Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFinal thoughts on bank M&A for 2025
Episode 627
Bank M&A activity cooled down in the fourth quarter of 2025. Still 2025 has generated 165 bank M&A transactions year to date. This is the largest num…
4 months ago
Update on commercial real estate at year end 2025
Episode 626
How is commercial real estate (CRE) performing at year end 2025? We take a look at CRE reserves, delinquencies, and how some banks are feeling about …
4 months ago
The decline in bank branch closures hits a 14-year low!
Episode 625
The number of U.S. banks closing branches has hit a 14-year low according to research from S&P Global. The number of bank branches being closed is st…
4 months ago
Parables of the rich, a BND Christmas read along
Episode 624
On this day, when we celebrate the birth of the King of Kings, I would like to share three parables from the gospel of Luke about the plight of the r…
4 months ago
The medical industry's 'price-fixing' lawsuit that could change everything!
Episode 623
Over 20+ health care groups from all over the country have joined with a large number of plaintiffs in a lawsuit against every major health insurance…
4 months ago
Major high frequency trading firms are now battling over milliseconds!
Episode 622
Mosaic, a French high-speed trading firm, recently complained to Eurex and European regulators about other high-speed trading firms using a method in…
4 months ago
How did economists get President Trump's tariffs so wrong?
Episode 621
When President Trump declared ‘liberation day’ back in April economists were quick to predict that increased tariffs would ‘wreck the economy’ leadin…
4 months, 1 week ago
BND: Strategy Room 12-20-2025
Episode 620
The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic in…
4 months, 1 week ago
Do Kwon found guilty, crypto players in Abu Dhabi and regulation update (Crypto Series Part XXXI)
Episode 619
This is part 31 of the crypto series. Do Kwon the founder and CEO of Terra Labs, which operated TerraUSD and Luna stablecoins, was found guilty and s…
4 months, 1 week ago
Charter applications boom as new banks are coming!
Episode 618
It seems everyone is getting into the banking space! The OCC is seeing an application boom as they grant conditional approval to Circle, Ripple, Paxo…
4 months, 1 week ago