Whatever the motivation, many banks have online deposit account opening on their minds, which puts it front and center for your telepathic, eager to please and willing-to-opine-on-anything-never-mind-the-topic Gonzo homeboys in Scottsdale. So, let’s take a look at the early entrant vendors in this area and the issues banks will need to address. [Read more]
About a year ago, I wrote a GonzoBanker column that lamented the lack of viable software tools to help streamline and automate the commercial lending process. Fifteen months later, I am pleased to say that the commercial loan software market is about to heat up BIG TIME. [Read more]
SFB and the other affiliated thrifts are not attracting the fear-based attention from their competitors that Wal-Mart is getting, but they probably should be. According to the Insurance Information Institute, the top five affiliated thrifts have quietly and quickly amassed more than $100 billion of our industry. [Read more]