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Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?

The marketplace is already reflecting the Federal Reserve’s anticipated moves to raise the Fed’s fund rates in the first quarter of 2018 by .25%, with ...
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Who Wants Public Deposits?

Who Wants Public Deposits?

The answer is not a firm “yes” or “no,” but rather “it depends.” First, let me qualify by stating that most banking institutions consider public ...
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Budget 2.0%+ for 2019

Budget 2.0%+ for 2019

Last year, I blogged that short-term rates would reach 2.0%+ by the end of 2018. Looking out a bit further, I am going to be so bold as ...
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Are You Truly Protected?

Are You Truly Protected? Part 2/2

Last week, I told you about one of the biggest worries facing the banking world today: Identifying fraud and protecting clients from it! Today we will look at measures you, as a public entity or higher ...
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Are You Truly Protected?

Banking Relationship Banking Trends Are You Truly Protected (Part 1/2)

The phone call comes in on a Monday morning and you are informed a check for $60,871 was cashed by a major bank in Alaska, ...
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Shifting Back

Last week, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, discussed his bank’s major investment strategy in opening 400 new branches in several areas where ...
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How to Make a Fair Comparison

A couple of weeks ago, a government banker was voicing frustration after learning that her bank lost a Request for Proposal (RFP) bid to another ...
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Bravo Genesee County

Bravo Genesee County

Not only did Genesee County, New York (with an annual budget of approximately $145 million) earn the highest initial cashVest® score three+one® has ever given ...
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$13,801 to $147,000+ in 11 months

In less than one year (from November 30, 2016 to October 31, 2017) the City of Beaufort, South Carolina, with an annual budget of about ...
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You Will Need To Ask…

Last year I blogged about the changing dynamics around the value of public deposits and the need to pursue higher rates. This topic once again ...
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