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The Paul W. Barret, Jr. School of Banking is a non-profit independent school created by and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved with the financial services industry.The mission of the School is to provide an adult learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or a related financial services industry business.

Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers Barret School of Banking

    • Business
    • 4.8 • 22 Ratings

The Paul W. Barret, Jr. School of Banking is a non-profit independent school created by and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved with the financial services industry.The mission of the School is to provide an adult learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or a related financial services industry business.

    Ella The Banker: inspiring ALL children to be commercial bankers!

    Ella The Banker: inspiring ALL children to be commercial bankers!

    Shamim Okolloh is the VP for Community Outreach or Encore Bank in Little Rock...a second year student at the Barret Graduate School of Banking...and now a co-writer of an extremely important book in our industry. And it's a book she's co-written with her favorite co-writer...her son!

    It's a book inspiring kids (and particularly girls of color) to become commercial bankers! And it has opened up some amazing opportunities for discussions about banking, financial literacy, banking as a career...it's just awesome!

    Go check out the book at https://www.ellathebanker.com/

    And, as always, many thanks to our sponsor, ICBA Securities, for helping us present this type of content! Check them out at...https://icba.org/icba-securities

    • 31 min
    How To Handle The Anxiety Of Meeting, Reports, Etc With Justin Muscolino

    How To Handle The Anxiety Of Meeting, Reports, Etc With Justin Muscolino

    Does leading meetings or meeting with clients or writing reports/memos fill you with anxiety or has it ever done so? I'll admit it...it does me! You can't help how things like that bother you BUT you can change how you deal with it. And to have someone with Justin's resume and experience sharing some of his "tips and tricks" that he teaches at the Barret Graduate School of Banking...well...it let's us know that we're not alone.

    Be sure to follow Justin on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-muscolino/

    JTM Compliance Training at: https://jtmcompliancetraining.com/

    And many thanks to our sponsors, ICBA Securities! Check them out at https://icbasecurities.com/

    • 17 min
    Core Conversions Across Generations: Is It Possible? Chat with Siobhan Byron from Finastra

    Core Conversions Across Generations: Is It Possible? Chat with Siobhan Byron from Finastra

    I'm always been fascinated with how banks manage through core conversions. Having lived through 2 myself...I get the frustrations. I've LIVED the frustrations!

    However, there's a good bit of talk around the differing communication requirements needed for each generation...and today's workforce has 4 generations intermingled together. All with different communication needs...all with different points of views...and if we were to throw a core conversion on top of that?!?!?!

    Siobhan Byron is EVP of Universal Banking at Finastra and she has seen the good, the bad, and ugly in this area over the years. She made some great points in our conversation that speak directly to the core conversion but, really, apply to so. much. more. in banking regarding ANY big decision we make.

    To learn more about Finastra, check out https://www.finastra.com/

    And don't forget about our sponsors, ICBA Securities, at https://icbasecurities.com/

    • 15 min
    Main Street Market Update January 11, 2024

    Main Street Market Update January 11, 2024

    When the numbers come out, we bring on Jim Reber (CEO of ICBA Securities) to explain them and put them in context. With the new CPI number out today...we did just that.

    Apologies for sounding like a chain smoking toad...sinus season in Memphis!

    And be sure to check out ICBA Securities at https://www.icba.org/icba-securities

    • 9 min
    A Very Barret New Year 2024

    A Very Barret New Year 2024

    Our final annual tradition is the "Very Barret New Year" episode where we get together and talk about the past year and what's on the horizon for the following year. Of course, when you get the three of us together...who knows what'll turn up. That's why we love working together!

    So...Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us at the Barret School of Banking and ICBA Securities

    • 42 min
    A Look Back at 2023 With Jimmy Sawyers pt 2

    A Look Back at 2023 With Jimmy Sawyers pt 2

    In part 2, we pick up with part 7 in our conversation with Jimmy.

    One of the longest running traditions on the podcast is our year in review with Jimmy Sawyers of Sawyers and Jacobs. Jimmy is an industry leader in cybersecurity and banking technology and each year he puts out a Top 10 Trends around this time of the year. So, what we like to do here is take his 2023 list and look backwards and see how the trends developed over the year.

    Check out Sawyers and Jacobs at https://sawyersjacobs.com/

    And thank you to our sponsor, ICBA Securities! https://www.icba.org/icba-securities

    • 28 min

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