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Andy Cecere and Richard Davis at U.S. Bank Stadium With U.S. Bancorp’s leadership transition underway, the big question is whether it will deliver faster earnings growth — the one shareholder demand that has proven elusive Inside handoff March 2017 americanbanker.com ABM0317_Cover_Final.indd 1 2/2/17 6:15 PM 0C2_ABM0317 2 2/2/2017 10:36:53 AM Contents MARCH 2017 / VOLUME 127 / NO 3 5 9 20 24 Briefi ngs BankThink 5 Car Dealers Get Hip 20 Learn to Self-Disrupt 6 The Pay Puzzle Scott Raskin of Spigit says 8 Pruning Risky Loans bank executives should constantly brainstorm with all employees to foster a BankTechnology culture of innovation 14 9 Core Inevitability Fearful banks hesitate on BackPorch needed core conversions, COVER STORY but what’s riskier — keeping 24 Quotes from Supreme legacy tech or replacing it? Court Chief Justice John 14 Game Time Roberts, Jay Sidhu of Andy Cecere takes over in a tricky period for Customers Bancorp, and U.S. Bancorp. Its shares trade at a significant 10 A Zelle of a Premiere more premium compared with most of its peers. The big-bank backers of But the pressure is on to accelerate earnings a new P2P option get a growth. Can he deliver on the one shareholder chance to correct past IN EACH ISSUE demand that has proven elusive even for mistakes 4 Editor’s Note Richard Davis to achieve? 13 Bots Everywhere Once banks get comfortable with them, American Banker (ISSN 2162-3198) Vol. 127 No. 3, is published monthly by SourceMedia, One State Street Plaza, 27th Floor New York, NY 10004. Subscription price: $119 per year in the U.S.; $139 bots will be working in for all other countries. Periodical postage paid at New York, NY and additional U.S. mailing of ces. POSTMASTER: send all address changes to American Banker, One State Street Plaza, New York, every department NY 10004. 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In particular, a structured debt doing business; rather they are puzzling over exactly how to do so. instruments marketplace called SIMON A lot of projects so far have been about keeping up with customer expectations. But connects brokers seeking debt solutions at most that just helps maintain value. Going beyond that is essential to gain a com- with banks that issue them. petitive advantage and create value. Oering competitors’ products So as the industry undergoes a digital transformation — and ntech challengers en- through SIMON might seem risky, but the croach — make choices about where and how your bank can best compete in this stratey has been paying o, with Gold- evolving ecosystem, then invest accordingly. The point is to create a digital stratey man rising from fourth to rst in struc- that fuels shareholder equity, said John Lester, a partner at Oliver Wyman and co- tured note issuance over the last three author of a new report that addresses this topic. years, according to the report. “I think the real question CEOs should be asking, and I’m sure are beginning to be In the third model, “component sup- asked is, ‘What is the value we’re getting from all of these digital initiatives?’ And I pliers” focus on being the best in what think for too many incumbents, the answer is, ‘Not a lot so far,’ ” Lester said in a video they oer. They invest in consumer in- discussing the report.