Contributor : jdepman

Article | December 28th, 2016

Is Your Bank Ready for CECL?

Bank directors need to consider vital questions to make sure their bank is ready for a major accounting change.

By: Mike Ohlweiler, John Depman
Article | June 28th, 2016

How Technology Could Improve a Bank’s Audit

The writers discuss the potential for cognitive intelligence to improve the audit, and the information bank boards get from it.

By: John Depman, David Reavy
Article | January 13th, 2016

Five Key Steps to Integration Success

John Depman and Tim Phelps describe the five steps to bank acquisition success.

By: John Depman, Tim Phelps
Article | September 25th, 2015

Stick to the Basics as Bank M&A Heats Up

This article describes the questions to ask about a pending M&A deal.

By: John Depman, Tim Johnson
Article | February 2nd, 2015

Why Community Banks Matter, and Will Survive

John Depman of KPMG writes about the transformation of the banking industry and what kind of banks will survive in the coming years.

By: John Depman
Article | July 31st, 2013

Community Banks That Fail to Leverage Technology May Become Obsolete

KPMG’s John Depman urges the banking industry to heed the warning of other industries that failed to respond well enough to technological change.

By: John Depman