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The Banker Next Door
BND is focused on the U.S. Banking industry and how the industry intersects with finance, technology, and economics. Topics discussed can include all types of banking products and lines of business along with strategy, marketing, management, and leadership.
Episodes
- The Banker Next Door
What questions should you consider before a capital raise?
Raising capital can be as much an art as it is a science. There are many factors to consider when deciding to raise capital such as the size of your…
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Overview of the world's largest banks by assets 2026
This episode reviews lists of the largest banks by assets for the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, and the world. What…
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Interview with Richard Vague author of The Banker Who Made America
This episode is an interview with author Richard Vague. We discuss his new book The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the rise of the American…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Fed Update: Powell investigation dropped and Warsh confirmation hearing
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on April 25, 2026. The Department of Justice dropped its investigation into Jerome Powell over the…
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BND: Strategy Room 4-25-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Private Credit woes deepen as bank execs downplay risks
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on April 18, 2026. As redemption requests continue to increase for Private Credit funds, Apollo CEO…
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Trump family crypto drama and latest news (Crypto Series Part XL)
This is part 40 of the crypto series. In this episode we examine the Trump family crypto drama surrounding their company World Liberty Financial. While Trump…
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Democrats continue to drive people from blue states and cities; it just keeps getting worse!
The exodus from Democrat run states and cities continues to increase as they triple down on policies of increasing taxes and regulations. This phenomenon does…
- The Banker Next Door
GAO finds massive amount of Government fraud!
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a bomb shell report on April 15, 2026 disclosing a massive amount of fraud in the U.S. government. After…
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Bank M&A Update 1Q 2026
Bank M&A activity started 2026 doing okay. Not lighting the world on fire, not bad, just okay. Deal volume in 1Q 2026 slowed to the same level as 1Q 2025 with…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of FDIC State Profiles for 4Q 2025
The FDIC released their state profiles for the 4th quarter of 2025. This series provides quarterly summaries of banking and economic conditions for each state…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Is it time to reign in AI?
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on April 18, 2026. David Sacks, who was the White House AI and crypto czar, has become co-chair of the…
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BND: Strategy Room 4-18-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Has Private Credit infected insurance companies?
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on April 11, 2026. Insurance regulators are concerned about the amount of money major insurance…
- The Banker Next Door
Bitcoin rebound, Strategy losses, & Iran crypto economy (Crypto Series Part XXXIX)
This is part 39 of the crypto series. In this episode we examine Bitcoins performance over the last month through a chart and multiple articles. Has Bitcoin…
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Review of Bank Director's 2026 Risk Survey
Bank Director has released their 2026 Risk Survey. Key findings from the survey include regulatory risk recedes, examiners are learning on the job…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's annual letter to shareholders
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon released his 2025 letter to shareholders as part of the bank’s annual report. Mr. Dimon listed five main concerns which include…
- The Banker Next Door
Remembering Frédéric Bastiat
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French provincial scholar. As a young man, Bastiat was heavily influence by Adam Smith and Benjamin Franklin. He developed…
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Do you suffer from sunk cost fallacy?
The sunk cost fallacy is a mindset of continuing onward with an investment or project based on past information even though logic dictates that the outcome…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room 4-11-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
A new wave of foreign banks adds another competitive dynamic!
Foreign banks are seeking to gain access to the U.S. banking market. This is nothing new, but what is new is the type of bank. The new competition tends to be…
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How to prevent tech buyer's remorse!
Banks can experience buyer’s remorse when they purchase costly software to upgrade their technology stack. This experience can be extremely painful as most…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of GAO and OIG reports on workforce reductions for the SEC and FDIC
Two recent reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (OIG)…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of OCC report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activites for the 4Q 2025
This episode reviews the OCC’s quarterly report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities for the 4th quarter of 2025. Trading revenue for the 4Q of 2025 was…
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Review of ICBA Advocacy in Action for 2Q 2026
This episode reviews ICBA Advocacy in Action for the 2nd quarter of 2026. This is a two-page PDF that provides a short summary of all the major regulatory…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Blue Owl, Cliffwater, and others in trouble as redemption's explode!
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on April 4, 2026. The conversation around Private Credit continues as redemption's exploded in the…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room 4-4-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
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Special Report: The Federal Reserve at a crossroads
This special report examines the difficult nomination of Kevin Warsh to Chairman of the Federal Reserve and the awkward transition facing him as Jerome Powell…
- The Banker Next Door
24/7 Tokenized stock trading, crypto mortgages, and 'stretch' (Crypto Series Part XXXVIII)
This is part 38 of the crypto series. In this episode we provide an update on the stalemate with crypto legislation and how that is affecting the price of…
- The Banker Next Door
Back-to-back court room losses have social media companies scrambling!
Two monumental cases were brought against social media companies including Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat. TikTok and Snapchat were only involved in the…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Private Credit: Redemption lockout!
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 28, 2026. The zero loss-fallacy has evaporated for the Private Credit Market. Now major…
- The Banker Next Door
De Novo's, bank charters, and your bank's strategy
In this episode we examine the challenges of starting a De Novo Bank, the surge in bank charters and what type of companies are applying for them, and should a…
- The Banker Next Door
Interview with bank consultant Rich Carty
Rich Carty is a bank consultant with Remedy Consulting. Rich seeks to educate potential clients on the strategic and financial impact that Remedy creates…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - SpaceX prepares for the largest IPO in history!
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 28, 2026. SpaceX is preparing for the largest IPO in the history of Wall Street! The IPO is…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room 3-28-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
Why should you study economics?
Why should you study economics? Some things to consider, where does wealth come from? How does it grow? Why do economies go up and down? Is inflation really…
- The Banker Next Door
What is the difference between a Tokenized Deposit and Stablecoin?
What is the difference between a tokenized deposit and stablecoin? Tokenized deposits are issued by a bank, denominated in fiat, backed 1:1 by funds on the…
- The Banker Next Door
How is small business lending being affected by regulatory changes?
How are banks currently being affected by regulatory changes that have taken hold in the last few years? We focus on three specific items 1) SBA lending, 2)…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Prediction Markets going wrong!
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 21, 2026. The state of Arizona has filed criminal charges against Kalshi. Arizona is claiming…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Private Credit contagion is spreading!
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 21, 2026. The problems in the Private Credit Market are turning into a contagion! MFS…
- The Banker Next Door
Interview with Wade Peery, former banker, current digital asset expert, consultant, and speaker
Interview with former banker and current digital asset expert, consultant, and speaker Wade Peery. Wade and I discuss several topics. We start with his banking…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room 3-21-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
How is taxing the billionaires working out so far?
I have covered the trend of major migration from Democrat states to Republican states in prior episodes. Since then, the reality of a billionaire’s tax has…
- The Banker Next Door
Do you really own the secruities in your brokerage account?
Do you really own the stocks, bonds, ETFs, and Mutual Funds sitting in your IRA, 401(k), or brokerage account? You do, but not in the way that you think. You…
- The Banker Next Door
Behind the M&A curtain: A look at QNB and Burke & Herbert transactions
What happens during a bank merger? How does the deal making process start? How does the deal come together? This episode seeks to answer those questions by…
- The Banker Next Door
Interview with Alex Blomstrom owner of Blue Horizon Clothing Co.
Entrepreneur Alex Blomstrom returns to the podcast. Alex has been very busy over the last year recreating her brand. Alex’s first company was Alex Blom…
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Interview with banker Allan Burkley
Banker Allan Burkley returns to the podcast. We discuss the ongoing issues in the Private Credit Market, stablecoins, crypto legislation, the increase in bank…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Jerome Powell escapes trouble and upcoming FOMC meeting
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 14, 2026. Jerome Powell appears to have escaped potential problems from subpoenas issued in…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room 3-14-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of FDIC OIG report on Pulaski Savings Bank failure
This report is crazy! Pulaksi Savings Bank failed in January of 2025. The FDIC Office of Inspector General (OIG) complete an in-depth review of the bank’s…
- The Banker Next Door
What is the CFPB really costing the American consumer?
What is the CFPB really costing American consumers? Three reports have recently been released from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S…
- The Banker Next Door
Review of FSB report 'Vulnerabilities in Government Bond-Backed Repo Markets'
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) released a report in February 2026 that outlines three vulnerabilities in government bond-backed Repo Markets. The…
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Review of Cornerstone Advisors report 'What's Going on in Banking' 2026
Cornerstone Advisors released their annual report ‘What’s Going on in Banking’ for 2026. The report focuses on Banks and Credit Unions in the United States and…
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Remembering American Economist Dr. Murray Rothbard
Dr. Murray Rothbard (March 2, 1926 to January 7, 1995) would have turned 100 on March 2, 2026. Dr. Rothbard was an American economist of the Austrian School…
- The Banker Next Door
BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Is the Private Credit Market about to meltdown?
This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on March 7, 2026. The approximately $1.8 Trillion private credit market turmoil has entered a new…
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BND: Strategy Room 3-7-2026
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators…
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Review of Q2 The State of Commercial Banking 2026
Q2 is a fintech company that has been around for over 20 years delivering innovative digital banking solutions. This episode looks at one of their market…
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Let's talk about Swipe Fees: A review of ICBA Interchange Guide for 2026
How does a debit or credit card transaction work? What are Swipe Fees? ICBA just released a new Interchange Guide which explains this payment channel for small…
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Review of FDIC report on bank lending to nondepository financial institutions (NDFIs)
As the consternation on Wall Street around the Private Credit market continues, we examine bank lending to NDFIs. This has been banks largest and…
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Review of FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile for 4Q of 2025
The U.S. banking industry had solid performance in the 4Q of 2025 according to the FDIC. ROA and Net Income improved significantly from 2024, Net Interest…