by AlexDeRobertis2000 | Bank Marketing & Advertising, Bank Operations & Compliance, Banking regulation, FINTECH, Regulation, Technology, The Community Bank Compliance Blog, Uncategorized
I’m a fan of innovation in the financial industry. God knows, it is needed. However, I’m not a big fan of regulation. God knows, there’s a lot that should be given the old heave-ho. But, there are limits. And, we’ve recently reached a big one. That’s why I’m...
by AlexDeRobertis2000 | Uncategorized
The traditional bank practice of hiring a commercial lender who will “bring his book of business” has become a risky proposition. Late last year, the Federal Reserve clobbered two bankers with a double whammy: first the bankers got hit with a...
by AlexDeRobertis2000 | Uncategorized
In 1955, when I was 9 years old, my father moved the family to Detroit, MI from Asheville, NC. It was a sudden decision. I came home from West Asheville’s Vance Elementary School one Friday afternoon and the following Monday, I was attending class at Burns...
by AlexDeRobertis2000 | Advertising, Bank Marketing & Advertising, banking, Branding, Business At Its Best, Communication, Customer Satisfaction, Keep It Simple, Marketing, Small Business Services
In 1969 I was an apprentice in the service department of a company sold and serviced typewriters and adding machines. I had an important job. I was the guy who dunked all the machines brought in for service and repair into the gunk tank. The tank was filled with...
by AlexDeRobertis2000 | Advertising, Business At Its Best, Marketing
My grandfather (the non-Scots/Irish one) was a first-class carpenter. According to family legend, he worked with his father on the construction of the Vanderbilt’s dairy barn at the Biltmore House, which would have been around 1901 or so. Later, during the...
