Culture, Leadership and Employee Engagement: A Conversation with Todd Weiden, Principal and Founder of Saltee Co
Brian Love, Head of Banking and Fintech at Travillian, is joined by Todd Weiden, Principal and Founder of Saltee Co. Weiden has nearly 20 years of experience as a rising…
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Travillian Attends Independent Bankers of Colorado 49th Annual Convention
In late September, Travillian’s Head of Banking and Fintech, Brian Love was invited to address the Independent Bankers of Colorado in their 49th Annual Convention, in Vail, CO. This amazing…
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Bankers And Investors Are at Odds, But Can They Both Be Right?
We’ve noticed a recurring theme in meetings between bank stock investors and bank management teams over the past several months. In recent months, commentary from regional and community bank management…
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The Alamo for Community Banks, a Conversation with Matthew Smith – Director of Strategic Initiatives for Independent Banks Association of Texas (IBAT)
As with the Alamo, opposition is coming from all angles these days for community banks. Fintechs, megabanks, Wall Street, Big Tech, and even Walmart all have the advantage of investing billions…
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What Do Banks Need? Risk and Compliance Talent
This year, Travillian’s search professionals have been hard at work helping our bank clients find leaders of all types. However, the most prevalent and urgent needs are within the Risk and Compliance…
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Minimizing Your Succession Risk: How Great Banks Plan their Talent Strategy
M&A is one of the key reasons that the number of community banks has shrunk 70% since 1990 (15,000 to under less than 4,800 today). Many of these transactions were triggered…
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How Investment Bankers Have the Eye of the Tiger in This Challenging Capital Markets Environment (Part I)
Subscribe to Our Investment Banking Mailing List The financial markets are on everyone’s minds these days, and this certainly includes the uber market sensitive investment banks. That’s why Part I…
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Back to Memphis: How BaaS Friendly-Evolve Bank Continues to Strengthen Its Fintech Footprint
Travillian Tech-Forward Bank Index Profile II Chuck Berry said it best when he sang about going back to the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll. In the short few months since…
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Is Your Bank’s Risk & Compliance Talent Focusing on the Right Things: A Conversation with Coastal Financial Corporation’s Curt Queyrouze & Andrew Stines
Risk and Compliance has always been a critical function for community banks, especially so today when tech-forward banks are involved in complicated BaaS and embedded finance partnerships with fintechs and…
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Succession Planning: Be Proactive. Be Collaborative. And Do It Now.
Brian Love, Head of Banking & Fintech at Travillian, and Jeff Cardone, Partner at Luse Gorman, chat primarily about how community banks should be thinking about their succession planning. Still an…
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Travillian Ridin’ With The Fintech Cowboys
Tune into our latest video where The Fintech Cowboys, Dave Mayo and Tanner Mayo, are lassoed into a compelling discussion with Travillian’s Keith Daly and Brian Love. They discussed: The…
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Tangible Book Value Hits Are an Underappreciated Headwind to Bank Stock Performance, but Are We Approaching an Inflection Point?
Trends in tangible book value growth over time are a staple of bank stock valuation analysis “…we believe tangible book value per share is a good measure of the value…
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Travillian Next Presents: How Being a Tech-Forward Bank Impacts Your Bottom Line Webinar
Community banking’s push into technology was already happening before the pandemic, but it has become an even bigger priority ever since. Nevertheless, pivoting to a tech-forward business model is not…
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3 Community Bankers Weigh in on the Magnitude of Independence
Community banks are intrinsically woven into the fabric of American society. They provide an array of valuable services, not the least of which includes being the financial catalyst for a…
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