Trent Green is our special guest today giving us insight on the differences between corporate cards. Trent is Oakworth’s Managing Director, Treasury Management. Although the world of corporate payments is always evolving, bank and non-bank issued…
Thought Leadership
Recently, I had a conversation with a friend of mine about Canada legalizing marijuana at its Federal level. Ultimately, the discussion got around to whether the stuff would ever be legal in Alabama. My thoughts were/are simply…
Let me start by saying: there is NO universally accepted amount of money on which to retire. You can retire on as much or as little as you wish, as long as you are comfortable with…
This past Wednesday night, I made a presentation down in Mobile. During the Q&A, one person asked whether the growing economy has already made back the money the Federal government ‘lost’ due to the “tax cuts.”…
I am not a CPA, and won’t pretend to know all of the various ins and outs of last year’s tax reform legislation. That doesn’t mean people don’t want to know about it, which they do.…
This morning, the Administration imposed a 25% tariff on $50 billion worth of goods from China. To put that number into better perspective, in 2016, the US imported roughly $463 billion (excluding services) from the Chinese.…
Back in early 2003, the finance committee of the City of Birmingham summoned me to explain the negative performance for 2002 in the account it had entrusted to my then employer’s care. To be sure, given…
There is an old expression: “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” We all know this, and have all forgotten it at least once in our lives. Something for nothing (or with…
This past Monday afternoon, I told a group of Oakworth associates the major stories this week would be the FOMC meeting/statement on Wednesday and today’s Employment Situation report. Although neither so-called big event was terribly surprising,…
Oakworth Capital Bank has been named to the 2018 DepositAccounts Top200 list of Healthiest Banks in America. Oakworth ranked 28th nationally and 1st in Alabama. This marks the 4th consecutive year in a row that Oakworth…