Perspectives

Get Your Marketing Noticed—and Drive Loans—with Seasonal Campaigns

The economy seems to be recovering from more than a year of pandemic and stay-at-home orders It’s time for community banks to evaluate their marketing efforts in a new light. Interest...

The Loyalty Factor: Translating Relationships into Non-Interest Income

The past year and a half has challenged our industry in ways previously unknown. We began the year expecting our biggest challenge would be the continued growth of deposits at...

When the Right Answer is Not the Right Answer

Last year, I became the proud owner of an above-ground pool. I wanted a way for my family to enjoy our backyard, not realizing it would become our main hangout...

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Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Honorees

March 29, 2022

The Texas Bankers Hall of Fame will induct its 2022 honorees at the Ninth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala on April 28 on...

Acquiring New Customers Through Digital Channels: The Holy Grail or Just Another Channel?

February 18, 2022

By Achim Griesel and Sean Payant, Haberfeld Going back a couple of years prior to the pandemic, “digital” was the latest catchphrase in banking. Accelerated...

A Comment on Implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act

December 16, 2021

BAILEY ALLEN, PhD Student, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University MIKE MAULDIN, Director of the Excellence in Banking Program, Texas Tech University DREW WINTERS,...

Community Bankers Explore the Basics of Cryptocurrencies

December 10, 2021

In early December, Bankers Helping Bankers hosted its first event for community bankers throughout the country since the platform launched in October. The hour-long educational...

Unprecedented Support for Community Banks: Bankers Helping Bankers

October 22, 2021

The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) and FedFis, a fintech firm specializing in data transformation for financial institutions, have announced Bankers Helping Bankers, a...

Understanding the Reach of the SBA and Community Banks in Texas

September 8, 2021

MARK GRIFFITHS, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California MIKE MAULDIN, Director of the Excellence In Banking Program, Texas Tech University DREW WINTERS, Pickering Chair in...

Will Varo Bank be the Pin that Pops the Fintech Valuation Bubble?

August 20, 2021

Every banker has read the sensational headlines of massive funding rounds at almost unfathomable valuations for almost any company with a fintech moniker. They also...

Loan Admin 101: Effective Loan Administration Crucial in Pandemic Era

June 10, 2021

Effective loan administration will protect margins and balance sheets at banks over the next year as financial institutions handle the effects of the pandemic-induced economic...

FinTegration Strategist: Community Banking’s Access to the Technology Ecosystem

May 19, 2021

What if we could predict the weather? On September 5, 1862, this question led James Glaisher to do something no one had ever done before....

Building—and Rebuilding—the Texas Economy One Business at a Time

May 6, 2021

As COVID vaccinations increase and mask mandates subside, businesses are beginning to draw sighs of relief, hoping that the worst is behind us and the...

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Features

Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Honorees

The Texas Bankers Hall of Fame will induct its 2022 honorees at the Ninth Annual Texas Bankers Hall of Fame Gala on April 28 on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Five...

Acquiring New Customers Through Digital Channels: The Holy Grail or Just Another Channel?

By Achim Griesel and Sean Payant, Haberfeld Going back a couple of years prior to the pandemic, “digital” was the latest catchphrase in banking. Accelerated by the pandemic and beginning in March 2020, there has...

A Comment on Implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act

BAILEY ALLEN, PhD Student, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University MIKE MAULDIN, Director of the Excellence in Banking Program, Texas Tech University DREW WINTERS, Pickering Chair in Finance, Texas Tech University The Dodd-Frank Wall...

Community Bankers Explore the Basics of Cryptocurrencies

In early December, Bankers Helping Bankers hosted its first event for community bankers throughout the country since the platform launched in October. The hour-long educational session featured Ben Soppitt, CEO of Unifimoney, a cryptocurrency trading...

Unprecedented Support for Community Banks: Bankers Helping Bankers

The Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) and FedFis, a fintech firm specializing in data transformation for financial institutions, have announced Bankers Helping Bankers, a new bankers-only platform to help community banks survive and thrive....

Understanding the Reach of the SBA and Community Banks in Texas

MARK GRIFFITHS, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California MIKE MAULDIN, Director of the Excellence In Banking Program, Texas Tech University DREW WINTERS, Pickering Chair in Finance, Texas Tech University EDITOR’S NOTE: This research paper—part three...

Will Varo Bank be the Pin that Pops the Fintech Valuation Bubble?

Every banker has read the sensational headlines of massive funding rounds at almost unfathomable valuations for almost any company with a fintech moniker. They also know the narrative; bankers are greedy and dumb, credit unions...

Loan Admin 101: Effective Loan Administration Crucial in Pandemic Era

Effective loan administration will protect margins and balance sheets at banks over the next year as financial institutions handle the effects of the pandemic-induced economic crisis. In any economy—but especially in the current one where...

FinTegration Strategist: Community Banking’s Access to the Technology Ecosystem

What if we could predict the weather? On September 5, 1862, this question led James Glaisher to do something no one had ever done before. Along with aeronaut Henry Tracy Coxwell, he stepped into a...

Building—and Rebuilding—the Texas Economy One Business at a Time

As COVID vaccinations increase and mask mandates subside, businesses are beginning to draw sighs of relief, hoping that the worst is behind us and the future brings some sense of normalcy. But there is no...

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