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Crystal Ball 2022 Pt. 2 | Supply Chains & Trades Issues
Planning to open a new branch in 2022 or 2023? Learn how an experienced Design-Build partner can help you plan ahead and take the right actions to minimize lead times and labor issues leftover from the pandemic.
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Crystal Ball 2022 Pt. 1 | Costs Continue to Rise
It’s a new year, which can only mean one thing: a new Crystal Ball series. Part 1 – Costs Continue to Rise While indicators seem to be pointing to a “recovery” from the pandemic, such as employment rates, and even total cases per day/month, one of the lagging hangover effects that has not begun to…
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4 Critical Things We Learned in 2021
2021 was the much-anticipated light at the end of the seemingly endless tunnel of 2020. It wasn’t an easy year, as we were all still dealing with the tribulations of the pandemic, but it was laced with hope. Before we begin to look ahead to 2022 (our annual Crystal Ball series is close), let’s revisit…
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Tales of a Frankenbranch
Nestled in a quaint, mist covered valley, far from the maddening crowd of the easterly metropolis, there was a branch. It was the first branch. It was the flagship branch. Then, it was an old branch, built and built again, cobbled together from disparate parts across several decades. It was a Frankenbranch. A stitch work…
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5 Key 2022 Planning Strategies
Read our article 5 Key 2022 Strategies for Credit Unions & Community Banks to make sure you’re covering all your bases in preparation for a successful, growth-driven year ahead.
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Close That Branch Already
If there is a silver lining in the wake of all that has transpired over the past many months, it’s an opportunity to revisit strategies, tactics, and decisions that seemed like a good idea in early 2020, but now may be a bit “dated.” When looking across the business, and specifically the retailer landscape, bankruptcy…
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Forbes: 4 Retail Trends and What They Mean for Branches
While some semblance of normalcy is incoming, the impact of the pandemic is still very much a reality. As it relates to retail branching, the early days of the pandemic seemed to have three primary predictions: 1) The Branch is Dead 2) The Branch Will Come Back Stronger 3) The Branch Will Change Like most…
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Edwards FCU Flies Ahead With New Flagship Branch
With the project just completed, and the moving boxes being emptied, Edwards FCU are now the proud occupants of a new Flagship Branch and Headquarters Building. So impressive is this project, the CUToday wrote an article and added some great photos, so we’ll let them do the bragging for us. To learn more…
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2 Branch Expansion Lessons from the Bank of Frankewing
In branching, especially in this day and age, there is no definitive answer for the right formula of a bank or credit union. Every single branch should be unique according to each financial institution. This includes the idea of branch expansion. There is much to be learned by understanding what others are doing, however. Adopt…
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