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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Artisan’s Perspective on Risk Management

Listen as Jim Adkins, Jeff Voss and Dave Larson discuss a broad range of risk-related topics, including: · The role that risk plays in managing a profitable bank · A frank discussion of the average board member’s understanding of risk and what needs to change · What the current mood on risk management is among […]

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October 10, 2024

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The Importance of Risk Management

Enterprise risk management is a tool to identify and address otherwise unknown threats to your institution. Adopting an enterprise risk management program will position your institution to meet or exceed strategic goals by understanding the risk they may present, and effectively mitigate that risk. Furthermore, it will: Provide a competitive advantage, since many of your […]

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September 17, 2024

PRO TIPS FOR TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR CORE PROCESSOR NEGOTIATION

5 Pro Tips for Taking Control of Your Core Processor Negotiation

Artisan Advisors’ Steve Heckard and Matt Bergman, share their top 5 pro tips for taking control of your contract negotiation:   Steve and Matt have a lot more insight to share. Both have worked with top industry core processing providers and have extensive backgrounds in selling financial technology services to financial institutions. This experience uniquely […]

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June 13, 2024

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: True or False – Core Vendor Technology Belongs in Your Bank’s Strategic Plan

TRUE. And absolutely essential. In the latest episode of Artisan Unfiltered, “Core Vendor Technology and Your Strategic Plan,” our team of experts – Steve Heckard, Matt Bergman, Jim Adkins and Jeff Voss – dive deep into the complexities of negotiating the core processing vendor agreement that will drive your strategic plan. Listen Now.

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May 21, 2024

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Cyber Security Risk and How to Manage It

Get a reality check about the risk and liability associated with data security and listen now to the Artisan Unfiltered podcast, Cyber Security Risk and How to Manage It. Panelist and data security expert Chad Holstead notes that for banks of any size, “the hard part is management’s ability to rally and champion a security […]

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May 6, 2024

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The Artisan Advisor Q1 2024: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter

The Artisan Advisor Q1 2024: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter. Read Now.

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April 22, 2024

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Not Sure How to Find a New Core Processing Vendor or Evaluate Your Current One?

Artisan’s Virtual RFP Can Help When a small community bank realized they needed to find a new core processing provider, they quickly discovered they were inadequately prepared to undertake the search effort. They knew little about the provider market – who the players were or what provider would be the best fit for a bank […]

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March 30, 2024

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The Artisan Advisor Q4 2023: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter

The Artisan Advisor Q4 2023: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter. Read Now.

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January 8, 2024

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Managing Your Core Vendor is Key to a Successful Relationship

With increasing frequency, we are encountering banks that, for a variety of reasons, no longer have a productive relationship with a technology vendor, primarily their core vendor. As this relationship falters, many bank leaders consider converting to a new vendor, which is neither easy nor inexpensive. But remaining in a dysfunctional relationship is very disruptive […]

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November 8, 2023

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Making Sense of CECL

The latest episode of our Artisan Unfiltered podcast series, “Making Sense of CECL,” is now available for download. It focuses on the important and timely topic Current Expected Credit Losses, or CECL. A credit loss accounting standard that was issued by Financial Accounting Standard Board in 2016 that replaced the Allowance for Loan and Lease […]

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October 12, 2023

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The Artisan Advisor Q3 2023: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter

The Artisan Advisor Q3 2023: Your Guide to Economic and Real Estate Outlook for the Upcoming Quarter. Read Now.

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October 8, 2023

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Artisan Unfiltered Podcast: Core Financial Technology 101.

The newest episode of Artisan Unfiltered has dropped! “Core Financial Technology 101” features an interview with Stephen Heckard and Matt Bergman – the two newest additions to the Artisan team – who are leading Artisan’s newest service offering. Steve and Matt are deeply knowledgeable technology solution professionals with decades of experience in selling and evaluating […]

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October 6, 2023

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