On November 4, 2021, Jeffrey Cardone presented at the Vermont Bankers Association Trustees and Director Forum. Mr. Cardone discussed critical issues facing the leadership of today’s community banks, including an update on mergers and acquisitions and regulatory and governance matters impacting the community bank industry.
Read More...On October 16, 2021, Kent Krudys presented at the CBA Annual Convention. Mr. Krudys led a discussion on current trends in community banking, including topics related to mergers and acquisitions, regulatory matters and boardroom diversity.
Read More...On September 18, 2021, Kent Krudys and Tom Hutton presented, together with professionals from S.R. Snodgrass, at the annual CEO Breakfast Session at the PACB Annual Convention. Luse Gorman has been a long-time presenter at the CEO Breakfast. Messrs. Krudys and Hutton led a discussion on current trends in community banking, including topics related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate structure alternatives, regulatory matters, FinTech, cannabis, boardroom diversity, executive and director compensation and benefits and tax matters.
Read More...Jeff Cardone and Scott Brown presented at the Illinois Bankers Association’s The One Conference on March 5, 2020. Cybersecurity, vendor management and BSA have been of increased focus of the regulators. The presentation, titled “Operational Enterprise Risk Management Hot Topics” discussed the importance of having a strong corporate governance framework and best practices for boards and senior management to deal with evolving cybersecurity, vendor management and BSA issues.
Read More...Jeff Cardone presented at the Florida Bankers Association’s Asset Liability Management Conference on January 31, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. The presentation titled “Capital Planning in 2020 – Key Considerations for Bank Executives” focused on best practices for community banks with respect to raising capital, including an update on the new community bank leverage ratio, strategic capital planning matters and how to approach capital management, and succession planning and defensive capital planning options.
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