by Brian Pillmore | May 17, 2023 | Brian's Blog
Historic bank failures, interest rate hikes, inflation, etc. But inflation has had BY FAR the biggest impact on average Americans. In most circumstances, inflation is a sort of invisible tax that disproportionately affects the poor. In this case, it’s not invisible at...
by Brian Pillmore | May 12, 2023 | Brian's Blog
Here’s what that means for the future ???? When everyone has easy access to standardized, inexpensive, instantaneous ways of performing core functions (opening accounts, taking deposits, issuing loans, international transfers, etc.), Every bank will need to find new...
by Brian Pillmore | May 11, 2023 | Brian's Blog
Now fintechs are buying chartered banks to cut costs…. What happened? When a fintech builds their app, the only thing they need to be focused on is building an incredible app and growing their customer base. Everything else is a distraction. Operating a chartered bank...
by Brian Pillmore | May 10, 2023 | Brian's Blog
But there is 1 major exception…. Banks that serve the middle market commercial customers. These banks that serve these customers in the middle market are sophisticated—even beyond the level of banks that serve publicly traded companies. These banks handle a lot of...
by Brian Pillmore | May 9, 2023 | Banking Knowledge Base, Brian's Blog
An in-depth analysis of how First Republic Bank found itself in a position to lose $176B in assets in just 1 Quarter. PDF available for download in the Featured section on my profile in Linkedin. If we can help you in assessing the risks with your preferred banking...
