Employee stock ownership plans can be a tool to not only retain talent but also promote engagement with the job.

Jackie Stewart is the Executive Editor of Bank Director. She is responsible for writing and editing features for the company’s weekly newsletter and quarterly print magazine and oversees sponsored ...

The 2006 class of de novo banks will go down as the largest in Georgia history. Beyond that, there’s little to crow about. “There were 19 of us that started that year. About half have failed, and of ...

Discretion is often considered taboo in the executive compensation world. Compensation committees that use discretion in determining incentive payouts risk receiving criticism from investors and proxy ...

Large banks could finally get off the sidelines and start pursuing deals again. But a few things would need to happen first, said Bill Burgess, co-head of the financial services investment banking ...

As the premier growth and strategy event for bank CEOs, senior executives and board members, Bank Director's Acquire or Be Acquired Conference provides senior leadership teams with numerous ...

A common maxim in the mergers and acquisitions industry is that very small banks have a tough time finding buyers. But last week, we learned there’s an exception. And it comes from financial ...

Conference Overview The Conference For Key Decision Makers Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired Conference is widely regarded as the financial industry’s premier M&A event for a bank’s CEO, board of ...

The Three Dimensions of the Most Digitally Mature Financial Institutions 1. Security and fraud. One of the most eye-opening findings is the paradox between data sophistication and fraud prevention.

While recently the industry focus has been on the historically low number of mergers and acquisitions, the capital markets have also been muted. Lower organic growth, margin compression, interest rate ...

The board of Columbia Banking System was confident of a relatively quick turnaround when it agreed to a $5.1 billion merger with rival Umpqua Holdings Corp. in October 2021, and with good reason: Just ...

Barriers to Dealmaking More than three-quarters of respondents say potential targets’ pricing expectations are a key hurdle to making an acquisition, followed by demands on bank capital (52%), culture ...