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Strategy, Innovation, Talent and Leadership Perspectives for Today’s Banking Leaders

Eris swap futures enabling community banks to manage interest rate risk

Democratizing Derivatives: How Exchange-Traded Swap Futures Are Opening Doors for Community Banks

Why Community Banks Have Been Locked Out of Derivatives and Interest Rate Risk Hedging The most prominent promise of fintech was that technology would “democratize”…

Amber Buker

Travillian Next follow-up conversation with Alana Levine at Fintel Connect about how AI influences financial product discovery and ranking behavior.

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Banking

How AI Is Reshaping Financial Product Discovery: A Follow-Up with Fintel Connect

Why AI-Driven Search Behavior Matters for Banks and Marketers Consumers are shifting from traditional search…

Amber Buker

Keith Daly hosts a conversation with Chris Tremont of Grasshopper Bank and Nikhil Lakhanpal of Narmi discussing the new AI banking solution for small business.

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Digital Banking, Fintech, Tech & Innovation

Turning AI into Your Small Business CFO: A Conversation with Narmi and Grasshopper Bank

How AI Is Replacing Manual Small Business Financial Work Hosted by Keith Daly, Principal, Banking…

Keith Daly

Wall Street, Capital Markets, Investing, M&A

What Generalist Investors Miss: Piper Sandler’s Stephen Scouten on Bank Performance, Credit, and M&A

This episode brings together host Andrew Liesch, Head of Bank Strategy at Travillian, and Stephen…

Andrew Liesch

Banking, Leadership, Strategy, Talent

Building Brotherly Love: Ira Robbins and Brent Beardall on Leadership, Vulnerability, and Fighting for Community Banking

Valley National Bank and WaFd Bank Leadership Ira Robbins and Brent Beardall take their roles…

Amber Buker

The Latest

Banking, Strategy

A Share Liquidity Tool for Private Banks: Inside the My Private Shares Platform

Andrew Liesch

November 11, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Digital Banking

Trailblazers Ep.5: Why International Payments Matter for Community Banks with Acceleron

This Travillian Next Trailblazers episode dives into the future of international payments for community banks and why getting this right…

Keith Daly

November 5, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Digital Banking

Trailblazers Ep.5: Why International Payments Matter for Community Banks with Acceleron

This Travillian Next Trailblazers episode dives into the future of international payments for community banks and why getting this right…

Keith Daly

November 5, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

3 Actionable Takeaways on AI for Community Bank Executives

Much like the introduction of the internet in the mid-1990s and the smartphone revolution 15 years ago, AI has the…

Keith Daly

November 3, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

3 Actionable Takeaways on AI for Community Bank Executives

Much like the introduction of the internet in the mid-1990s and the smartphone revolution 15 years ago, AI has the…

Keith Daly

November 3, 2025

Deposits, Banking

Inside the Quiet War for Deposits: How Fulton Financial Is Playing the Long Game

In April 2024, Fulton Financial Corporation executed one of the year’s most compelling and forward-thinking bank acquisitions. The Pennsylvania-based lender…

Amber Buker

October 30, 2025

Deposits, Banking

Inside the Quiet War for Deposits: How Fulton Financial Is Playing the Long Game

In April 2024, Fulton Financial Corporation executed one of the year’s most compelling and forward-thinking bank acquisitions. The Pennsylvania-based lender…

Amber Buker

October 30, 2025

Banking

Four Hard Truths About Staying Independent in 2025

When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, community bankers anticipated a swift rollback of regulatory burdens…

Andrew Liesch

October 23, 2025

Banking

Four Hard Truths About Staying Independent in 2025

When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, community bankers anticipated a swift rollback of regulatory burdens…

Andrew Liesch

October 23, 2025

Banking, Talent, Tech & Innovation, Wall Street

The New Banking Playbook: Three Themes from the NEXT Forum

Travillian

October 16, 2025

Banking, Fintech, Tech & Innovation

Affiliate Marketing Strategies for Bank Leaders with Fintel Connect & Live Oak Bank

Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer at Travillian, sits down with Alana Levine, Chief Revenue Officer at Fintel Connect, and Melissa…

Amber Buker

October 2, 2025

Banking, Fintech, Tech & Innovation

Affiliate Marketing Strategies for Bank Leaders with Fintel Connect & Live Oak Bank

Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer at Travillian, sits down with Alana Levine, Chief Revenue Officer at Fintel Connect, and Melissa…

Amber Buker

October 2, 2025

Banking, Fintech, Tech & Innovation

What Banks Can Learn from EVP Rick Geloff and Bank of North Dakota’s Innovation Strategy

Host Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer at Travillian, sits down with Rick Geloff, EVP of Bank of North Dakota, to…

Amber Buker

September 25, 2025

Banking, Fintech, Tech & Innovation

What Banks Can Learn from EVP Rick Geloff and Bank of North Dakota’s Innovation Strategy

Host Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer at Travillian, sits down with Rick Geloff, EVP of Bank of North Dakota, to…

Amber Buker

September 25, 2025

Strategy, Banking

Invictus Group & CFG Bank: Turning Stress Tests into Capital Planning

Host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Zach Boyda, Treasurer at CFG Bank, and…

Keith Daly

September 18, 2025

Strategy, Banking

Invictus Group & CFG Bank: Turning Stress Tests into Capital Planning

Host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Zach Boyda, Treasurer at CFG Bank, and…

Keith Daly

September 18, 2025

Banking, M&A, Wall Street

5 Areas of Focus for Bank Stocks in the Coming Months

What a difference a few months can make! In the weeks following April earnings conference calls, the banking industry shifted…

Andrew Liesch

September 3, 2025

Banking, M&A, Wall Street

5 Areas of Focus for Bank Stocks in the Coming Months

What a difference a few months can make! In the weeks following April earnings conference calls, the banking industry shifted…

Andrew Liesch

September 3, 2025

Tech & Innovation, BaaS, Digital Banking, Fintech

Academy Bank on Laying the Foundation for a Fast BaaS Market Entry

Amber Buker

August 28, 2025

Banking, Leadership, Strategy, Talent

Expanding Beyond Local Banking Limits: Denali State Bank + BancAlliance

Host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Lori Bettinger, President of BancAlliance, and Steve…

Keith Daly

August 21, 2025

Banking, Leadership, Strategy, Talent

Expanding Beyond Local Banking Limits: Denali State Bank + BancAlliance

Host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Lori Bettinger, President of BancAlliance, and Steve…

Keith Daly

August 21, 2025

Banking, Company Culture, Digital Banking, Fintech, Strategy, Talent, Tech & Innovation

From Commodity to Competitive: How Three Banks Build Winning Products

Ten years ago, it was hard to imagine a world where a customer would select a bank based on something…

Amber Buker

August 7, 2025

Banking, Company Culture, Digital Banking, Fintech, Strategy, Talent, Tech & Innovation

From Commodity to Competitive: How Three Banks Build Winning Products

Ten years ago, it was hard to imagine a world where a customer would select a bank based on something…

Amber Buker

August 7, 2025

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Banking, Hiring Trends, Leadership, Talent

Solving the Talent Gap at a Fast-Growing Bank

There often comes a moment in the growth trajectory of successful banks where the talent in-house is outpaced by the…

Travillian

July 31, 2025

Banking, Hiring Trends, Leadership, Talent

Solving the Talent Gap at a Fast-Growing Bank

There often comes a moment in the growth trajectory of successful banks where the talent in-house is outpaced by the…

Travillian

July 31, 2025

Fintech, Tech & Innovation

The Bank That Thinks Like a Tech Company: How 50+ Engineers Are Redefining Security

What if your savings account was so secure that even your account number couldn’t be used to steal from you?…

Travillian

July 24, 2025

Fintech, Tech & Innovation

The Bank That Thinks Like a Tech Company: How 50+ Engineers Are Redefining Security

What if your savings account was so secure that even your account number couldn’t be used to steal from you?…

Travillian

July 24, 2025

Wall Street, Capital Markets

The Balance Sheet Moves Piper Sandler’s Scott Hildenbrand Says Banks Should Be Making Now

Brian Love

July 17, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

What’s Stopping Banks from Using AI? Featuring Finov8r Founder Allan Rayson

Community banks can’t afford to wait. In this Travillian Next episode, Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian,…

Keith Daly

July 10, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

What’s Stopping Banks from Using AI? Featuring Finov8r Founder Allan Rayson

Community banks can’t afford to wait. In this Travillian Next episode, Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian,…

Keith Daly

July 10, 2025

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Wall Street, Capital Markets, M&A

Top Performing Bank Stocks YTD: 3 Names Defying the Sector Slump in 2025

Familiar Themes Emerge in the Top Performing Bank Stocks Year-to-Date At the mid-point of a rollercoaster 2025, we decided it…

Michael Perito

June 26, 2025

Wall Street, Capital Markets, M&A

Top Performing Bank Stocks YTD: 3 Names Defying the Sector Slump in 2025

Familiar Themes Emerge in the Top Performing Bank Stocks Year-to-Date At the mid-point of a rollercoaster 2025, we decided it…

Michael Perito

June 26, 2025

Tech & Innovation, BaaS, Banking, Digital Banking, Fintech, Strategy

Boom to Bust: The Partner Bank Boom Revisited

The Partner Bank Boom Revisited It’s a little untoward in journalism to acknowledge the writer. But to tell this story,…

Amber Buker

June 20, 2025

Tech & Innovation, BaaS, Banking, Digital Banking, Fintech, Strategy

Boom to Bust: The Partner Bank Boom Revisited

The Partner Bank Boom Revisited It’s a little untoward in journalism to acknowledge the writer. But to tell this story,…

Amber Buker

June 20, 2025

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Banking, Talent

Tech-Forward Thinking Meets Talent Strategy: A Q&A With Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer

Travillian is thrilled to welcome Amber Buker to the team as our first-ever Chief Research Officer. With a unique background…

Travillian

June 11, 2025

Banking, Talent

Tech-Forward Thinking Meets Talent Strategy: A Q&A With Amber Buker, Chief Research Officer

Travillian is thrilled to welcome Amber Buker to the team as our first-ever Chief Research Officer. With a unique background…

Travillian

June 11, 2025

Talent, Hiring Trends, Leadership

Banks, Breakfast Club, and Bold Moves: 2025’s Hiring Story So Far

Travillian

June 4, 2025

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Banking, Risk & Compliance, Strategy

Cogent Law Breaks Down Cannabis Banking and Regulation

Curious how banks can navigate the complexities of the cannabis industry? This candid conversation delivers strategy, clarity, and a few…

Travillian

June 4, 2025

Banking, Risk & Compliance, Strategy

Cogent Law Breaks Down Cannabis Banking and Regulation

Curious how banks can navigate the complexities of the cannabis industry? This candid conversation delivers strategy, clarity, and a few…

Travillian

June 4, 2025

Tech & Innovation, BaaS, Digital Assets, Digital Banking, Fintech

All Eyez on [Chi]me (ft. Mike Perito)

Chime filed their S-1 with the SEC in May, putting the wheels back in motion to conduct an IPO at…

Michael Perito

May 30, 2025

Tech & Innovation, BaaS, Digital Assets, Digital Banking, Fintech

All Eyez on [Chi]me (ft. Mike Perito)

Chime filed their S-1 with the SEC in May, putting the wheels back in motion to conduct an IPO at…

Michael Perito

May 30, 2025

Tech & Innovation

Trailblazers Ep. 4: How Kim Snyder Turned Banker Frustration into KlariVis Innovation

In this episode of Travillian Next Trailblazers, host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Kim…

Keith Daly

May 21, 2025

Tech & Innovation

Trailblazers Ep. 4: How Kim Snyder Turned Banker Frustration into KlariVis Innovation

In this episode of Travillian Next Trailblazers, host Keith Daly, Principal, Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Kim…

Keith Daly

May 21, 2025

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M&A, Wall Street

Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged: Real Talk on M&A with Piper Sandler & D.A. Davidson

As the dust settled on the late-2024 surge in bank mergers and acquisitions, one question lingered: was it a fleeting anomaly…

Michael Perito

May 15, 2025

M&A, Wall Street

Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged: Real Talk on M&A with Piper Sandler & D.A. Davidson

As the dust settled on the late-2024 surge in bank mergers and acquisitions, one question lingered: was it a fleeting anomaly…

Michael Perito

May 15, 2025

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Banking, Tech & Innovation

The Largest Bank IPO Since 2017: Spotlight on Northpointe Bank

Michael Perito

May 8, 2025

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Banking

De Novo State of Mind: Two CEOs on their Innovative Journeys Growing New Banks

Starting a bank from scratch might sound like a wild idea in today’s world, but for Lori Maley, CEO of…

Brian Love

May 2, 2025

Banking

De Novo State of Mind: Two CEOs on their Innovative Journeys Growing New Banks

Starting a bank from scratch might sound like a wild idea in today’s world, but for Lori Maley, CEO of…

Brian Love

May 2, 2025

Tech & Innovation

Trailblazers Ep. 3: Lee Easton of iDENTIFY Clears the Data Fog for Community Banks

Curiosity, mentorship, and sushi…three things that might not seem connected, until you meet Lee Easton. In this episode of Travillian…

Keith Daly

April 25, 2025

Tech & Innovation

Trailblazers Ep. 3: Lee Easton of iDENTIFY Clears the Data Fog for Community Banks

Curiosity, mentorship, and sushi…three things that might not seem connected, until you meet Lee Easton. In this episode of Travillian…

Keith Daly

April 25, 2025

Banking

Q1 Earnings Seems Predictable — So How Can Banks Differentiate Themselves to Investors?

With bank’s “earnings season” for the first quarter of 2025 already underway, it is difficult to get overly excited when…

Michael Perito

April 16, 2025

Banking

Q1 Earnings Seems Predictable — So How Can Banks Differentiate Themselves to Investors?

With bank’s “earnings season” for the first quarter of 2025 already underway, it is difficult to get overly excited when…

Michael Perito

April 16, 2025

Banking, Hiring Trends, Succession Planning, Talent

Brian Loves Banks: Current Musings About Talent in the Banking Industry

A few musings about the banking industry—some funny, some informational, some sarcastic—but all based on themes I hear in my…

Brian Love

April 11, 2025

Banking, Hiring Trends, Succession Planning, Talent

Brian Loves Banks: Current Musings About Talent in the Banking Industry

A few musings about the banking industry—some funny, some informational, some sarcastic—but all based on themes I hear in my…

Brian Love

April 11, 2025

Banking

Proven Marketing Strategies to Help Community Banks Win Against Larger Competitors: A Conversation with Caleb Stevens, VP of Marketing at SouthState Bank

Keith Daly

April 3, 2025

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Banking, Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets, Tech & Innovation

Part 2: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall—Ben Reynolds on Banking, Stablecoins & Tokenized Deposits

In Part 2 of this Travillian Next conversation, we build on the lessons learned from Silvergate Bank’s rise and fall…

Michael Perito

March 27, 2025

Banking, Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets, Tech & Innovation

Part 2: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall—Ben Reynolds on Banking, Stablecoins & Tokenized Deposits

In Part 2 of this Travillian Next conversation, we build on the lessons learned from Silvergate Bank’s rise and fall…

Michael Perito

March 27, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Banking, Cryptocurrency

Part 1: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall: Lessons from Former Silvergate Bank President & Current BitGo Stablecoins Head Ben Reynolds

In part 1 of this two-part series, we sit down with Ben Reynolds, Managing Partner and Head of Stablecoins at…

Michael Perito

March 20, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Banking, Cryptocurrency

Part 1: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall: Lessons from Former Silvergate Bank President & Current BitGo Stablecoins Head Ben Reynolds

In part 1 of this two-part series, we sit down with Ben Reynolds, Managing Partner and Head of Stablecoins at…

Michael Perito

March 20, 2025

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Banking, Talent

Mergers, Money, and Missing Talent: What Bank CEOs Are Facing – 1st Colonial Community Bank CEO Bob White Shares His Expertise

“This business is still people-driven.” In this episode of Travillian Next, Travillian’s Michael Perito, Head of Bank Strategy, and Brian…

Travillian

March 13, 2025

Banking, Talent

Mergers, Money, and Missing Talent: What Bank CEOs Are Facing – 1st Colonial Community Bank CEO Bob White Shares His Expertise

“This business is still people-driven.” In this episode of Travillian Next, Travillian’s Michael Perito, Head of Bank Strategy, and Brian…

Travillian

March 13, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

Trailblazers Ep. 2: Can AI Fix Banking Compliance? Co-Founder Kalyani Ramadurgam Thinks So

Welcome back for episode 2 of Travillian Next Trailblazers! In this episode, host Keith Daly, Principal – Banking & Fintech…

Keith Daly

March 4, 2025

Tech & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Fintech

Trailblazers Ep. 2: Can AI Fix Banking Compliance? Co-Founder Kalyani Ramadurgam Thinks So

Welcome back for episode 2 of Travillian Next Trailblazers! In this episode, host Keith Daly, Principal – Banking & Fintech…

Keith Daly

March 4, 2025

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