Triumph Bank’s mantra: Say ‘yes’ to customer

Emphasis on Finance feature story for The Daily News

Feb. 27, 2012

Entrepreneurs get in the game for many different reasons. They do it to make money, certainly, and to maintain a degree of control over that money and their professional lives.

For many, though, there is an urge to participate within and for a community they understand, live and work in. These are the reasons Triumph Bank was founded, and why their board, 15-strong, is made up, not of bankers per se, but of entrepreneurs.

“All of these entrepreneurs challenge the traditional banking way of thinking,” said board chairman Hilliard Crews who is the founder and CEO of Shelby Group International Inc. which manufactures and distributes industrial gloves, safety glasses and related products worldwide.

The board members of Triumph understand the process, not only of banking and risk factoring, but of what it takes to begin, maintain and grow a business … (read more)