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“There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. He aims to fix that.

Let’s make 2017 year of reputation regained

Considering a new “C” of credit—lender character—brings introspection and hope
Excerpted from Anatomy Of A Banking Scandal: The Keystone Bank Failure—Harbinger Of The 2008 Financial Crisis. By Robert S. Pasley. Transaction Publishers. 336 pp.

Trapped in a hole of their own digging

Book Excerpt: How failed bank’s officials tried a literal coverup
Obvious and mediocre won’t be found here—but “Why didn’t I think of that?” will! Challenging the banking status quo is Dan Fisher’s personal mission.

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Some processors take away choice—and bank income. The Wombat takes issue
Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So regularly longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

8 tech terms you may not know

It’s important to at least begin to get familiar with them. Good luck.
Bankruption: How Community Banking Can Survive Fintech. By John Waupsh. Wiley. 312 pp.

Ten years to digital or else?

Book Review: Race isn’t over—but you’d better start running
For decades many bankers have wanted credit unions to pay taxes. "Prairie Economist" Mike Moebs suggests there's an attractive alternative to having IRS chase the bulk of the credit union industry.

Should credit unions be taxed?

Taxing small banks and credit unions isn’t the answer. Jobs and efficiency are
Living the consumer’s side of compliance

Living the consumer’s side of compliance

Our compliance expert explores the red-tape jungle in search of a HELOC
Leveraging LinkedIn’s unseen impact

Leveraging LinkedIn’s unseen impact

Microsoft’s LinkedIn acquisition speeds up melding with CRM, which could bring IT challenges 
"There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. Each week in his blog he strives to fix that.

Is banking ready for a resurgence?

It’s time to check community banks’ muscle tone
"While ‘run fast and break things’ may be a popular mantra in the technology space, it is ill-suited to an arena that depends on trust and confidence,” Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard said in a recent speech.

Raising fintech risk issues

Fed governor sketches traditional and nontraditional exposures posed by fintech relationships
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