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Should You Invest in a Venture Fund?
Is this opportunity right for your community bank?
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How Community Banks Can Maximize Mortgage Revenues
Niket Patankar of Sutherland Global Services discusses ways banks can increase market share now and in the future.
How Much is Too Much?
A panel of legal experts discusses board meeting minutes and whether meetings should ever be recorded.
The Battle for the Bank Account: And Why the Banks Will Probably Lose
Brett King, best-selling author and disruptor, explores the end-game in the emergence of the mobile wallet and what it means for the humble bank account.
Does Checking Need a New Name?
Mike Branton of StrategyCorps makes the argument that banking must come up with a new moniker for the checking account.
Fifth Third CEO: We Have 335 People Working Full Time in Risk Management
CEO Kevin Kabat, speaking at a Bank Director conference, talked about how effective risk management can contribute to the bottom line.
Western Bank Survey: Boards Need Risk Management Expertise
Bank Director’s phone survey of Western community bankers reveals their plans to grow, which risks concern them most and what skills are desired when adding a new member to the board.
Postcard from the Bank Audit Committee Conference
Risk management and the board’s role in that activity dominated the discussion at Bank Director’s annual audit committee event.
Making a Profit in the Volatile Mortgage Market
Niket Patankar of Sutherland Global Services reveals strategies for long-term, sustainable profits in the mortgage market.
What Skills and Expertise Will Banks Need in the Next Five Years?
A group of legal experts addresses the industry’s need for new talent and new expertise in the future.
Drivers of Bank Valuation, Part III: Size and Diversification
What role do size and diversification play in a bank’s value? C.K. Lee of Commerce Street Capital answers this question in his third and final post on valuation.