What’s in a Name?

Customers and bank employee reviewing account benefits at desk.

By James Mason My friend and her six-year-old daughter were listening to music. Her daughter said that she’s never heard the song playing and that it was “weird,” so my friend said, “This was a popular song when I was a teenager in the ’90s.”  Her daughter replied and said, “Oh. You mean in the…

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Quality vs. Quantity vs. Retail Banking

Banker and customer

By Ryan Harbry The tension between quality versus quantity is age-old, affecting industries of all kinds, especially banking.  Community banks and credit unions are intimately familiar with weighing quality versus quantity. Financial institutions have quite the split personality in this arena if we’re honest with ourselves.  When it comes to lending practices, no stone will…

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