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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 DoorBND: Strategy Room 6-14-2025
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 DoorEpisode 404: FED warns banks Private Credit ties create "systemic risk!"
This episode examines an article from the abfjournal titled “Federal Reserve Research Warns Bank-Private Credit Ties Create “Systemic Risk” and a research…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 403: Drug cartels flood big banks with bags of cash??!!!!
This episode examines an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Bags of cash from drug cartels flood teller windows at U.S…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 402: Is an MBA degree still worth it?
This episode examines an article from The Business Journal (subscription required) titled “Employers put a price on master’s degrees. It’s changing pay…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 401: How should AI be regulated?
This episode examines a blog post from Bank Director and an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “The Giants of Silicon Valley…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 400: Crypto in your 401(k), bitcoin checkout, and memecoin dinners! (Crypto Series Part XXI)
This is part 21 of the crypto series. In this episode we review the potential for crypto in your 401(k), Block’s bitcoin checkout in Vegas, Circle’s IPO, Trump…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 399: Review of Cornerstone Advisors Report the Journey Toward 2030
This episode reviews a research report from Cornerstone Advisors title: The Journey Toward 2030: Becoming a Smarter Bank. The report details 5 pillars that are…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 398: Review of FED Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey for April 2025
This episode reviews the Federal Reserve Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) on bank lending practices for April 2025. Some of the key findings of the…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 397: Review of ICBA white paper on Industrial Loan Companies
This episode reviews a white paper issued by the Independent Community Bankers Association (ICBA) on Industrial Loan Companies (ILCs). This white paper…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 396: Review of FDIC 2024 Annual Report of Activities
This episode reviews the FDIC 2024 Annual Report of Activities. This report details the activities of the Office of the Ombudsman within the FDIC. What is the…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 395: Review of FDIC Risk Review Report for 2025
This episode reviews the FDIC Risk Review Report for 2025. Some of the key findings from the report include economic conditions remained solid in 2024, banking…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 394: Review of OCC Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report for Spring 2025
This episode reviews the OCC Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report for Spring 2025. The report shows that smaller financial institutions are very sensitive to…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 393: Review of FED Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024
This episode is a review of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors annual Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024 report. Some of the key findings from…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 392: Review of FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile for Q1 2025
This episode is a review of the FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile for Q1 2025. For all banks, net income increased from prior quarter, NIM ticked down, asset…
The Banker Next DoorBND: Strategy Room 5-31-2025
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 DoorEpisode 391: How do community banks maintain culture?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “Workplace Culture: A make or break for community bank employees?” The article…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 390: What back-office upgrades can drive efficiency?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “Drive efficiency with these 9 back-office upgrades.” The 9 recommendations for…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 389: WOW housing is unaffordable!
This episode examines a report from the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com titled “Affordability and Homebuilding: State-by-State Report Cards.”…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 388: Will there ever be another Warren Buffett?
This episode examines an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Why there will never be another Warren Buffett.” The author…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 387: Interview with Dr. William Minnis, former bank CEO
This episode is an interview with Dr. William “Bill” Minnis, who is a former bank CEO of Citizens National Bank of Paris. This bank was located in Paris…
The Banker Next DoorBND: Strategy Room 5-17-2025
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 DoorEpisode 386: Review of TBAC report to Secretary of the Treasury
This episode examines a recent report from the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC) to the Secretary of the Treasury. This report covers a number of…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 385: Review of Treasury Report on Stablecoins (Crypto Series Part XX)
This is part 20 of the crypto series. In this episode we review a presentation that was made by the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC) titled…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 384: How can your bank get started with FedNow?
This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “5 Ways community banks can take advantage of FedNow.” The authors propose 5 steps…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 383: Mar-a-Largo Accord?
This episode examines an article from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) titled “Trump is right about trade imbalances. Does he know how to fix…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 382: Internal vs External hiring
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “The tough choice between internal promotions or external hiring.” The best thing a company can do…
The Banker Next DoorBND: Strategy Room 5-10-2025
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 DoorEpisode 381: Update on crypto regulation, SOFI, Morgan Stanley, and more! (Crypto Series Part XIX)
This is part 19 of the crypto series. In this episode we review the upcoming crypto regulations (Stable Act and Genius Act), The Treasury sees stablecoin…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 380: How does your bank differentiate itself? Become a niche player!
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “Finding your lane.” There are many possible opportunities out there for banks to develop a niche…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 379: Why banks DO NOT embrace SBA lending!
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “Embracing SBA lending in difficult times.” This article espouses the opportunity that SBA lending…
The Banker Next DoorEpisode 378: Four principles executives should use when making capital decisions
This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “The cost of flawed capital decisions.” Banks use various metrics to evaluate a transaction. Some of…