Bankshot

Apr 18 2024 81 ep. 29 mins 82

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A podcast about banks, finance and the world we live in.

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Buy the People: Why the CFPB is a lightning rod government agency

Apr 18 2024 31 mins

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to protect the people from financial predation. But there are very different interpretations of what that means, and whether the people should be protected by — or from — the government.

Buy the People: Two visions, one rule – How Basel injected populism into bank capital

Apr 11 2024 30 mins

A regulatory proposal to raise bank capital has spurred banks to fight back with a populist appeal to consumers, while regulators say more capital is what's needed to save banks from more crises — and help consumers.

Buy the People: Why everyone loves to hate the Fed

Apr 04 2024 38 mins

The Federal Reserve, historically a secretive and isolated institution, has made a concerted effort to explain itself to and be understood by the public since 2008. But try as it might, the central bank is still viewed by many as an enigma, if not an enemy.

Buy the People: Red as Rust — Sherrod Brown’s battle for Ohio’s populist vote

Mar 28 2024 25 mins

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown faces a tough 2024 campaign to recapture his Ohio senate seat in a state that’s increasingly Red. Can the same state that elected conservative populist firebrand J.D. Vance also re-elect Sherrod Brown? And what do the political undercurrents apparent in Ohio mean for banks?

Coming soon: Buy The People, a Bankshot season on populism in finance

Mar 21 2024 9 mins

American Banker editor-in-chief Chana Schoenberger and Washington bureau chief John Heltman talk about the new season of Bankshot, which explores how populism has emerged as a driving force in financial regulation.

Ep. 69: What banks need to know about the employee-owned business boom

Dec 28 2023 27 mins

The number of businesses shifting to an employee ownership model has ballooned in recent years, and experts say that trend is likely to accelerate. That could have important implications for banks aiding that transition and for the future of small business lending.

Ep. 68: A peek into the future of payments

Nov 30 2023 23 mins

How the next generation of payments technology is being developed in fields such as public transit, sports and long-haul trucking.

Ep. 67: The ‘poignant American drama’ of the Home Loan Bank System

Nov 02 2023 21 mins

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic brought to light the Federal Home Loan Banks’ role as a ‘lender of next-to-last resort.’ Some critics say that the review from the Federal Housing Finance Association should bring the system back to its original purpose of oiling the mortgage finance market.

Ep. 66: How this spring’s bank failures will shape bank supervision

Sep 28 2023 24 mins

A string of big bank failures this spring has cast all manner of regulatory policies into question, but perhaps the most vexing — and most consequential — is the relationship between banks and their government supervisors. But changing an already changing supervisory culture is easier said than done.

Ep. 65: Banks, Buffalo and a mass shooting – How the industry can help heal a targeted community

Aug 31 2023 34 mins

In the aftermath of last year’s racially motivated mass shooting in a predominantly Black community in Buffalo, New York, American Banker reporter Allissa Kline explores what responsibility banks have to help segregated, impoverished communities that were shaped in part by past discriminatory lending practices.