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Learn from the Best: Choice Bank’s Talent Strategy for Building a Dream Team
In this episode of Travillian Next, Samantha Berg, Chief Human Resources Officer at Choice Bank, shares how her team is winning the talent war in an increasingly competitive banking landscape. Hosted by Brian Love, Head of Banking & Fintech at Travillian, the conversation uncovers how Choice Bank embraces “uncomfortability” in its culture and executes a…
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Rising to the Challenge: How Community Banks Can Attract and Retain Top Talent
At the Bank Holding Company Association’s Spring Seminar, Brian Love, Head of Banking & Fintech at Travillian, shared timely insights on talent trends in community banking. With increasing pressure on margins and rising regulatory scrutiny, demand for risk and finance professionals has surged. Love emphasized that winning top talent requires competitive pay and a deep…
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Keith Daly & Brian Love Talk 2022 Trends
Travillian’s Keith Daly and Brian Love reflect on 2022’s key hiring trends and offer insights into what banks should expect in the year ahead. Demand for risk and compliance professionals remained high, and remote flexibility continued to be a major draw for executive and innovation-focused talent. Compensation trends revealed a growing premium for niche and…
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Is Your Bank’s Risk & Compliance Talent Focusing on the Right Things: A Conversation with Coastal Financial Corporation’s Curt Queyrouze & Andrew Stines
In this Travillian Next discussion, Keith Daly, Director – Banking & Fintech at Travillian, sits down with Curt Queyrouze, President of Coastal Financial Corporation, and Andrew Stines, the bank’s Chief Risk Officer. As a national leader in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) with more than 30 fintech partnerships, Coastal is navigating a complex and evolving regulatory landscape. Curt…
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If You Build It, They Will Come: Iowa Bank Wins Over Fintech Rancher and Risk Maestro
Lincoln Savings Bank (LSB), a community bank rooted in agricultural lending, skyrocketed from 18,000 to over 3 million customers in just one year, fueled by the rapid growth of its banking-as-a-service (BaaS) arm, LSBX. To support this transformation, CEO Erik Skovgard partnered with Travillian to recruit fintech and risk management leaders from across the country,…
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The New Rules of Talent Acquisition
Hiring top tech and innovation talent has become a leading concern for community banks in 2022, especially those in the Alloy Labs Alliance. In a recent discussion with Alloy Labs, Travillian’s Brian Love shared four key insights for adapting to today’s competitive market: streamline hiring processes to avoid losing candidates early; embrace flexibility on remote…
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Best Practices and Recent Placements
Hiring in today’s competitive market requires a thoughtful approach. Travillian outlines five key strategies for attracting and retaining top banking and fintech talent: tell your company’s story to stand out, move quickly through the hiring process, hire for cultural fit and train for skills, invest in a strong onboarding experience, and leverage experienced recruiters like…
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Bright Outlook for Banks in 2021 Drives Fierce Competition for Talent
The banking industry has regained momentum in 2021, with improving asset quality, strong deposit growth, and renewed optimism for loan growth in the second half of the year. This resurgence has fueled a wave of merger activity and intensified the competition for top talent—especially in executive leadership, technology, and compliance roles. Travillian has responded by…
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A Conversation with CEOs Brent Beardall and Ira Robbins: Building Culture, Retaining and Attracting Talent and Grooming the Next Generation
Entrepreneurial CEOs Ira Robbins of Valley Bank and Brent Beardall of Washington Federal joined Travillian’s Brian Love and co-moderator Joe Fenech for a compelling discussion on how they’ve transformed their banks’ cultures. The conversation explored how a strong culture drives fundamental performance, enhances shareholder value, and improves talent retention and attraction. This is a must-watch…
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A Conversation with Brian Love
Brian Love, Head of Travillian’s Depository Search team, joined Tom Bengtson, publisher of Bankbeat.biz/BankBeat Magazine, for an insightful conversation on key talent issues facing the banking industry today. They discussed the evolving landscape of succession planning, leadership development, and hiring opportunities in a post-COVID world—highlighting the importance of strategic talent management for community banks navigating…
