Travillian Next

Keith Daly , Director – Banking & Fintech at Travillian, sits down virtually with Peter Hazlehurst , Co-Founder & CEO at Synctera & Kevin Herrington , President, CEO and Chairman at Lineage Bank .   The topics discussed include: Synctera’s BaaS technology to assist community banks & fintechs partner quicker and efficiently. The keys to a successful partnership such as Lin...

Travillian hosted a webinar with two executive leaders in the evolution of banking on November 10, 2021.  Panelists: ​ •  Brian Johnson  – President, CEO, & Director, Choice Financial Bank •  Nikhil Lakhanpal  – Co-Founder, Narmi  Choice Financial Group • Headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, Choice Financial Group is a $3.2B community bank and the #1 Ag bank in N...

The Travillian Tech-Forward Bank Index was created to identify a select group of banks that are best positioned at the convergence of traditional banking and fintech.  We are producing a series of reports highlighting banks on the index that will help provide a better understanding of the unique culture, value system, leadership, and decision-making processes that have positioned these instit...

Hard to believe, but It has been close to a year since Covid completely disrupted the lives of almost everyone on the planet.  Over this period, new challenges have forced companies to adapt and find new ways to provide services to their customers and employees.   In this episode of Travillian NEXT, Keith Daly of The Travillian Group sits down with Casey to discuss how Quontic Bank...

For the last several years, Boston-based Radius Bank had been a popular name in banking, due to their transformation from sleepy community bank to an innovative player committed to mobile-centric banking and unique fintech partnerships. They became even more prominent when it was announced in early 2020 that well-known fintech LendingClub was to acquire them, a game-changing transaction that has r...

Jeffery Kendall, Chief Executive Officer at NYMBUS , joins Keith Daly, Executive Recruiter, at The Travillian Group, for dynamic chat on the current trends in banking & fintech and what the future holds as banking rapidly evolves in the digital age. NYMBUS is a cloud-based ecosystem that helps banks and credit unions transform their capabilities and drive value in today’s digital marketplace....

Travillian NEXT proudly hosts a true FinTech innovator:  Nathaniel Harley , the CEO & Co-Founder of  MANTL , a fast-growth FinTech that partners with community banks for omni-channel account opening products. They offer a customer-centric outer core ecosystem that gives banks and credit unions the flexibility to innovate using modern technology, while owning...

The Travillian Group hosted three top Northeast and Mid-Atlantic focused depository investment bankers in a discussion about how they’re advising their bank clients today. Topics included M&A, strategies around operational efficiencies, and resourcefully deploying capital in these uncertain times.  Please click on the link to the right to view the entire webinar. ​​ Panelists: ​ Scott Cla...

The Travillian Group was proud to host four industry innovators in a discussion about their experience solving the “digital riddle”. We spoke about how to successfully implement a digital strategy by repositioning your bank’s culture, integrating current team members and recruiting dynamic talent.  Panelists: ​ Patrick Sells, Chief Innovation Officer,  Quontic Bank Jill Castilla,&nb...

Three trailblazing bank executives, Larry Mazza (CEO, MVB Financial), Eric Sprink (CEO, Coastal Financial Corporation) and Chuck Shaffer (CEO and Director, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida) have been ahead of the pack in their banks’ progressive utilization of technology, data and FinTech partnerships.  The Travillian Group’s Brian Love and co-moderator Joe Fenech examined the origin o...

Bitcoin has been in the news lately with the rapid increase in price and institutional investors starting to jump in. There are still many questions about Bitcoin and how it will become a mainstream investment and product offering for community banks and financial institutions.  Yan Zhao , President at NYDIG & Patrick Sells , Head of Bank Solutions at NYDIG join Keith Daly , Executiv...

The Travillian Group hosted three top Southwestern-focused depository investment bankers. They discussed trends within the Southwest and the community banking landscape nationally.  ​Our panelists covered topics including: ​M&A / Industry Consolidation Capital Markets – Sub-debt / Equity Issuance “New Normal” Post-COVID Talent​​ Southwest Regional Outlook Regulation FinTech Succession Planning Pan...