Shamim Okolloh is the VP for Community Outreach or Encore Bank in Little Rock...a second year student at the Barret Graduate School of Banking...and now a co-writer of an extremely important book in our industry. And it's a book she's co-written with her favorite co-writer...her son! It's a book inspiring kids (and particularly girls of color) to become commercial bankers! And it has opened up some amazing opportunities for discussions about banking, financial literacy, banking as a career...it's just awesome! Go check out the book at https://www.ellathebanker.com/ And, as always, many thanks ..read more

Does leading meetings or meeting with clients or writing reports/memos fill you with anxiety or has it ever done so? I'll admit it...it does me! You can't help how things like that bother you BUT you can change how you deal with it. And to have someone with Justin's resume and experience sharing some of his "tips and tricks" that he teaches at the Barret Graduate School of Banking...well...it let's us know that we're not alone. Be sure to follow Justin on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-muscolino/ JTM Compliance Training at: https://jtmcompliancetraining.com/ And many thanks to ..read more

I'm always been fascinated with how banks manage through core conversions. Having lived through 2 myself...I get the frustrations. I've LIVED the frustrations! However, there's a good bit of talk around the differing communication requirements needed for each generation...and today's workforce has 4 generations intermingled together. All with different communication needs...all with different points of views...and if we were to throw a core conversion on top of that?!?!?! Siobhan Byron is EVP of Universal Banking at Finastra and she has seen the good, the bad, and ugly in this area over the ye ..read more

When the numbers come out, we bring on Jim Reber (CEO of ICBA Securities) to explain them and put them in context. With the new CPI number out today...we did just that. Apologies for sounding like a chain smoking toad...sinus season in Memphis! And be sure to check out ICBA Securities at https://www.icba.org/icba-securities ..read more

Our final annual tradition is the "Very Barret New Year" episode where we get together and talk about the past year and what's on the horizon for the following year. Of course, when you get the three of us together...who knows what'll turn up. That's why we love working together! So...Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us at the Barret School of Banking and ICBA Securities ..read more

In part 2, we pick up with part 7 in our conversation with Jimmy. One of the longest running traditions on the podcast is our year in review with Jimmy Sawyers of Sawyers and Jacobs. Jimmy is an industry leader in cybersecurity and banking technology and each year he puts out a Top 10 Trends around this time of the year. So, what we like to do here is take his 2023 list and look backwards and see how the trends developed over the year. Check out Sawyers and Jacobs at https://sawyersjacobs.com/ And thank you to our sponsor, ICBA Securities! https://www.icba.org/icba-securities ..read more

One of the longest running traditions on the podcast is our year in review with Jimmy Sawyers of Sawyers and Jacobs. Jimmy is an industry leader in cybersecurity and banking technology and each year he puts out a Top 10 Trends around this time of the year. So, what we like to do here is take his 2023 list and look backwards and see how the trends developed over the year. Check out Sawyers and Jacobs at https://sawyersjacobs.com/ And thank you to our sponsor, ICBA Securities! https://www.icba.org/icba-securities ..read more

Walk off those extra turkey calories with Chris and Byron talking about music and food. It may surprise you that we don't spend every waking minute talking about banking. I know...shocking. But, we thought you'd like to hear what a typical Chris and Byron conversation sounds like...on two of our favorite topics. Just sit back and laugh along with us...enjoy our hot takes...criticize our opinions...we're ok with all of that! Don't forget to check out our sponsor, ICBA Securities, and thank them for letting us put out even this kind of content for the community banking industry. https://www.icba ..read more

Banks need deposits...banks raise deposit prices...or banks go to capital markets...bank down the street does the same thing...margins get thinner and thinner... Sound familiar? So, let's break out of that rut and rethink this idea of marginal cost of funds as well as the value of our franchises and incorporating an idea called "lifetime value of accounts". Honestly, it's the best long-term option community banks have in an environment like this. Neil Stanley is the CEO and Founder of The CorePoint. Check them out at https://thecorepoint.com/ And many thanks to ICBA Securities for their sponso ..read more

We have several end of the year traditions at Main Street Banking and taking a look back at the year with Gerrish Smith Tuck, PLC is one of them. Greyson Tuck is President of Gerrish Smith Tuck PLC and Gerrish Smith Tuck Consultants LLC located here in Memphis. They do extensive traveling, consulting, and teaching with community banks all over the country and have their fingers firmly implanted on the pulse of the industry. To get in touch with Greyson and/or to register for the publications mentioned on the podcast (and you should if you're not!) email him at gtuck@gerrish.com To learn more a ..read more