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BTN with Ethan Heisler
BTN is a monthly series with host Ethan Heisler, editor-in chief of The Bank Treasury Newsletter. Listen to interviews with experts on interest rate and liquidity risk, bank accounting and regulation, investment strategy and balance sheet trends. Hear diverse views on the Fed, the economy, fintech, and other leading concerns for bank treasurers as they navigate through today’s turbulent financial markets.
Episodes
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS AND THE MONEY FACTORY
Willy Wonka Bars ultimately come from trees. But money doesn’t grow on trees—it comes from thin air. Through deficit spending, the U.S. Treasury has created so…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS SAVE OUR HOMES
Thanks to low funding costs, bank treasurers can tolerate the low yields on the Resi mortgage loans they originated during COVID. It must kill them to earn…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS SHRUGGED
The world never looked better. Happy Birthday America! Subscribe to The Bank Treasury Newsletter and Podcast at thebanktreasurynewsletter.com for professional…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS HEAR AMERICA SINGING
The world never looked better. Happy Birthday America! Subscribe to The Bank Treasury Newsletter and Podcast at thebanktreasurynewsletter.com for professional…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS REMEMBER MARTY LEIBOWITZ
Higher rates are coming and Marty Leibowitz’s insights into bond pricing could not be more relevant. Subscribe to The Bank Treasury Newsletter and Podcast at…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS TELL NO TAILS
Tune in to this month’s episode of the Bank Treasury Murder Mystery series to help solve the case of a dead bank treasurer, a Treasury bond, and an empty safe…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS SEEK SHELTER FROM THE STORM
In addition to telling Senators this month during his confirmation that he is not a sock puppet, Kevin Warsh insisted that the Fed’s balance sheet is too big…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS IN THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE
Sometimes, bank treasurers might feel like they’re living in a make-believe world. It’s really tough to stay focused when they’re worried about things like a…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS OUT OF AFRICA
Tried as he might on his African safari vacation, your editor in chief could not ignore the news from back home. He saw a lot of lions, giraffes, zebras…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS IN ENDTIMES: SEASON TWO
Trump’s feud with Powell adds to the chaos in financial markets, but recalls many other episodes in American history when presidents and central bankers…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS IN THE AGE OF AI
AI is the future, and the future is now, at least it is one of next year's top priorities for every bank treasurer at large and small banks and credit unions…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS ARE THANKFUL FOR PENNIES
You heard about the business with the pennies, right? Subscribe to The Bank Treasury Newsletter and Podcast at thebanktreasurynewsletter.com for professional…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS TRY TO CONNECT THE DOTS
Dear Bank Treasury Subscribers, Connecting the dots is an age-old pastime, but the dots that bank treasurers see these days are very confusing and challenging…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS NEED BETTER DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Dear Bank Treasury Subscribers, Deposit insurance reform is back in the news. You must have heard about it. The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on it…
BTN with Ethan HeislerBANK TREASURERS CAN’T FLOAT FOREVER
Dear Bank Treasury Subscribers, If you are like most of the bank treasurers who talk to our editors these days, you probably think that the stablecoin hoopla…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 12. Bank Treasurers Don’t Panic
The banking industry reported another solid quarter of earnings, which met and, in some respects, exceeded analyst estimates. Storm clouds on the horizon…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 11. Bank Treasurers Go Pond Fishing
This month’s newsletter covers speculation on the timing of the first rate cut, the positives and negatives of an inverted yield curve and higher for longer…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 10. Bank Treasurers Remember Gerry Corrigan
This month's newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Gerry Corrigan, the sixth president of the New York Fed from 1985 to 1993, known as the Fed's plumber…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 9. Bank Treasurers In Neutral
Wonders never cease in the bank treasury world, what with earthquakes in the metro NYC area to eclipses of the sun, but surely the sudden flattening of the…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 8. Bank Treasurers Beware The Ides Of March
On the first anniversary of the crisis last March, this month’s newsletter looks at the unique circumstances and mistakes that ultimately led to the failure of…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 7. Black Swans vs. A.I.
How is artificial intelligence changing the banking industry? Will bank analysts be replaced by A.I.? And is that a bad thing? A former Credit Suisse analyst…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 6. Bank Treasurers Look Through The Accounting
This month’s newsletter discusses how bank treasurers restructured their underwater bond portfolios last quarter when the 10-year rallied in November and…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 5. Who Has Your Data?
Ethan Heisler talks to privacy experts about the value of personal information and what banks need to do to protect their employee and customer data given…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 4. BANK TREASURERS SEE UFOS
There are a lot of strange things going on in the bank treasury world, and as always, bank treasurers know to prepare for anything. You have a yield curve that…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 3. What Will Cause the Next Bank Crisis?
Sam Theodore, a veteran European bank analyst, reflects on what to expect from the unexpected both in the US and in the Eurozone. Has digitalization changed…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 2. How To Wrap A Swap
In this age of heightened uncertainty, bank treasurers are reviewing and updating their ALM toolkits. Join me for a conversation with Michael Riddle and…
BTN with Ethan HeislerEp 1. “Social Media Risk” with Moorad Choudhry
Moorad Choudhry, author of The Principles of Banking, on his takeaways from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature, and First Republic, and what he has…