A Conversation with CEOs Brent Beardall and Ira Robbins: ​Building Culture, Retaining and Attracting Talent and Grooming the Next Generation

Entrepreneurial-minded CEOs Ira Robbins (Valley Bank) and Brent Beardall (Washington Federal) engaged in a dialogue around the evolution of their banks’ cultures under their leadership. The Travillian Group’s Brian Love and co-moderator Joe Fenech examined…

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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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An Encouraging Set-Up Heading Into Quarter-End, But What Does That Mean For Bank Stocks?

There are several reasons for optimism. The fundamental set-up heading into 1Q bank earnings season is generally pretty encouraging, for a number of reasons. First, we think banks will report…

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Are Tech/Fintech-Focused Investors Bidding Up “Tech-Forward” Bank Stocks?

On the one hand, pure technology and fintech-oriented stocks have been weak so far year-to-date… So far this year, and especially over the past month or so, it’s been interesting to…

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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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Pandemic Fatigue & Bitcoin Rewards – A Conversation with Casey Christopher, Chief Empowerment Office at Quontic Bank

It’s hard to believe, but It has been close to a year since Covid completely disrupted the lives of almost everyone on the planet.  Over this period, new challenges have…

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Wall Street to Main Street: ​Community Banks Look to Investment Banks for Key Hires

The Travillian Group’s Brian Love and co-moderator Joe Fenech, content contributor, explore the increasingly prevalent trend of prominent career Wall Streeters migrating to community and regional banks in key senior executive…

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More Banks Now Likely Ensnared in the Russell Web

A new development and heightened interest leads us back to the Russell topic this week. There were plans to focus on a new topic this week after highlighting what I’ll call…

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The Intersection of FinTech and ​Community Banking

A webinar hosted by Travillian yielded quite a few interesting takeaways. Last week, The Travillian Group hosted a webinar that I was fortunate to co-moderate along with Brian Love from Travillian. The topic…

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The Evolution of Radius Bank: A Conversation with ​Chris Tremont, EVP Virtual Banking

For the last several years, Boston-based Radius Bank had been a popular name in banking, due to their transformation from sleepy community bank to an innovative player committed to mobile-centric banking…

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The 2021 Russell Trade: A Challenge for Some, Opportunity for Others, and a Conundrum for Investors

Russell reconstitution this year could be more impactful, for a wider swath of companies, than in years past. The reconstitution of the Russell indexes takes place annually, at the midpoint…

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Digital Banking 3.0 – A Conversation with Jeffery Kendall, CEO at NYMBUS

​Jeffery Kendall, Chief Executive Officer at NYMBUS, joins Executive Search Consultant, Keith Daly, at The Travillian Group, for a dynamic chat on the current trends in banking & fintech and what the future holds as banking rapidly…

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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 Evolution of Bitcoin

Bitcoin has been in the news lately with the rapid increase in price and institutional investors starting to jump in. There are still many questions about Bitcoin and how it will…

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