When it comes to negotiating and renewing these multi-million dollar relationships once every five to seven years, community banks and credit unions are at a distinct disadvantage negotiating against their Core and IT service providers – bankers have to know what to demand in advance. Suppliers protect these secrets within a team of highly skilled negotiators, contract writers and lawyers who negotiate hundreds of contracts each year with different institutions – never sharing with you what they negotiated differently with any other institution nationwide. To make matters worse these core vendors have formed a market oligopoly, controlling 93 percent of the industry, effectively blocking community institutions from the chance to receive a fair deal through any lack of formidable competition.
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DEFINE: “CORE & IT”
Account & Data
Processing
Item Processing
ATM/EFT Services
Internet Banking
Bill Payment
Card Services
Network (WAN)
Monitoring
Server Management /
Protection
3. asilva@paladin-fs.com 877-746-4859 x 704
CEO of Paladin fs & The Golden Contract Coalition
Professional Negotiator
AARON SILVA
138 Wins / 0 Losses
$346 Million in
Cost Reduction
$108 Million in Merger
Value Accretion
Paladin Blue Book
$500 Billion + 30 years
IT Contract Negotiations
Launched June 2016
Group “Offensive”
Negotiations
100+ Institutions
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9.15% 8.77%
10.71%
0.30%
3.75%
15.08%
13.75%
19.76%
12.78%
8.67%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
PercentIncrease
Total Non Interest Expense Data Processing Expense
TECHNOLOGY & RISING
Technology cost rising faster than other non-interest expenses
Source: Financial Information Systems
Core IT
Solution Market
Competitiveness
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2019 FINANCIAL CANTOR FITZGERALD, EVERCORE AND
CITADEL RESEARCH
FIS Fiserv Jack Henry
Free Cash Flow $1.5 Billion (+$37M) $1.2 Billion (-$20M) $230 Million (-$25M)
Capital Expenditures 1% of revenue 6% of revenue 4% of revenue
Product Development 6% of revenue 3% of revenue 8% of revenue
Focus • Data center consolidation
• Loud strategy
• Modernization of
omnichannel and digital
banking solutions
• User experience updates
• Enhancements to platforms
• Payments integration
• Digital solutions
• Card Processing platform
migration
• Treasury management
• JHA Payments Hub
• Open banking strategy
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LEGACY CORE & IT SUPPLIERS POSE A CLEAR
AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR INDUSTRY
Uncompetitive vintage services are
OVER-PRICED and void of any
market price efficiency.
Suppliers have NO INTEREST
in financially guaranteeing the
quality or performance of any
of their services or systems.
Core & IT suppliers DO NOT
INNOVATE and actively
manufacture barriers to outside
competitive fintech alternatives.
Contracts are ONE-SIDED,
outmoded, legally defective and
INTRODUCE SYSTEMIC RISK into
every banking franchise.
While the industry struggles
to survive through contraction,
suppliers thrive as SILENT
SHAREHOLDERS in every
M&A transaction.
Other than these facts…they’re
a great “PARTNER”!
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THE CORE IT OLIGOPOLY IS POWERFUL
20,000 statements accidentally sent to wrong bank customers
by an Item Processing supplier
The outcome
A major GLBA violation Hundred hours of customer
support to repair disaster
Incalculable
reputational damage
OLIGOPOLY OVER SERVICE LEVELS
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DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVES
(what you ACTUALLY have)
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS
(what you think you have)
Commitment to perform (subjective).
Processes or functions that are not necessarily critical
nor can be measured easily by bank.
Not defined or described.
If a ‘miss’ continues – buyer can ‘redial’.
They fix the problem using ‘best effort’.
If buyer is harmed you must beg for compensation
or pay great penalties to leave the service or contract.
Guaranteed performance standard.
Tied to meaningful defined processes or functions.
If a ‘miss’ occurs – a credit is issued.
If a ‘miss’ continues – buyer gains certain rights.
If a ‘miss’ occurs too many times – buyer may leave
the service or contract with no penalties.
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THE CORE IT OLIGOPOLY IS POWERFUL
THE COMPROMISE:
Credit union extended their agreement
by 3 years. supplier reduced
setup fee by 50% ($50,000).
a supplier quoted $100,000
as setup fee for 3 new products.
the credit union needed the products to
compete, even without the budget.
OLIGOPOLY OVER PRICING
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RESULTING FROM A MERGER
A $700m credit union planned to terminate their agreement
three months early
Why?
To allow conversion after 9 years
with FISERV
Estimated Termination Fee
$120,000 at 80% value X
remaining term
MERGER NIGHTMARES
“CUFF ‘EM DAN-O”
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THE CORE IT OLIGOPOLY IS POWERFUL
OLIGOPOLY OVER MERGERS
Credit union Processed By Buys an Institution Processed By a Competitor
CU 1 CU 2
$860,000
PAID TO
(Termination, de-conversion
expense)
$460,000
PAID TO
(Conversion, programming
and interface fees)
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Credit Union 1
36 Months
Remaining on Contract
Credit Union 2
24 Months
Remaining on Contract
THE CORE IT OLIGOPOLY IS POWERFUL
OLIGOPOLY OVER MERGERS
Two Credit Unions Merge Using SAME Processor
CU 1 CU 2
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IT’S REALLY NICE TO BE THEM!
Termination, Conversion and Integration Revenue
$223M
to
$261M
$281M
to
$320M
$360M
to
$410M+
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Accepting only
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Outsourcing to your
LEGAL COUNSEL
Allowing your SUPPLIER
RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
to negotiate for you
Relinquish the POWER SEAT
COMMON NEGOTIATING MISTAKES
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Are YOU prepared to risk millions of
franchise value and make long-term
mistakes on a GUESS?
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IS MY CONTRACT & PRICING VULNERABLE?
8 of 10 contracts
are 13.1% - 43.1%
above FMV
Average impact
is $ 1.38 Million per
institution or more
99% of contracts
have critical
business & legal
term defects
Vendors do not volunteer benefits (you must demand)
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MARKET GAP MEASUREMENT
Comparison of Pricing & Contract to Paladin Blue Market Intelligence
2
2.5
2
2.5
2
2.5
4.5
5
4
4.5
4
4
Bank
Blue Book
Price Structure – Long Term
Available Discounts
Contract – Service Level
Contract – Legal Balance
Contract – Compliance
Price Structure – Short Term
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IT CHASM
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY “CHASM” IS LARGE
Friendly FinTech is moving to fill the IT CHASM created by Legacy Core & IT
Loan
Origination
Systems
Robot
Process
Automation
Online
Banking
Artificial
Intelligence
Advanced
Payments
Mobile
Banking
Decision
Intelligence
Block
Chain
Voice
Banking
Chat
BOTs
Crypto-
Currencies
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CONTRACTS LIMIT FUTURE COMPETITIVENESS
RESULT:
SMALL INSTITUTIONS ARE UNABLE TO COMPETE
WITH LARGER COMPETITORS
Alternative Competitive Suppliers
Fintech Suppliers & Solutions
Incentives for Innovation (The IT GAP)
Fair Market Pricing
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BARRIERS TO FINTECH ACCESS
Contractual and Financial Penalties designed by Core IT Suppliers
Your Data
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Your Data
BARRIERS TO FINTECH ACCESS
Contractual and Financial Penalties designed by Core IT Suppliers
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Early bird Red zoneSweet Spot
36 30 24 18 12 0
Least
Good
Most
CostReductionOpportunity
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Begin research
24-30 months
Sign in the
“sweet spot”
Switching leverage
erodes quickly in RED
ZONE
Call to Action:
Yellow – Get started.
Blue – Get it done.
Red – Get moving!!
Months Remaining on Contract
Sweet Spot 18
months
24
months
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THE VENDOR SHELL GAME
Month 2 Month
2 Years
1 Year
4 Years
5 Years
3 Years
3 Years 6 Months
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Managed Services
Network / WAN
ATM / EFT
Bill Payment
Internet Banking
Item Processing
Account Processing
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UNLEASH YOUR
COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
NEVER let your trust for
a vendor get in the way
of your critical thinking,
business sense and
fiduciary responsibility.
Your vendor will NEVER
volunteer something that
benefits you more than
them – you have to
know what to ask for.
NEVER go into a
multi-year, multi-million
dollar negotiation
without doing your
research and having
hard market intelligence
in your pocket before the
negotiation!
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