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Challenges of core system contracts can be complicated, but they aren't insurmountable.

Core system contract tips

Negotiator offers community banks tips on avoiding costly contract “gotchas”
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.”

Zelle goes hip hop—hope it hits well

2018 seen as make-or-break year for bank-backed P2P system
Jill Castilla opens one of her bank’s “Heard on Hurd” music/food festivals. Running once a month from March to October, they draw 25,000-35,000, boosted by social media. Castilla credits Bank of Ann Arbor’s “Sonic Lunch” concerts for the idea.

Citizens Bank of Edmond's can-do CEO

Necessity propelled Jill Castilla to shape Oklahoma bank into a modern community bank
Domestic deposit interest expense increased by 42% from 2016 to 2017. With the Fed’s latest rate-setting meeting earlier this week confirming its continued path towards higher rates, banks must adopt strategies to meet a major change of conditions.

“Big flip” coming in deposit costs?

Factors point to return of dominance of interest-bearing deposits—in a rising rate environment
S&P Global Market Intelligence, formerly S&P Capital IQ and SNL, is the premier provider of breaking news, financial data, and expert analysis on business sectors critical to the global economy. This article originally appeared on the SNL subscriber side of S&P Global's website.

Do doing well and doing good dovetail?

In values-banking landscape, profitability not the only objective
S&P Global Market Intelligence, formerly S&P Capital IQ and SNL, is the premier provider of breaking news, financial data, and expert analysis on business sectors critical to the global economy. This article originally appeared on the SNL subscriber side of S&P Global's website.

Age draws strong hands

Majority of assets in hands of older community banks, credit unions
In this first of two installments, former FBI agent and NBC commentator Frank Figliuzzi urges bankers to recognize the four main types of workplace violence risk. These categories include such things as cyber stalking and extends to clients and contractors.

Workplace violence: It could happen here

Don’t be caught unprepared. Build a prevention and response program
More car buyers will be looking into used models as a surge of vehicles comes off three-year leases in 2018.

New auto sales slip in favor of used

Off-lease activity brings value at used prices
Prairie Economist Mike Moebs digs below the national debate to discuss what pending changes could mean in your own community.

Trump, tariffs, and trade: What could be the local consequences?

Insights from international trade expert bring debate home
“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.

Culture issues just won’t go away

How well do bankers understand their own banks’ cultures?
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