Correspondent Blog

Many bankers are struggling to analyze the current business environment and need help predicting the future.  Community bankers are especially concerned about economic forecasts such as GDP, interest rates, inflation, consumer and business demand, and default rates.  The difference between a good decision and a bad one may not lie in spreadsheets or economic charts…

When banks talk about a “sidecar,” they speak about a modern, lightweight, real-time core system alongside a traditional core. The concept is that a “big bang” type conversion will never happen, so a slower, controlled transition is the path to getting a more modern core architecture. In this article, we argue why banks should consider…

On our path to describing the Bank Strategy Cube framework, we laid down the four horizontal layers (HERE). In this article, we tackle the vertical layers that complete the cube. Where the horizontal layers pertain to strategy development at different parts of the Bank, the vertical layers provide the foundation for execution. These vertical layers…