testimonials

"In consideration of the tremendous value Lodestone Banking has provided to Community Bank System over the past 10 years that has resulted in significant revenue and earnings per share opportunities, it is my pleasure to write this letter of recommendation."

"Through our continued relationship with Lodestone, we have accepted and achieved over $1 Million in additional annual revenue per

$1 Billion in assets."

"...they have contributed approximately

$2 million worth of enhancements to this

bank's profitability. We are still engaged with them reviewing other recommendations."

“The original proposal that guaranteed

$1 million actually produced more than twice that amount. ... In fact we have engaged their expertise for a second AEM^SM project which has also generated over $1 million in additional recommendations

to date.”

Partners Trust:

"Beyond the financial impact we also benefited from the in depth review in other ways. Lodestone examined system set up parameters and actually traced transactions from the point of initiation to the general ledger."

Superior:

"At the conclusion of the project, Lodestone presented many quality recommendations to enhance our profitability, most of which we decided to implement. Once fully implemented these recommendations are projected to contribute annual earning above what Lodestone had in their original guarantee to us."

“It’s truly impressive to look back and

evaluate the incremental benefits Lodestone recommendations made to our bank. Since the implementation of your recommendations, the bank has realized incremental revenue of

$2.5 million dollars annually. The great news for our bank is that the annuity stream is alive and well. Over the past 5 years, well over

$12 million of incremental revenue can be attributed to your recommendations.”

"The thoroughness of your project in digging into the core system I found to be amazing and you gave us ideas and recommendations that we would never have uncovered on out own."

"At the end of the engagement Lodestone presented Renasant with recommendations that significantly exceeded the $1 million guarantee."

"Our Deposit Operations Manager said it best when he stated 'they actually did what they said they would do'"

“Thank you for assisting our institution with the identification of measures for improving pre-tax annual income. Through the engagement, Lodestone identified and delivered solution proposals that met and exceeded its performance guarantee.”

“Lodestone added over $2 million to our bank’s annual earnings in commercial alone.”

“Ms. Clark’s knowledge of commercial banking, systems and operations is significant.” ​

$23 Billion Asset NYC Bank

"The project was completed very quickly."

"Your team was helpful in identifying ways to implement these ideas, and we are already enjoying the direct benefits."

“Over $4 million in revenue enhancement opportunity has been identified within fourteen specific categories. More importantly, these revenue enhancements are being achieved without any increase in operating costs. As a matter of fact, operating costs are being driven down concurrently with the execution of the profit improvement strategies identified by Lodestone.” ​