Recent Posts by Matthew Speed

Updates: Bank Mergers & Acquisitions
Updates: Bank Mergers & Acquisitions
Posted by Matthew Speed on Sep 18, 2018
Update: M&A in 2018 (& De Novos!)  During the first quarter of 2018 I discussed 2017 bank M&A activity, and briefly summarized what to expect for 2018. One of the issues I highlighted was concern over the cost of acquisitions in the financial ...
Updates: Credit Union Mergers & Acquisitions
Posted by Matthew Speed on May 8, 2018
Review: M&A  in 2017 Last year I wrote a post discussing credit union (CU) merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the last several years and the drivers of this activity. I discovered that a great deal of CU M&A activity is attributed to the ...
2016 CFPB Update: CFBP Focus and Bulletins during 2016
Posted by Matthew Speed on Jan 11, 2017
“CFPB Update”, that sure sounds exciting. Not Really. However, staying up with what the CFPB is looking at has become a critical job for many in the banking industry over the last several years. Not only will staying up to date on CFPB initiatives ...
Information Technology and Banking
Posted by Matthew Speed on Dec 17, 2015
I have wanted to write something on Information Technology’s relationship with banking for a while, but the topic is a bit overwhelming and I was not sure how to start. Information Technology, or IT, is such a broad topic that entire books can and ...
Improving the Customer Experience
Posted by Matthew Speed on Mar 13, 2015
It is well known that in any consumer driven business, the customer experience is a core contributor to business success. Over the past five years the banking industry appears to be catching onto this. This is likely due to the industry's reputation ...
A Follow Up to Data Breaches
Posted by Matthew Speed on Dec 5, 2014
I wrote another blog in October about the risks associated with third party data breaches and how they can impact a bank’s relationship with its customers, titled The Real Threat of Data Breaches, Trust me.  Banks have been fighting for retailers to ...
The Real Threat of Data Breaches, Trust me.
Posted by Matthew Speed on Oct 10, 2014
Trust. This is one of the most important foundations any association is built from. Without trust there is no reason for any further discussion in building a relationship. This important concept is one of the first things parents teach their ...
Senator Durbin, May I Please Have Some Water?
Posted by Matthew Speed on Sep 9, 2014
My story begins in Florida while visiting family recently and I quite literally “ran” into a question regarding the Durbin Amendment.  I was out for my morning run, and this being Florida it was already about 1,000 degrees outside.  I planned to run ...