American Banker Podcast
American Banker
Thoughtful discussions about current topics, moderated by American Banker editors.
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Apr 16, 2021 • 20min
How Wyoming's new senator is spreading gospel of financial innovation
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, leads a new congressional caucus aimed at educating members about fintech issues. She believes her state could serve as a model for regulating digital assets.
Apr 13, 2021 • 22min
How Citizens Bank is keeping pace with fintechs, Big Tech
The Providence, R.I., bank partners with tech companies like Apple and Microsoft, it has 25 fintech partnerships and it rewards employees for new ideas, says CEO Bruce Van Saun.
Mar 30, 2021 • 24min
Pandemic forced OceanFirst employees to expand tech repertoire
Thousands of customers have called OceanFirst Bank with a new set of technical questions: How do you download an app? Make a mobile deposit? Load a debit card into Apple Pay? CEO Chris Maher explains how the New Jersey company is handling the shift to digital banking.
Mar 16, 2021 • 30min
How banks can encourage collaboration among workers stuck at home
Hood Qaim-Maqami, divisional CIO at the Bank of New York Mellon, has ideas about how technology can be used to make people feel connected.
Mar 2, 2021 • 21min
Bankers can ease transition to cashless society
Cold, hard cash is inevitably going away. Banks have a responsibility to help consumers who don't have smartphones or even email addresses be prepared, says Shawn Rose, chief digital officer of Scotiabank.
Feb 16, 2021 • 24min
How this bank's digital brand is succeeding where others have failed
Others, like JPMorgan Chase, have shut down their mobile-only brands. But Rising Bank, Midwest BankCentre's three-year-old neobank, is meeting its deposit goals, adding new products and avoiding cannibalization, says Dale Oberkfell, the bank's president.
Feb 2, 2021 • 27min
How cryptocurrency is changing the movement of money
Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency hedge fund Polychain Capital, discusses which digital currencies and blockchain technologies are reshaping payments and which are "nonsense projects."
Jan 19, 2021 • 19min
What two U.S. Bank execs saw and liked at CES
Todder Moning and Valerie Lancelle, who work in the bank's innovation group, said they were especially impressed by demos of immersive technology, 5G and ambient computing.
Dec 22, 2020 • 21min
Where fintech investment dollars will go in 2021
Venture capitalists will shift their focus to fintechs that support financial inclusion, according to Emmalyn Shaw, managing partner of the VC firm Flourish. Meanwhile, challenger banks will continue to grow, she says.
Dec 8, 2020 • 19min
Have consumers become addicted to saving money?
Brian Hamilton, CEO of the challenger bank One, says some have as their spending has slowed during months of economic lockdown. And the rest can be coached to make smarter choices, he argues.
