Podcasts

Ron Shevlin, managing director of fintech research at Cornerstone Advisors and a senior contributor for Forbes, predicts what’s behind Walmart’s formation of a fintech. He also discusses why many banks are further behind on digital transformation than they think and how they can better improve their customers’ financial health.

Tony Repanich, a former community banker turned cannabis compliance expert, talks about the business opportunities available for banks - as well as the potential pitfalls. He also tackles the House’s recent passage of legislation to protect banks helping legal pot firms and its prospects in the Senate.

Matthew Leising, a reporter for Bloomberg News, talks about his book “Out of the Ether,” which details a daring heist in which Internet thieves stole tens of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum. He talks about how they did it, the development of Ethereum as a cryptocurrency and what the heist says about its future.

John Ryan, the president and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and Charlie Clark, the director of the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, discuss state bank regulators’ new effort to retire the siloed state-by-state system of financial services oversight. The new system expands state regulators’ successful mortgage licensing system to cover the entire bank as well as nonbank companies.

Scott Sanborn, CEO of LendingClub, talks in-depth about why the prominent fintech opted to buy Radius Bank earlier this year and how that move is transforming the company. He also talks about how competition will heat up in the peer-to-peer lending space as the pandemic ends.

Dominic Ng, the chairman, president and CEO of East West Bank, talks about the evolution of his institution from a small thrift serving Chinese immigrants to a regional powerhouse with a key window into China. He offers advice on how the Biden administration should approach China, as well as his views on the disturbing rise in violence and discrimination against Asian Americans.

David Andolfatto, a senior vice president in the research division at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes beyond the politics of the U.S. debt to tackle what it is, whether it’s a problem, and what steps policymakers should be taking now. Along the way, he challenges common assumptions about the debt level and the debate around it.

Several prominent fintechs, including Square, Varo Money, Lending Club and SoFi, have either chartered or bought banks recently. Kevin Wack, an award-winning reporter for American Banker, breaks down the different ways fintechs are trying to get into banking, how successful they are likely to be and why many bankers are so angry about it.

March 11, 2020, was the day that many Americans began to realize COVID was going to radically change their lives. Several bankers had a front-row seat to the events of that day at a White House meeting with President Trump and his advisers. We talk with three participants...

Karen Shaw Petrou, noted bank analyst and author of the new book “Engine of Inequality,” details how the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and overaggressive bank regulation following the financial crisis have worsened economic inequality. She also discusses how policymakers can reverse course.

Rebeca Romero Rainey, the CEO and president of the Independent Community Bankers of America, talks about fintechs’ increasing efforts to break into banking, the return of Walmart’s banking ambitions, and her group’s agenda for 2

Daniel Tarullo, a former Federal Reserve governor and one of the key architects of the post Dodd-Frank bank regulatory regime, sits down for a wide-ranging interview on the challenges facing banks and their regulators right now.

Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, raised some eyebrows last month with his direct assessment of the threat posed by fintechs to banks. But is he right?

Richard Weidel, the CEO of Princeton Mortgage, talks about how mortgage firms have responded to the virus, whether it will make lasting changes in the mortgage process, and if we’re headed for another housing crisis.

Patrick Sells, the head of bank solutions for NYDIG, talks about consumers’ growing interest in storing Bitcoin at their local bank, why he helped create a rewards card tied to the cryptocurrency, and whether its incredible volatility is an impediment to its use.

Ian Katz, a bank policy analyst at Capital Alpha Partners, tackles the big questions banks have about a new administration and Congress. Will Sen. Sherrod Brown be able to enact his agenda as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee? How will Gary Gensler guide the SEC?

Raj Date, the managing partner of venture capital firm Fenway Summer and former acting director of the CFPB, talks about the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the change of control in the Senate, how fintechs are faring during the COVID crisis, and where we go from here.

Golf Channel Play-by-Play Host Rich Lerner sits down with IntraFi’s Barb Rehm to talk about how professional golf has changed over the years, what players he’s watching now, and what the future of golf might bring.

Greg Baer, president and CEO of the Bank Policy Institute, details why many in the industry are opposing fintech Figure’s recent application to charter a national bank and how it fits into a larger debate over Big Tech and banking.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is in flux. President Trump just nominated Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks to serve as the leader for a five-year term, but it’s not clear he can be confirmed in time, or that the Biden administration will keep him there even if he is...