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Agenda

  • Introductions
    • Introduction of Speakers and Sponsors
    • Workshop Objectives
      • Necessary Elements to Assuring a Successful
      • Bank Application and Chartering Process
      • Where to Begin

  • Why Start A Bank?
    • Market Forces
      • Changing Industry Dynamics
      • New Competitive Forces Within Financial
      • Services/Banking
    • New Regulatory Concerns/Issues
    • Is it Better to Buy or Start a Bank?
    • The Last Five Years in Banking... Patterns and Characteristics that Help us Forecast the Future

  • How to Select Your Charter
    • National vs. State vs. Thrift
    • Choosing which Markets to Serve
    • Emerging Markets
    • Choosing the Right Business Model for your Market

  • Assuring a Successful Bank Chartering Process
    • Executive Recruitment
    • Board Governance
    • Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
    • You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know Yet

  • Director & Responsibilities
    • You are an Owner First, an Investor Second
    • How to be an Effective Director
    • Best Practices
    • Defining my Role as an Advocate of The Bank

  • Choosing the Right Experts
    • Defining the Experts
    • Selecting Organizers and Directors
    • Preparing a Complete Application
    • The Regulators are Your Allies Not Your Adversaries
  • Which Organizational Structure is Best?
    • Closely Held
    • Bank Only
    • Bank Holding Company

  • Systemic Risks/Threats
    • Lack of Talent
      • Bankers Adapt, Adopt or Adjust
    • Current Demeanor of the Regulators
    • Changes Explicit and Implied

  • Building a Bank Using the Bankmark Model (146 of 146)
    • Pre Incorporation
    • Market Assessment
    • Organizing Group
    • Preliminary Budget
    • Operational Funds (see attachments)
    • Financing Your Project (OPM)
    • Profiles/Criteria of Successful Organizers/Directors
    • Warrants/Options - What’s in it for You
    • Why Groups Fail to Organize

  • Technology as Your Differentiator

  • Community Banks MUST
    • Develop or License Value Added Products to Increase Fee Income

  • Why Do Groups Fail to Charter and Open

  • Economic Signs that Point to Success in Today's Market