Solving the Deposit Dilemma with M&A: ABA Presentation

There’s only one true way to solve the deposit dilemma and other balance sheet challenges facing community banks as interest rates rise and QE unwinds: a targeted merger or acquisition. Invictus Chairman Kamal Mustafa, the former head of global M&A at Citibank, held an overflow room in rapt attention at the recent ABA convention in New York as he explained how and why M&A can propel a bank to success. Take a look an this excerpt from his presentation.

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