Back to the Rate Race: Banks Must Rebuild Their Deposit Relationship Muscles

Banks are faced with two disparate pictures when they look at their cost of funds in 2022. Funding costs are not exploding, thus far anyway, from the highest performing banks…

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Investigate Your Investors: How Investor Relations Can Help Drive Long-Term Value / Written by Diane Fitzgibbons

Investor relations (“IR”) is the process of communicating with the financial industry, including investors, analysts, traders, portfolio managers and media. IR is the discipline designed to establish and maintain strong corporate…

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2021 Mid-Year Banking and Fintech Marketing Roundup

A very strong economy is providing a tailwind for bank fundamentals, and we are increasingly encouraged. While the vigorousness of the economic recovery is likely to vary across the country, the…

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Russell Reconstitution Update: Need to Knows – Volatility, Programmatic Selling & the M&A Effect

This has been a unique year in many ways, and that certainly applies to the upcoming reconstitution of the Russell U.S. Indexes.  As we’ve discussed at length in prior updates,…

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The Countdown To Travillian’s Tech-Forward Bank Index

With 1Q bank earnings season now just about behind us, on May 19th, we will be announcing the first group of banks that will comprise The Travillian Group’s Tech-Forward Bank…

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Announcing The Travillian Group’s ​Tech-Forward Bank Index

We look forward to unveiling our list of tech-forward banks, so keep a close eye out for the debut of the Index later this month!  What is The Travillian Group’s Tech-Forward Bank…

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A​ttorneys on Banking and FinTech A Conversation with Erin Fonté , Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth & Dara Tarkowski, Founding Partner at Actuate Law LLC

Erin Fonté, Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, and Dara Tarkowski, Founding Partner at Actuate Law LLC, join The Travillian Group’s Brian Love and Keith Daly in a discussion highlighting the value they add while representing industry changing banks…

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The Travillian Group Introduces FI Core Staffing to Deepen its Reach within Financial Insitutions & Financial Technology

The Travillian Group is pleased to announce the founding of a new division, FI Core Staffing, which will deepen their scope and impact on financial institutions. This division will target the…

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The Role that Talent & Culture Play in Digital Transformation: CCG Catalyst & The Travillian Group

2020 has been a year like no other in recent memory, and for community banks, it has expedited the critical need for a digital strategy and top talent to execute…

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Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged – Southwest Edition: ​Industry Consolidation, Disruption and the Outlook Heading into 2021

The Travillian Group hosted three top Southwestern-focused depository investment bankers. They discussed trends within the Southwest and the community banking landscape nationally. Our panelists covered topics including:  ​M&A / Industry Consolidation, Capital…

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Travillian NEXT Premiere Episode: Thinking About Digital Transformation for your Bank? You Don’t Want to Miss This.

Our new web series, Travillian NEXT, celebrates innovators within the financial services space. In our inaugural episode, Brian Love and Keith Daly, spoke with Patrick Sells, the Chief Innovation Officer at Quontic Bank and American Banker’s 2020 Digital Banker of the…

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Introducing Travillian NEXT: An Original Web Series that Keeps Tabs on the Most Innovative Talent in the ​​Banking and FinTech Space

Visionary leaders within Banking and FinTech are shaping the future of financial services by driving innovation and thinking differently about technology. Travillian NEXT is an original web series that profiles our insightful and engaging conversations with the…

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Efficiencies Through Robotics – Five Star Bank’s Journey

What sets community banks apart from superregional and global banks is the personal touch. However, these banks often struggle to provide a consistent customer experience—requiring large front lines and operations…

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Consolidation Across the Nation – Trends and Takeaways for your Branch Network

Introduction. For many years, bank delivery models have been transforming due to massive digital adoption, which was accelerated in 2020 with no sign of looking back. A recent survey (Novantas) indicated…

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