About Us
Purpose
Community financial institutions need access to insights from data without taking away from valuable staff resources. While public banks have huge budgets for data analytics departments, community financial institutions are often left grasping for insights from various disconnected resources, wasting precious time and money in the process. Our purpose is to bridge that gap and provide the functionality of a data analytics department through a convenient, affordable, and easily accessible platform. We gather and interpret vast amounts of data and produce invaluable insights that are easily digestible and immediately useful.
Background
Banker's Caddy was founded as a direct result of the financial crisis in 2008. Bank leaders were left to fend for themselves and navigate the stormy waters of change with little guidance or certainty. Our CEO, Kirk Briden, was one of them. He emerged from the experience with a profound desire to help other bank CEO's and leaders navigate the inevitable challenges this industry faces. His background in both data science and as a former bank CEO gave him the unique ability to create custom solutions for bankers from the perspective of an actual banker, not just a data expert. What started as custom reporting for local community banks has developed into a nationwide business, helping community banks and credit unions all across the country navigate constantly changing climates.
While we have served over 800 clients in 47 states, our core will always be listening to and learning from the needs of individual clients. When a client has a suggestion for what they would like to see in their reports, we are quickly able to incorporate those ideas in a cohesive manner. We take the vast data resources available to community banks and credit unions, and package them into practical, bottom-line solutions that make sense of that data and pass regulatory scrutiny. Most importantly, we do so in a way that satisfies the individual needs and challenges of your specific institution.
Kirk Briden is a bank executive with over thirty years of industry experience. Prior to Banker's Caddy, Kirk was the Founder, President and CEO of Champion Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. He also served as Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking for Montgomery Bank in St. Louis. His tenure includes managing commercial banking groups at Allegiant Bank, Commerce Bank and Cass Bank. He began his career in the corporate training program at Boatmen's National Bank.
Briden received an undergraduate finance degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an MBA from Washington University's Olin School of Business with Beta Gamma Sigma honors. He is a recipient of the 2008 St. Louis Business Journal 40 Under 40 award. He is a sports enthusiast, and he especially enjoys golf and travel. He resides in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, Suzi, and has four sons.
LinkedInFrequently Asked Questions
What is the typical asset size of your clients?We have banks ranging from a few million in assets up to 6 billion.
Are your reports customizable?Yes. Because we are a small company, we are able to quickly customize reports and incorporate suggestions from clients. This is one of the advantages of working with a small company versus a big box vendor.
What do regulators think of your CECL model?We have around 350 banks currently using our CECL model, and we have heard only positive feedback from regulators.