PRI Blog: General

Our blog is dedicated to sharing our thoughts and expertise about the banking industry and how you can experience quantifiable results for your financial institution. We invite you to hear the perspectives from our banking professionals through our posts.

Loan Pricing: How to Increase Profitability/ROE in an Increasing Rate Environment

As of April 2023, the yield curve was inverted, pointing to a possible recession. Rates have dramatically increased, slowing loan demand, and inflation stubbornly hangs on indicating more rate increases could be on the way in the short-term. Customer demand has shifted the conversation from rate floors to rate ceilings. In addition, excess liquidity that resulted from the pandemic is now falling. This, combined with depositor demand for higher yields, is beginning to increase deposit costs. In this blog, PRI consultant Shawn King discusses how to maximize profitability and ROE in an increasing rate environment.
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Breaking the Mold: Using New Channels to Communicate Effectively

At PRI, we spend our days helping financial institutions look at every aspect of their businesses to determine where they can improve their processes, which leads to enhanced culture and employee engagement. There are many avenues of attack we can take that lead to improved efficiency and increased profitability, which is our ultimate goal. As […]
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5 Top Things to Keep in Mind When Selecting Your Core Banking System

For almost every financial institution (except de novo institutions), a current core system is already in place. Changing core and ancillary systems creates a significant change event that will impact productivity and morale. It’s not an endeavor to be entered into lightly! In the PRI article 7 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your […]
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5 Steps to Turn Strategic Planning into Action

Strategic planning is a process used by financial institutions to identify short and long-term goals, determine the strategies necessary to accomplish those goals and devise an approach to evaluate progress. While strategic planning usually takes place at the senior management and board of director level, it can often stall out there, never driving down into […]
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Breaking the Mold: Internship Programs

At PRI, we spend our days helping financial institutions look at every aspect of their businesses to determine where they can improve their processes, which leads to enhanced culture and employee engagement. There are many avenues of attack we can take that lead to improved efficiency and increased profitability, which is our ultimate goal. As […]
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Expect the Unexpected: Strategic Planning in a Time of Economic Uncertainty

While there are conflicting outlooks on what financial institutions can expect from the economic environment in the next five years, experts generally agree that “expecting the unexpected” is a sound business practice. Major global or national events are always possible, although the potential impact is not yet fully understood or there is disagreement on what […]
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Breaking the Mold: Remote Work

At PRI, we spend our days helping financial institutions look at every aspect of their businesses to determine where they can improve their processes, which leads to enhanced culture and employee engagement. There are many avenues of attack we can take that lead to improved efficiency and increased profitability, which is our ultimate goal. As […]
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5 Ways to Increase Profitability in Economic Uncertainty

With continued talk of a recession and ongoing economic uncertainty, financial institutions are searching for creative ways to increase profitability. The PRI team’s expertise goes deep in this area, and in this week’s blog, Jen Megee, Director of Process Improvement at PRI, shares five proactive actions financial institutions can take to make a meaningful impact […]
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Digital Features Every Customer is Looking for From a Financial Institution

In the blog Top Buzzwords in Banking and What They Mean to Community Institutions, PRI consultant Brady Chianciola discussed “digital transformation” and how it goes much farther than simply digitizing an FI’s operations. The term refers to truly transforming the company and strategically changing the way it operates for the customer’s journey.   “Digital transformation means […]
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