Solution Driven, Hometown Proud
Like a lot of people in banking, Tyler Seidel got into the industry thinking it would be a short-term proposition, providing some spending money while he attended college. He never expected his foray into banking to stretch past two decades, but he is glad it did.
“I began in banking as just a job,” said Seidel, for the past five months vice president of treasury services at Signature Bank of Arkansas after decades with Arvest Bank. “Through a lot of life’s challenges and whatnot, I stayed.”
Born in Florida and raised in Rogers, Seidel showed an achievement streak early, along with a willingness to do what it took to reach his goals. Growing up in a household of 12, most of the things in life had to be earned the hard way, which suited his personality just fine.
“My journey has been a long one,” he said. “My father growing up told me I couldn’t get my driver’s license unless I became an Eagle Scout, so I was in Boy Scouts of America and earned my Eagle Scout at the age of 15. I think through all those activities, through leadership roles, I came to believe in continuous education and growth. I’m always looking to learn more, and I try to learn something new every day. That’s just kind of my philosophy.”
Seidel originally earned a bachelor’s degree in aviation management, looking to keep planes flying. As one opportunity after another presented itself in the banking field, however, his focus became more on getting his clients’ dreams off the ground.
“Treasury management’s very customer forward, interacting with customers, helping them make their payments and receive payments from businesses,” he said. “I meet with businesses daily to review their operations, their cash lifecycle, their processes and procedures to try to help them maximize efficiency around the vendors they’re paying and receiving funds from.
“It goes all hand in hand with technology and the systems they use and being able to automate sharing of information through their payments and who they’re doing business with. We try to give them greater efficiency around information reporting, trying to help them expedite payments.”
Seidel’s love of all things mechanical started in his father’s auto garage and continued through his aviation studies. He said the same sequential thought process by which he diagnoses and repairs an engine problem has come into play during his banking career, as well.
“I was always working on cars growing up, so you’re constantly troubleshooting, right? What is the issue? What’s a solution? There can be many solutions with everything, so it’s like how do you find the best solution?” he said. “Interacting with businesses, it’s the same thing. Oftentimes, business owners have a passion for the business they’re running, but they don’t know the financial side. They’re hiring other people to help them, and that’s where we fit in.
“We identify any gaps in how they’re paying their vendors or suppliers, and we try to make that more efficient for them, whether it’s putting some fraud protection controls around things so that the fraudsters don’t get ahold of their funds or digitizing payments versus a paper-based process that has been around forever, but it’s not the most efficient.”
Seidel said he made the recent switch to Signature Bank due to a desire to work in a smaller corporate environment, which he equates to being closer to the clients he is there to serve.
“Coming over to Signature Bank, I saw the culture was all about the community, all about volunteerism, and I really enjoyed that aspect of it,” he said. “Since joining Signature Bank, I’ve helped with charity fundraising for multiple sclerosis research, and most recently, we volunteered and were a big sponsor for the LPGA tournament [at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers Sept. 19 to 21].
“I love getting out in the community, hearing what the community thinks about the bank and telling them why they should bank with us. We truly care about their needs, and helping them grow is what we care about most.”
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