage brokers that fed the beast. When the beast collapsed, we inexplicably donned the bullseye of blame.

Phoenix 72
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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #2 Signature Bank

Jeff For Banks

'I was recently moderating a strategic planning discussion with a multi-billion dollar in assets financial institution. During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking. But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #5 - German American Bancorp

Jeff For Banks

'I was recently moderating a strategic planning discussion with a multi-billion dollar in assets financial institution. During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking. But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.

Indiana 68
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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #3 ESB Financial Corporation

Jeff For Banks

'I was recently moderating a strategic planning discussion with a multi-billion dollar in assets financial institution. During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking. But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.