Correspondent Blog

For the second quarter of 2025, there were 11mm checks written every day totaling $34B, according to the latest Federal Reserve data. While the number of checks decline by about 8% every year, the fact that we still have the check is an embarrassment to banking. In this article, we explore what each check likely…

In our last article (HERE), we highlighted the methodology around why banks should calculate and drive value through customer profitability and product profitability. We focused mainly on customer profitability and used risk-adjusted return on capital as a proxy for profitability. In this article, we wanted a different approach to arrive at the same conclusion but…