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May 21, 2023
Our advisory services help you with risk management, increasing customer profitability, and appropriately pricing loans.
May 20, 2023
Our banking services in correspondent banking (cash management and international banking services), lending, and advisory services help streamline operations, mitigate risk, and increase income.
May 19, 2023
A correspondent banking provider for community financial institutions. Offering cash management, international banking, lending, and advisory services.
May 18, 2023
Correspondent banking services for financial institutions such as cash management, risk management advisory services, international banking, and lending services.
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Sep 19, 2023
Empowering Community Financial Institutions with Robust Profitability and Risk Management Strategies
Aug 9, 2023
PCBB Expands Its Executive Team To Include New COO Role
Jan 3, 2024
Finding the right amount to award your executives for bonuses can be a challenge. Compensation committees that use discretion in determining incentive payouts risk receiving criticism from investors and proxy advisory firms, whose policies tend to prefer formulaic incentive plans. However, discretion is an important feature of many banks’ annual incentive plans that, if used appropriately, can enhance the relationship between executive and CFI.
Oct 31, 2023
As CFIs strive to make greater inroads with younger generations, both as customers and employees, a Gen Z advisory board may be the key to gaining the critical insight necessary to do so in the most effective way. We provide examples of businesses that have implemented this strategy and how it could help your organization.
Jul 21, 2022
Boards of directors have essential monitoring and advisory responsibilities that affect their organizations’ performance. In an ideal world, a corporate board would have a strong culture and contribute to the success of the organization. A recent survey of smaller banks found that less than half of their boards met that standard.
Feb 27, 2023
By offering wealth management services, CFIs find they can provide a one-stop shop to handle more of their customers’ financial needs, ultimately building loyalty. Institutions can develop their offering by building their own teams or through partnerships/outsourcing. We give you some examples of organizations that have succeeded with these different models.
Mar 26, 2024
Small business customers have no shortage of financial service options, from traditional banks to fintech offerings. Fostering loyalty among this group not only requires providing them with added value, but with the sense that your CFI understands their individual businesses and their unique needs.
Feb 7, 2024
The desire for more flexible work arrangements isn’t limited to younger generations. As CFIs strive to hold on to longtime senior employees who may be heading for the exit to retire, flextirement is an option that may allow them to hold onto key employees longer and ensure a smoother transition to the next generation of employees.
Jan 24, 2024
Economists are predicting a downturn in consumer spending this year along with a slowing economy. We discuss strategies CFIs can use to prepare themselves and their small business customers for the impact.
Jan 22, 2024
Bank Director’s 2024 Bank M&A Survey explores FIs’ attitudes towards M&A. Although enthusiasm for a deal is somewhat flat, stagnant earnings may motivate FIs’ management and their boards to partner with other institutions in search of low-cost deposits. We discuss possible M&A trends for this year.
Nov 21, 2023
Financial institutions that excel at customer service can see benefits in retention and loyalty. But to be good at it requires vigilance and a dedication to constant improvement. We discuss five ways you can improve your customer service.
Nov 7, 2023
One of the top retail banking trends in 2023 is the evolution of branches. It’s not enough for branches to be spaces in which customers complete transactions. Smart branches integrate with digital offerings and attract current and potential customers in new ways.
Nov 2, 2023
Sheila Noll, PCBB’s Chief Operating Officer who served on the Federal Reserve’s Faster Payment Task Force, shares what it took to get FedNow® Instant Payments up and running and her advice for CFIs.
Oct 30, 2023
Checking accounts are long beyond their heyday, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t still hold value for CFIs. We review the decline of the physical check and the staying power of checking accounts — and how to keep them relevant to small and medium-sized business customers.
Sep 11, 2023
Responding to rising levels of CRE loans and recent bank failures, the FDIC has issued new guidance on risks. We review portfolio concentration red flags and risk factors.
Aug 29, 2023
Ensuring a truly diverse board necessitates identifying weaknesses in your current board composition and working toward filling those gaps. While gender and race are major factors in board diversity, they are not the only things that organizations should seek in their quest for diverse thinking and oversight.