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Banking came to the forefront during the most recent Republican debate. But blogger Ed O’Leary found most candidates seriously uninformed on these issues.

Banking’s too important for throwaway lines

Latest debate underscores need for informed corps of candidates

Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So each week longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

Tech’s great—uh, what do we do with it?

Apparent disconnect seen in corporate leadership, new technology

The Avidia Smarties are employee brand ambassadors for Massachusetts’ Avidia Bank. They receive special training to keep things in compliance online while promoting the brand in social media and in person.

Creating a “brand ambassador” program

Massachusetts’ Avidia Bank “gets social” in multiple ways to sell itself to public

“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.

Regulatory ruckus highlights industry pall

NY’s supervisory resignations follow ongoing financial ethics lapses

Why cancelled M&A can be good

Why cancelled M&A can be good

Deals not done after all may have less-than-obvious reasons

Obvious and mediocre won’t be found here—but “Why didn’t I think of that?” will! Challenging the banking status quo is Dan “The Wombat” Fisher’s personal mission.

Do you ask vendors the right questions?

Time, care, attention all contribute to better vendor experience

Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So each week longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to “make sense of it all.”

All hail the customer experience

“CX” checkmates everything for business success

A Wealth of Common Sense: Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity In Any Investment Plan. By Ben Carlson. Bloomberg Press/Wiley. 224 pp.

Common sense for individual investors

Book Review: Exploding 14 common investor myths

What could be new in credit underwriting?

What could be new in credit underwriting?

Lenders should be open to new, unorthodox ideas

With a nod to pop music, veteran John Byrne’s blog scans the anti-laundering and anti-terrorism world. John pierces silliness and inconsistency, and strongly believes in private-public partnership.

“Keep the Ball Rollin’ ”*

Recapping October’s 2015 FATF plenary and continuing AML/CFT issues to ponder

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