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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
BND: Strategy Room 8-23-2025
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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Episode 453: Crypto Bros Gone Wild! (Crypto Series Part XXVIII)
This is part 28 of the crypto series. In this episode we review an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Tequila, Drugs, and…
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Episode 452: How can your bank get more out of its tech spending?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “Is your bank overspending on tech?” How is your bank doing with its tech spending?…
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Episode 451: Update to CECL could really help bank M&A!
This episode reviews an article from Bank Director titled “CECL update eases the math for M&A.” One of the problems with M&A transactions is called the CECL…
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Episode 450: Does your bank do digital onboarding?
This episode reviews a blog post from PCBB titled “How many minutes does your digital onboarding take?” Digital-only banks are landing 4 out of every 10 new…
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Episode 449: Should your bank consider cloud-based lending solutions?
This episode reviews a blog post from PCBB titled “Why cloud-based lending solutions could be the future.” With the continuous increase in technology…
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BND: Strategy Room 8-16-2025
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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Episode 448: Crypto buying, team-ups, fraud, and more! (Crypto Series Part XXVII)
This is part 27 of the crypto series. In this episode we review a series of crypto related articles. The hottest business trend this summer is buying crypto…
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Episode 447: AI Update
This episode examines a series of articles around artificial intelligence (AI). Tesla signs deal with Samsung to make AI chips. Musk also raises money for xAI…
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Episode 446: Review of Fed Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey for 2Q 2025
This episode examines the Federal Reserve’s July 2025 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS). The survey addresses changes in the standards and terms on…
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Episode 445: Review of Bank Director 2025 Governance Best Practices Survey
This episode examines Bank Director’s 2025 Governance Best Practices Survey. This survey looks at how bank boards are being run. How are they conducting…
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Episode 444: Review of White House Report on Digital Assets
This episode is a review of The President’s working group on digital assets report titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology.”…
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BND: Strategy Room 8-8-2025
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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Episode 443: It's options mania baby!
This episode examines a blog post and article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The blog post is titled “Why options mania is a contrarian…
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Episode 442: How can your bank build an AI policy?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “How to build an AI policy at your community bank.” Does your bank have an AI policy?…
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Episode 441: Review of ICBA's guide to The Genius Act
This episode reviews ICBA’s The Genius Act: A Summary for Community Banks. The report includes the following topics: permitted payment issuers, composition of…
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Episode 440: Let's talk about Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
This episode examines a blog post from PCBB titled “Move over SEO. GEO is the new sheriff in town.” Search Engine Optimization or SEO has been the dominate…
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Episode 439: Big changes are coming to your 401(k), but are they good?
This episode examines two articles from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Wall Street’s Big, Bad Idea for Your 401(k)” and “Retirement…
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BND: Strategy Room 8-2-2025
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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Episode 438: Should banks be chasing loan growth right now?
In this episode we review two articles from Bank Director titled “Rising bankruptcies are a warning sign for banks” and “Banks should not chase loan growth…
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Episode 437: The growth of shadow banking and why small businesses choose non-bank lenders
This episode examines two blog posts from PCBB titled “The rise & risks of shadow banking” and “Why small businesses choose non-bank lenders”. Shadow banking…
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Episode 436: The next-generation monetary and financial system (Crypto Series Part XXVI)
This is part 26 of the crypto series. In this episode we review the BIS Annual Economic Report for 2025. Specifically, section III - The next-generation…
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Episode 435: Review of ICBA Advocacy in Action 3Q 2025
This episode examines ICBA’s Advocacy in Action for the 3rd quarter of 2025. This report covers all the ‘hot button’ regulatory issues in the banking industry…
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Episode 434: Interview with White Clay Founder & President Mac Thompson
This episode is an interview with Mac Thompson, who is the Founder & President of White Clay. We discuss how White Clay’s software helps banks and credit…
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BND: Strategy Room 7-26-2025
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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Episode 433: Should small banks use the Zelle payment network?
This episode examines an article from Banking Drive titled “Why small banks may shun Zelle.” The Zelle payment network is owned by Early Warning Services…
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Episode 432: A deeper dive into the 2025 Stress Test Results
This episode examines a blog post from PCBB titled “Key factors behind lower losses in 2025 Stress Test results.” This blog post takes a deeper dive into the…
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Episode 431: Should it matter who has Fed Master Accounts?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “Kari Mitchum: It matters to community banks who has master accounts.” The article…
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Episode 430: AI Update
This episode examines multiple articles around artificial intelligence. The Pentagon just awarded AI contracts to Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI. Sam…
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Episode 429: Historic crypto legislation, Tokenized issues, and more! (Crypto Series Part XXV)
This is part 25 of the crypto series. In this episode we review recently signed crypto regulation The Genius Act and two additional bills, JPMorgan and the…
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BND: Strategy Room 7-19-2025
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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Episode 428: Crypto Week! (Crypto Series Part XXIV)
This is part 24 of the crypto series. In this episode we review multiple crypto related articles. This week was dubbed ‘Crypto Week’ by the U.S. Congress…
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Episode 427: What Chime's example tells us about a smart marketing budget
This episode examines an article from Cornerstone Advisors titled “You don’t need a Chime marketing budget to make smart marketing investments.” Now that Chime…
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Episode 426: Should people be investing in Stock Tokens?
This episode examines a series of articles on ‘Stock Tokens’. What is stock tokenization? Is it a real investment? Is it a real asset? Robinhood stirred a lot…
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Episode 425: Interview with Rob Titterington from Highland Consulting Group
This episode is an interview with Rob Titterington, a bank recruiter with Highland Consulting Group. Rob and I discuss the current landscape of artificial…
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Episode 424: Interview with Jim McCarthy from McCarthyHatch
This episode is an interview with Jim McCarthy founder of McCarthyHatch. McCarthyHatch is at the forefront of innovation in the consumer financial industry…
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BND: Strategy Room 7-12-2025
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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Episode 423: Book Review: John Jacob Astor
This episode is a book review for John Jacob Astor and The First Great American Fortune by Alexander Emmerich. This biography traces Astor’s rise from a German…
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Episode 422: Book Review: Millionaire (John Law)
This episode is a book review for Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance by Janet Gleeson. Imagine ‘The Wolf of Wall…
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Episode 421: Book Review: The Greatest Trade Ever (John Paulson)
This episode is a book review of The Greatest Trade Ever: The behind-the-scenes story of how John Paulson defied wall street and made financial history by…
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Episode 420: Book Review: Trump: The Art of The Deal (Donald Trump)
This episode is a book review of Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz. This book is a business classic and gives you a peak into the…
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Episode 419: Book Review: Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator (Jesse Livermore)
This episode is a book review of Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre. The book is a fictionalized biography about Jesse Livermore, who was one…
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BND: Strategy Room 7-6-2025
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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4th of July Special 2025: Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations
This episode is a book review for The Wealth of Nations. We discussed the book, the author Adam Smith, context around the year it was published in 1776, and…
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Episode 418: Interview with former Fed Governor Dr. Thomas Hoenig
The Lords of Easy Money series continues with an exclusive interview with Dr. Thomas Hoenig. Dr. Hoenig is the former Governor of the Kansas City Federal…
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Episode 417: Review of Bank Director 2025 Compensation & Talent Survey
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “2025 Compensation & Talent Survey: Powering the C-Suite” and the Bank Director 2025 Compensation &…
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Episode 416: Review of OCC Q1 2025 Reports on Mortgage Metrics and Derivatives Activities
This episode examines two reports from the Office of the Controller of the Currency (OCC). Both reports are for the 1st quarter of 2025. The first report is…
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Episode 415: A new 'Genesis' for the Crypto Winter of 2022? (Crypto Series Part XXIII)
This is part 23 of the crypto series. In this episode we review an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Crypto billionaire is…
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BND: Strategy Room 6-27-2025
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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Episode 414: Checking up on Millionaires in the U.S.
This episode examines three articles from Investopedia. The articles are titled “How many people retire with $1 million or more in their retirement account?…
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Episode 413: What is your banks data strategy?
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “Crafting your data strategy.” The article considers how advancements in technology can enable…
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Episode 412: What is the impact of stopping penny production?
This episode examines a blog post from PCBB titled “The impact of halting penny production.” As a result of high production costs, the US Mint will discontinue…
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Episode 411: AI update
This episode examines a series of AI related articles from The Wall Street Journal and Epoch Times (Subscriptions required). The articles primarily cover AI…
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Episode 410: Crypto legislation, crypto kidnappings, and more! (Crypto Series Part XXII)
This is part 22 of the crypto series. In this episode we review all the latest news in the crypto world. Genius Act passes the U.S. Senate. Shares of Coinbase…
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BND: Strategy Room 6-21-2025
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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Episode 409: Should your bank implement a digital lending platform?
This episode examines a blog post from PCBB titled “Benefits of digital lending keep growing, along with loan volume.” The market for small business loans…
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Episode 408: What is Proptech?
This episode examines a blog post from PCBB titled “What is Proptech, and how can it help with CRE lending?” Proptech is the marrying of real estate and…
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Episode 407: What are 7 traits of great leadership?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “What makes a leader truly great? Experts weigh in.” This article shares seven traits…
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Episode 406: Billions of bank sub debt is about to reprice!
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “Billions of sub debt set to reprice, forcing banks to explore options.” Banks issued billions in…
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Episode 405: Bank M&A market update
This episode provides an update on the bank M&A market for the first half of 2025. We examine three articles from S&P Global Market Intelligence (subscription…