Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, who has been hailed as “the sharpest mind analyzing bank policy today,” says banks and policymakers need to focus on economic inequality before it’s too late. She discusses her proposed solution and what happens if we don’t act...
The crisis has forced customers to change how they bank - and that’s creating opportunities for banks ready to seize them, according to Elizabeth Wolverton, the chief strategy and customer experience officer at Synovus Bank in Columbus, Georgia. Liz also discusses why inclusion and diversity are so...
Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks talks about a new project aimed at helping with economic inclusion and the role of banks in combating economic inequality. He also discusses his plans for a federal charter for payment companies and explains why he warned mayors around the country about possible...
John Dugan, the chairman of Citigroup’s board of directors, says the future of banking turns on the industry’s pandemic performance. It will affect how regulators oversee them, how shareholders invest, and how the public feels about banks.
Hans Morris, the managing partner of Nyca Partners and the chairman of Lending Club, discusses the impact the COVID crisis is having on fintechs and how the financial services sector is likely to evolve.
The former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and author of the book “Watchdog” talks about the financial risks posed to consumers during the current crisis and what steps policymakers should be taking to address them.
Tim Massad, a top Obama administration financial regulator and former head of TARP, says we should look to actions taken by the Roosevelt administration to reframe the government’s response to the coronavirus. He also discusses whether the U.S. needs its own digital currency, why we lag behind on...
Noah Wilcox, the chairman of the ICBA and CEO of two Minnesota community banks, talks about the disastrous relaunch of PPP, what policymakers need to do going forward, and how community banks are faring overall during the crisis.
Harit Talwar, the head of digital finance for Goldman Sachs, talks about how customers are changing their financial activity in response to the coronavirus. He also discusses Marcus' new app, provides details about its partnerships with Apple and JetBlue, and hints where it is headed next.
Barbara Rehm talks to Gene Ludwig, a former comptroller of the currency and now chairman and CEO of Promontory Financial Group, about what banks and the government should be doing to help the economy recover. "We have to act with boldness."
In an in-depth interview, entrepreneur and Shark Tank co-star Mark Cuban talks about what went wrong with the Payment Protection Program, how policymakers can fix it, and why big banks turned from hero to villain in this crisis. He also touches on possible presidential ambitions and his vision...
Jill Castilla, the president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond in Oklahoma, talks about her collaboration with Mark Cuban of Shark Tank, how the PPP program has worked for her institution and other ways she’s trying to help those affected by the spread of the coronavirus.
In the first episode of Banking With Interest, a new financial services podcast by Promontory Interfinancial Network, host Rob Blackwell talks to former ICBA President and CEO Cam Fine about the challenges facing banks during the current COVID-19 crisis.