Category: Analytics

Richard Hamm discusses how banks can grow their sustainable lending position. Richard, President of Advantage Consulting & Training, has more than 25 years’ experience training bankers in all phases of commercial lending and credit.  He is also the Course Leader for Commercial Real Estate Appraisals & Cash Flow Analysis for the Graduate School of Banking... Read more

It takes courage to admit that there is just too much information to review, evaluate and then make the best business decisions. We may view this as an admission that we do not have the capacity or capability to process all the information and are therefore reluctant to change.  However, whether a credit union has 10,000 or... Read more

For years, I was a vocal critic and naysayer of big data.  Inside the bank we struggled to analyze and maintain our “little” data, while colleagues eagerly ran off to Big Data conferences.  I was bemused, to say the least. Fast forward to today when I even surprised myself by urging our team to build... Read more

Intro –  Running a financial institution is not a simple model. Learning the nuances of making them profitable are not simply learned in a book or taking courses in school, it is the experiences, interactions and trial & error learning from everyday life. Michelle Katics, Founder of BankersLab has built systems that simulate the financial... Read more