06/18/2018
Overall, mergers and acquisitions in the finance world have been steady in recent years. What should banks be doing to prepare if they want to be acquired? What should they be doing if they want to acquire another bank? Let’s look a little closer at this issue. Since 2014 we have seen a return to…
06/12/2018
Google recently blew Silicon Valley’s collective mind when it debuted its new digital assistant. It’s voice is so human, filled with “ums” and hip expressions and human flaws, that it’s literally impossible to tell you’re talking to a machine. And just like that, Siri, the personal robot assistant who wowed us when it came on…
06/11/2018
We’ve all been anticipating it, and now it’s likely to come down the pike this week. The Federal Reserve is set to raise the target interest rate to above the rate of inflation for the first time in the better part of a decade. The Fed rate hikes have been happening gradually, steadily since 2015….
06/05/2018
Do your customers have a handle on their credit card rewards? Is it about miles? Points? Cash back? A mixture of all three? Do they know how, exactly, they’re earning the rewards and how to redeem them? If you think they do, you might want to think again. A new survey by NextAdvisor found that roughly half…
06/04/2018
If you spend time reading trade publications like I do, you’ll see a lot of articles declaring the death of things … direct mail, community banking, debit rewards, and even checks (how dare they!) One that I see quite frequently though is the death of the bank branch. I think this declaration is a little…
06/01/2018
When we talk about the Branch of the Future in banking, most of what we think about tends to be those new branch pilot concepts that are trotted out every year: Futuristic designs full of touchscreens, self-serve stations, open floor plans and lounges. In other words, we imagine branches that look like anything BUT a…
05/31/2018
Nancy Harhut, chief creative officer for HBT Marketing, gave a fascinating talk at Deluxe Exchange 2018 (DX18). It was all about using social science about human behavior to influence buying decisions. If you didn’t make it to the conference, or if you did and want a refresher, here’s are some of the things that I…