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The Fed Wants You…

The U.S. wants you to buy U.S. Treasuries, much like we all bought Saving Bonds back in the 1940s. One theory that is surfacing is ...

Just When You Thought…

Banking Trends

I thought we had reached the point at which most of the new banking regulations had been established and the pace of new pages being ...

Will You Join Me For A Waltz?

Banking Relationship Banking Trends

The waltz, when in symmetry with two partners, can be a beautiful dance of elegance to watch. The steps are orchestrated in a direction of ...

Expensive Pieces of Paper

Banking Relationship Banking Trends RFP

Did you know the average cost of issuing and awarding a Request for Proposal (RFP) for banking services, using internal resources, is… $45,000? At that ...

“Mikey likes it!”

Cash Management Practices

Do you remember that famous commercial back in the 1970s with three brothers and a big box of Life cereal? Neither of the two older ...

A Fed Merry-Go-Round

Banking Trends News

Please let me off—I’m getting dizzy! That is how I feel about the Federal Reserve’s approach to managing Fed fund rates. And I don’t think ...

Early Adopter to Early Majority

Fintech

Venmo, Loop Pay, Apple Pay—been there, done that, right? But most people haven’t yet. I used Apple Pay the other night at Kohl’s. Certainly I ...

What is Basel III?

Banking Trends

The regulations imposed on the banking industry in the years following the 2008 financial crisis are extremely convoluted in the eyes of some experienced financiers, ...