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- Next year’s Acquire or Be Acquired Conference takes place January 27-29, 2019 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge. Registration, if you can believe it, opens today.
PHOENIX, AZ — Well, that was fun! Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired Conference wrapped up on Tuesday evening, and with the benefit of a day to reflect on a jammed-packed experience, a few personal highlights from our time at the Arizona Biltmore.
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I am SO proud to work with such a great team that truly embodies our #1 core cultural value of helping to make other’s successful.
Three timely (and paraphrased) comments
When it comes to identifying banks to buy… core deposits are more important than loans — David Zalman, Chairman & CEO, Prosperity Bancshares Inc.
Earnings accretion is answer 1,2,3,4 and 5 out of five possible answers to the question “what is most important in bank M&A” — Robert G. Sarver, Chairman & CEO, Western Alliance Bancorporation
If you sell your bank for cash, you’re truly selling your bank. If you sell your bank for stock, you’re really investing in another’s future — Bill Hickey, Principal, Co-Head, Investment Banking, Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.
Best comment (unintentional comedy)
On Monday, during the Prioritizing Risk & Reward session that she moderated, our President, Mika Moser, brought the house down. John Allison, the Chairman of Home BancShares just shared that he’d made a whole lot of millionaires at his bank when Mika deadpanned, “you gotta any available teller positions?” Great stuff Mika!
Is this really a case to partner with FinTechs?
I’ve seen estimates that some 90% of FinTech startups will fail — for a variety of reasons (e.g. no one wants the product, cash shortage, etc). So, when I do the math and consider that we have some 5,000 FinTechs looking to make it big, only 10% have a realistic chance. Out of these 500 or so companies, only the ones capable of consolidating and expanding across niches will acquire a significant enough footing in the market to ensure resilience and sustainable long-term growth. Banks, start your engines…
Video Recaps
In case you missed it, we shared a number of videos on BankDirector.com this week. The page with all videos can be found here: The Pulse of Acquire or Be Acquired. To get a sense of what these short videos look like, here is an example from Sunday.
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If you missed the daily recaps shared on LinkedIn, Twitter and BD.com, here is a thumbnail with all the videos created. To playback the conference conversations via our social channels, I invite you to take search #AOBA18 to see what was shared by our attendees.
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