The Banker Next Door

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

July 24, 2025 12 mins

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 recent Stress Test results. The Stress Test results were influenced by three main factors. 1. Less severe scenario due to countercyclical design. 2. Revised measurement of private equity exposures. 3. Higher net revenue from improved bank performance. These results can help sm...

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This episode examines an article from Independent Banker Magazine titled “Kari Mitchum: It matters to community banks who has master accounts.” The article focuses on Federal Reserve master accounts and how only traditional highly regulated banks have historically had access to them. More recently, crypto-native and non-traditional financial companies have been seeking to get access to master accounts. The newly passed Genius Act m...

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July 22, 2025 17 mins

This episode examines multiple articles around artificial intelligence. The Pentagon just awarded AI contracts to Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI. Sam Altman has become President Trump’s new buddy on AI. The epic battle for AI talent. Google hires Windsurf CEO. CoreWeave’s purchase of Core Scientific did not go as planned. CoreWeave and Blackstone to invest over $30 billion to establish data centers in PA. Westinghouse plans to ...

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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 other big banks want to get involved with Stablecoin, Ether jumps into the spotlight, Stock Tokenization is not all it is made out to be, and we consider if crypto is bad for the government deficit?

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July 19, 2025 126 mins

The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators, and all things banking for the week.

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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 because of 3 crypto bills that are being reviewed. The Genius Act is scheduled to come up for a vote this week in the house of representatives. In other news, Bitcoin flies to a new all-time high, OmegaPro is charged with crypto fraud, BNY Mellon will have custody of Ripple’s new ...

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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 has become a publicly traded company, they have released numbers around their marketing budget. For the first time, we can compare what banks and credit unions are spending on marketing compared to one of the fastest growing fintechs. While Chime is spending considerably mor...

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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 of conversation over the last week by rolling out stock tokens to their customers in Europe. The two companies they are focusing on are OpenAI and SpaceX. OpenAI immediately came out and said they gave no permission to Robinhood to issue a stock token on behalf of the company...

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This episode is an interview with Rob Titterington, a bank recruiter with Highland Consulting Group. Rob and I discuss the current landscape of artificial intelligence and how it is affecting financial services. We cover job applications, hiring, AI skills, will jobs go away, potential job augmentation and increased capacity caused by AI. A link to Highland Consulting Group’s website is included below.  

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This episode is an interview with Jim McCarthy founder of McCarthyHatch. McCarthyHatch is at the forefront of innovation in the consumer financial industry, driven by their groundbreaking FSAi technology. Jim and I discuss the business, his background, how the company aids their clients in real-time risk prediction, the FSAi technology, and what the current regulatory landscape looks like. A link to McCarthyHatch’s website is inclu...

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July 13, 2025 124 mins

The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators, and all things banking for the week.

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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 immigrant to the wealthiest man in American. The first modern ‘millionaire’. Astor created the template for what we now think of as entrepreneur, businessman, investor, real estate developer, and philanthropist. He created businesses, created the first American settlement on...

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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 Street’ but the story takes place in 1716. This is the wild story of John Law and the birth of modern finance. Law was able to remake the French economy in a time when the government teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, making him one of the most successful men in Europe. His a...

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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 Gregory Zuckerman. In 2006, John Paulson ran a small, middling hedge fund on Wall Street. He saw the housing crisis coming and figured out a way to bet against the market. While all the ‘professionals’ doubted him, John Paulson pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, ...

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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 day-to-day life of a real estate developer. This book follows Trump through his early years and goes through various real estate projects completed in the 1970’s and 1980’s.  

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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 of the greatest stock traders that ever lived. This book is a financial classic and one of the most recommended investment books ever written.

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July 6, 2025 110 mins

The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators, and all things banking for the week.

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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 its enduring influence. The Wealth of Nations is considered the cornerstone of modern economics, shaping capitalism, and policy worldwide. The Wealth of Nations is a masterpiece that birthed Capitalism and fueled America’s economic rise.  

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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 Reserve Bank and Vice-Chairman of the FDIC. Dr. Hoenig is the main character in the book The Lords of Easy Money by Christopher Leonard. Dr. Hoenig became famous for his dissenting votes during FOMC meetings in 2010 along with his warnings about prolonged easy money policy.

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This episode examines an article from Bank Director titled “2025 Compensation & Talent Survey: Powering the C-Suite” and the Bank Director 2025 Compensation & Talent Survey. The Key findings from the report include measuring CEO performance, hiring plans level off, DEI programs decline, handling mishires, head count plateau, and costs continue to rise. Links to the article and report are included below.

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