Share Price Performance of Travillian Tech-Forward Banks Significantly Outpaced ​Peers In 2021

Nine more banks have been added to Travillian’s Tech-Forward Bank Index, an evolving list highlighting companies at the forefront of the technological revolution in banking. Please click below to see the…

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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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Could Banks Be Punch-Drunk from the Pandemic? Critical Advice for your Bank’s Balance Sheet ​- A Q&A with Gary Svec

Travillian’s Head of Banking and Fintech, Brian Love, had a conversation with Gary Svec, Managing Director of investment Banking at Performance Trust, about the somewhat cloudy economic waters that lay…

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Saddle Up with FedFis & The Fintech Cowboys: A Conversation with Bobby Button, SVP, FinTegration Strategy & Sales at FedFis

Keith Daly, Director Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian throws on the cowboy hat and sits down with Bobby Button, SVP, FinTegration Strategy & Sales at FedFis. FedFis is a financial institutions data…

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Regulatory Tumult, Talent, and Technology – Community Bank Observations with Stan Orszula

Brian Love, Head of Banking and Fintech at Travillian, and financial institution legal advisor Stan Orszula, Partner at Barack Ferrazzano, had a colorful conversation about several hot topics within the community bank…

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Banking for Fintechs: A Conversation with Wenni Wu at Piermont Bank

Keith Daly, Director – Banking and Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Wenni Wu, Head of Customer Experience & Marketing at Piermont Bank. Speaking from Piermont’s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, topics…

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Magic & Fintech in the Desert

As the plane descended into Las Vegas, I was amazed as a sea of lights simply appeared from the dark Nevada desert. It had been over 15 years since I…

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Community Banks & BaaS: How Synctera is Simplifying Fintech Partnerships

​Keith Daly, Director – Banking & Fintech at Travillian, sits down virtually with Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder & CEO at Synctera & Kevin Herrington, President, CEO, Chairman at Lineage Bank. Topics Discussed: Synctera’s BaaS technology to…

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Is the Pause in Bank Deal Approvals a Transitory Issue or Something More?

There are numerous examples of pending M&A deals that are bogged down in the regulator process, enough to label it a trend.  Over the past few months, it seems clear…

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A Match Made in Digital: The Evolving Partnership of Fintechs & Community Banks

Travillian hosted two executive leaders in the evolution of banking: • Brian Johnson – President, CEO, & Director, Choice Financial Bank • Nikhil Lakhanpal – Co-Founder, Narmi Choice Financial Group • Headquartered in Fargo,…

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Is the M&A Tide Finally Turning in Favor of the Acquirers?

The market has been mostly hostile to M&A announcements so far this year… We’ve written several articles this year on the topic of M&A; more specifically, the generally poor reaction…

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1828 to Ethereum A Conversation with Joseph Mancini, Chief Operating Officer at BankProv

​BankProv was founded in 1828 as The Provident Bank and exists today as the 10th oldest bank in the country. Today, they are an innovative, commercial bank that finds solutions for…

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A Bank with a Fresh, Innovative Culture and How it Achieves High Employee Retention

Brian Love, Travillian’s Head of Banking and Fintech, has a timely Q&A with Mary Jayne Crocker, EVP Chief Operating Officer at Bridgewater Bank. Written transcript of the Video Conversation that was released…

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Safe and Seamless A Conversation with Monica Murthy, Partnerships Lead at Alloy

Alloy helps banks and fintech’s make better decisions using a single API and dashboard to manage KYC/AML, fraud, and more. In a world of on-demand and instantaneous requirements from customers,…

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