Four Key Considerations for Mutual Bank M&A
Going through a bank tie-up can be a fraught experience—but the challenge is amplified when two mutual institutions combine.
Going through a bank tie-up can be a fraught experience—but the challenge is amplified when two mutual institutions combine.
As a pioneer in U.S. commercial banking and the original architect of the young republic’s financial infrastructure, there has been no young banker more accomplished or consequential than Hamilton.
By perfecting the money order and inventing the traveler’s cheque (all by his early 40s), Marcellus Berry brought efficient and safe payments to mass audiences for the first time.
The savings bank was a perfect fit for the America of its time, and it would fundamentally transform the way Americans thought about their money.
African-American mistrust of banks was endemic in the late 19th century, but that began to change with Maggie Lena Walker.
Hock imagined the Visa network, an entirely new approach to card acceptance and settlement.
More than just making things more convenient for customers, Hill’s aim is to “surprise and delight” every customer, converting them into fans along the way.
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Regular outreach calls, tracking of customer goals and value-added events help bankers win with customers—without making a hard sell.