| A Community Bank Director Advisor | Issue #15 - September 2008 |
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Register Today for the Annual Directors Conference Help assure you, your bank and other directors are prepared for the challenges that the industry continues to face by attending the WIB & American Association of Bank Director’s Annual Bank Directors Conference. Join us in San Francisco on November 6-8.A
Crash Course in Regulatory Enforcement Actions Regulatory enforcement actions are becoming more commonplace these days. In this article, we discuss the current regulatory environment, the impact of enforcement actions and what the regulators’ options are as well as the options for the bank when facing this difficult situation. <read more> The
ALCO Process – Our Least Understood Director Concept Which is worse – membership on the Audit or ALCO committee? Many directors dread the ALCO meetings and bank management often creates that problem due to poor communication. Let’s take a look at what a good board ALCO can accomplish with relatively little pain! <read more> Broad-Based
Employee Equity Compensation Trends As the financial services industry continues to face difficulties, many companies are reevaluating their compensation strategies for executives and other employees. This article explores emerging equity compensation trends and points out some developing equity compensation practices. <read more> Is
Your Identify Theft Program Ready? The additional regulations to the FACT Act, published last November, require boards to have reviewed and approved an identity theft program by November 1, 2008. Are you ready? <read more>
By now it is evident to most that the credit crisis that has rocked both the global financial markets and the U.S. bank and thrift sector is not going to come to an end anytime soon. But for some financial institutions that may still have capital to deploy and access to deposit funding, an opportunity to explore is the acquisition of a commercial finance business, such as an asset based commercial lender. <read more> Strategy
102: Part III Strategic
Marketing has become a prerequisite for sustained
high-performance in today’s world. In Strategy 102: Part III
we will discuss “Market Research”; the all important
bridge between component one, “Market Focus” and component
three, “Value Proposition Development”. One of the main
reasons the marketing strategies of many, if not most, banks
fail to produce desired results is the lack of strategically
relevant market research. |
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