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Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is pleased to announce our newest team member, Amanda Beaton. Amanda Beaton helps our clients and team members stay connected through effective communication, project coordination, client engagement, and event planning. She plays an active...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is pleased to announce our newest team member, Chris Barron. Chris Barron helps our clients with a variety of IT and risk management issues while drawing on his extensive background in auditing and financial services. Chris resides in the...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is pleased to announce our newest team member, Ben Sawyers. Ben Sawyers cultivates new client relationships and serves our current clients to help them choose the right solutions they need for their financial institutions to perform at a high...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is pleased to announce our newest team member, Blake Bryant. Blake Bryant helps our clients balance the risk-reward of cybersecurity preparedness through his work in our RedWolf Cybersecurity division. Drawing from his extensive experience in...

Another Bank Tech Summit is in the books! Thank you to all of our wonderful speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees that make this event possible each year. We hope you enjoyed your time with us at the Guest House at Graceland talking tech, payments, and...

It's Not Too Late to Get Your ISO Education! Topics Grab some peanuts and Cracker Jack®, settle in, and let us coach you on the latest cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, information security, third-party risk management, and regulatory issues in our industry. We...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the team at Sawyers & Jacobs!

We wish to extend our wholehearted congratulations to the five students from the University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) College of Business and Global Affairs who took home top honors for winning the 11th national 2025 Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)...

At Sawyers & Jacobs LLC, we work with community banks throughout the nation daily, and we know how crucial education and training is to these financial institutions. Accordingly, we are honored to have our own Joshua Jacobs on the faculty of the South Carolina...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is expanding at both our corporate headquarters in the metropolitan Memphis area (Collierville) and St. Louis. Client demand is at an all-time high, and we are hiring new team members to fill these open positions: IT Auditor Cybersecurity...

Jimmy Sawyers, Chairman & Co-Founder, recently contributed his insights to our friends at the William Mills Agency for their Bankers as Buyers™ Research Highlight & Expert Panel. In this issue, Jimmy and other industry experts offer their takes on Jack Henry's...

The Sawyers & Jacobs team would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the attendees, exhibitors, speakers, and sponsors who participated in our recent Bank Tech Summit at The Guest House at Graceland in Memphis! Bankers from 14 states gathered for the latest...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is pleased to announce our newest team member, Hugh Patterson.   Hugh Patterson is a banking industry veteran who has held a variety of leadership and management roles in both banks and credit unions. His background also includes senior...

We are pleased to announce that Hal Lansky, President of the famous Lansky Bros. retail shops in Downtown Memphis, will be the speaker at our closing session for this year's Bank Tech Summit! Hal Lansky's father, Bernard, started Lansky Bros. in 1946 on Beale Street...

Sawyers & Jacobs would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the banks and sponsors who participated in our recent Bank Bowl event, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®! We had a terrific turnout of "bowling bankers" who made it a fun, memorable...

Due to inclement weather in the Memphis area this week, the team at Sawyers & Jacobs has rescheduled Bank Bowl 2025 benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® to Tuesday, March 11th at 1:30 PM. If you haven't registered already, we would love to have you...

Sawyers & Jacobs LLC would love to have you join us for our next events, coming soon in 2025!  Bank Bowl, Benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Thursday, February 20, 2025 901 Bowl at Funquest, Collierville, TN Our annual Bank Bowl to benefit St. Jude...

Part 2 of this favorite annual podcast reviewing Jimmy Sawyers' top ten tech trends impacting bank technology has been released! Listen as Jimmy catches up with our good friend Byron Earnheart, Programming Director for the Barret School of Banking, and find out how...

Join Jimmy Sawyers for this always popular annual podcast, a review of his top ten tech trends impacting bank technology, hosted by our good friends at the Barret School of Banking.  Byron Earnheart is at the mic hosting again, visiting with Jimmy about his...

Earlier this month, Jimmy Sawyers and Joshua Jacobs got the chance to join Gerard Gibert on SuperTalk Mississippi when they broadcasted live during the Ole Miss Banking & Finance Symposium, where Sawyers & Jacobs LLC proudly served as a sponsor. During the...

The Sawyers & Jacobs Story Join our very own Jimmy Sawyers as he shares his story of where he began his journey as a computer operator in the basement of a West Tennessee community bank to founding a nationally recognized and widely respected consulting firm that...

At Sawyers & Jacobs LLC, we are honored to speak at several industry and state association conferences throughout this great nation.  This involvement gives us the opportunity to educate banking leaders on the strategic importance of technology, cybersecurity,...

Join us for the SW Graduate School of Banking's National Certified Community Bank Director's (NCCBD®) Program at Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business where Jimmy Sawyers will lead two sessions on cybersecurity preparedness. At Sawyers & Jacobs LLC,...

We're excited to be a part of the 2024 Banking & Finance Symposium presented by the Ole Miss School of Business next month!  Sawyers & Jacobs LLC is proud to serve as a sponsor of this first-class event again this year.  In addition, our own Jimmy Sawyers will...

Information Security Officer (ISO) Training (Livestream): Calling the Right Plays as Your Bank's Information Security Quarterback Thursday, September 19, 2024 Sessions Held from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Central Time Every team needs a leader…someone with confidence to...

NOTE: Sawyers & Jacobs LLC does not use CrowdStrike for our firm operations nor do we use this solution in any of the services we provide. All of our systems are operational and unaffected at this time. Who Is CrowdStrike? CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is a...

Break the ice on your bank's AI strategy with a 1-2-3 punch: AI Risk Assessment AI Policy AI Board Education Video Assess your bank's AI risk, set bank policy, and educate your board in three easy steps with our new AI Trifecta Package. Get ahead of the inevitable...

We are honored to announce that the "Top Ten Trends Impacting Bank Technology for 2024" article from Jimmy Sawyers, our Chairman and Co-Founder, is being featured as a two-part series in Arkansas Community Banker magazine. The Spring 2024 edition of the magazine...

Check out the fantastic sessions and speakers on the agenda for this year's Bank Tech Summit!  As always, we have an all-star lineup of speakers joining our firm's founders, Jimmy Sawyers and Joshua Jacobs.  You won't want to miss this amazing annual event from the...

Sawyers & Jacobs would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the banks and sponsors who participated in our recent Bank Bowl event, benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®! We had a fantastic turnout of "bowling bankers" who made it a fun, memorable...