Virginia is for Mergers: Insights on the MOE Trend in Banking – an interview with two dynamic CEOs in Southern Virginia
Charlottesville, VA-based Blue Ridge Bankshares and Richmond, VA-based Bay Banks of Virginia announced a $100 million merger on August 13th. This MOE marks a possible trend that may be more…
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Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged – Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Edition: Strategies, Advice, and M&A in a Revenue-Challenged Environment
The Travillian Group hosted three top Northeast and Mid-Atlantic focused depository investment bankers in a discussion about how they’re advising their bank clients today. Topics included M&A, strategies around operational…
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Community Banking Through the Private Equity Lens Investors Weigh in on the State of the Industry
The Travillian Group hosted two top private equity investors, David Honold from Patriot Financial Partners and Tony Scavuzzo from Castle Creek Capital, in a discussion about the current state of the banking industry and…
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Three Key Trends That Emerged from Bank Earnings Season
Of the 133 out of 164 banks with greater than $5B in assets that have reported so far, 58% exceeded consensus expectations for 2Q20. Bank stocks have bumped around but…
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Gazing into the Bank M&A Crystal Ball
While I have resided in bigger cities since high school, I grew up in a small town in the South. Fishing, either from the shore or a small boat was…
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Credit Quality in a COVID World: It’s All About the Shape of the Recovery
Stress Testing and Planning for the Current Environment “The world has a habit of going on.” – Woodrow Wilson Backdrop Investors spent the last few years debating the cause of…
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Updates on the PPP – Insights, Forgiveness and Unknowns
It’s been up to our nation’s banks – small and large – to administer the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Plan and deliver aid to small businesses, by keeping their workforces gainfully…
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Stepping Up for the PPP – A Day in a Banker’s Life
Community banks were handed a seemingly insurmountable task in late March: design and implement processes to execute the US Treasury and SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. Some banks lacked the requisite…
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A Bridge Over Troubled Water: A Timely Q&A with the CEO & the Marketing Communications Director of Washington Federal, A True Innovator In Community Banking
Washington Federal ($16.4B; Seattle, WA) has made news recently for its Small Business Lifeline loan program, designed to help both current and new customers get through current economic turbulence. Recently,…
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