All Episodes

Why Should You Give Away Your Legos? How Hatch Bank President Amanda Swoverland Built Her Career and Her Advice for Future Leaders

Breaking $10 Billion: Mid Penn Bank's CEO, Rory Ritrievi, and Stephens' Frank Sorrentino on Bank M&A, Liquidity & Talent

Travillian at The 2026 Deposit Conference: Brian Love Talks Talent, Deposits & Storytelling

Episode #2 - Avi Upreti, Principal, AI Strategist at Hebbia

Episode #1 - John Butler, Head of Insurance Investment Banking at Piper Sandler

Your Deposits Have Commitment Issues: The Economy's Humming, So Why Is Money Walking Out the Door?

The CISO Conversation: When You Need One, What to Look For, and How to Structure the Role

How CNB Bank Built a New Growth Engine by Listening to Women Entrepreneurs: Mary Kate Loftus, President, Impressia Connect, CNB Bank

"Margin Is Just a Statistic — Net Interest Income Pays the Bills": Chris Marinac, Director of Research at Brean Capital, on Earnings Season

Playing the Hits! A Roundtable Discussion with Bridgewater Bank’s Joe Chybowski, AllianceBernstein’s Michael Howard, and Performance Trust’s Matt Shields

A Six-Year Build, Not a Three-Month Win: Patrick Slain of Stearns Bank on the BaaS Long Game

Community Banking’s Stablecoin Moment: Why Now Is the Time to Act

What’s Changing in Bank Compliance, From Regulatory Oversight to AI: Ian Moloney, Chief Policy Officer at AFC

The Bank Failure That Sent a Ripple Through American Banking: Steve Plunk’s Lessons from Penn Square

Brent Beardall & Simone Lagomarsino: Two Bank CEOs on Leadership, M&A, and the Deal That Made Them Family

Travillian’s Conference Crawl: What Amber & Brian Heard at Finovate, D.A. Davidson, Alloy Labs, and S&P Global

CEO Matthew Smith on Building Rhinebeck Bank's Next 160 Years

“We Don’t Carry Any Dead Weight” — Inside Five Star Bank’s Financial Engine with CFO Heather Luck (Part 2)

"A Sales Organization Masquerading as a Bank" — Inside Five Star Bank's Culture-First (Part 1)

Banking the Nation: Huntington Bank Executives on the $26B Federal Contracting Opportunity in Indian Country

Fight Like Heck to Stay Independent: How First Mid Bank & Trust Built a $9 Billion Community Banking Powerhouse

Balance Sheet Truths from Piper Sandler's Scott Hildenbrand, The Hardest Working Man in "Bank Land"

How Community Banks Can Build Stronger & More Diverse Bank Boards — Jennifer Docherty, Bank on Women

Winning the War for Talent: Why Compensation Strategy Matters More Than Ever

Beyond the Hype: Stephens’ Chuck Nabhan on the "Fact vs. Fiction" of Fintech Valuations

Wall Street to Main Street: CEOs Dimitar Karaivanov and C.K. Lee on Strategy, Talent, and Growth

Culture as a Talent Magnet: How Pathward Earned an 84% Employee Satisfaction Score

The “Easy Button” for Digital Assets: How Custodia and Vantage Are Rewriting Payments for Community Banks

Succession Without Shortcuts: Lessons from Starion Bank’s President Search

All I want for Christmas is a Strategic CFO: Community Bank & Fintech Talent Advice from Travillian

The Long Game of Bank M&A: Janney and D.A. Davidson on Diligence, Culture, and What Comes Next

How AI Is Reshaping Financial Product Discovery: A Follow-Up with Fintel Connect

Turning AI into Your Small Business CFO: A Conversation with Narmi and Grasshopper Bank

What Generalist Investors Miss: Piper Sandler’s Stephen Scouten on Bank Performance, Credit, and M&A

NEXT Forum 2025: Building Brotherly Love: Ira Robbins and Brent Beardall

A Share Liquidity Tool for Private Banks: Inside the My Private Shares Platform

Trailblazers Ep.5: Why International Payments Matter for Community Banks with Acceleron

NEXT Forum: Technology Phanatics: Innovation in Banking

2025 NEXT Forum: Fly, Fulton, Fly: From Lancaster Roots to Regional Reach

NEXT Forum: Banking in 2025: A Declaration of Independence

Affiliate Marketing Strategies for Bank Leaders with Fintel Connect & Live Oak Bank

What Banks Can Learn from EVP Rick Geloff and Bank of North Dakota’s Innovation Strategy

Invictus Group & CFG Bank: Turning Stress Tests into Capital Planning

Academy Bank on Laying the Foundation for a Fast BaaS Market Entry

Expanding Beyond Local Banking Limits: Denali State Bank + BancAlliance

The Bank That Thinks Like a Tech Company: How 50+ Engineers Are Redefining Security

The Balance Sheet Moves Piper Sandler’s Scott Hildenbrand Says Banks Should Be Making Now

What’s Stopping Banks from Using AI? Featuring Finov8r Founder Allan Rayson

Banks, Breakfast Club, and Bold Moves: 2025’s Hiring Story So Far

Cogent Law Breaks Down Cannabis Banking and Regulation

Trailblazers Ep. 4: How Kim Snyder Turned Banker Frustration into KlariVis Innovation

Depository Investment Bankers Unplugged: Real Talk on M&A with Piper Sandler & D.A. Davidson

The Largest Bank IPO Since 2017: Spotlight on Northpointe Bank

De Novo State of Mind: Two CEOs on their Innovative Journeys Growing New Banks

Trailblazers Ep. 3: Lee Easton of iDENTIFY Clears the Data Fog for Community Banks

Proven Marketing Strategies to Help Community Banks Win Against Larger Competitors: A Conversation with Caleb Stevens, VP of Marketing at SouthState Bank

Part 2: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall—Ben Reynolds on Banking, Stablecoins & Tokenized Deposits

Part 1: Silvergate Bank’s Rise and Fall: Lessons from Former Silvergate Bank President & Current BitGo Stablecoins Head Ben Reynolds

Mergers, Money, and Missing Talent: What Bank CEOs Are Facing – 1st Colonial Community Bank CEO Bob White Shares His Expertise

Trailblazers Ep. 2: Can AI Fix Banking Compliance? Co-Founder Kalyani Ramadurgam Thinks So

Community Banks Can’t Ignore This Crypto Shift—Here’s Why

The Recruiter, the CEO & the CIO: How MidWestOne Bank Built Its Tech Future

Trailblazers Ep. 1: Nikhil Lakhanpal & Narmi Continually Challenge the Status Quo in Community Banking

Keep Your Fintechs Close, But Your Regulators Closer: The State of BaaS with the Godfather

Talent Talk Unfiltered: Visionaries Vs. Doers

Never a Dull Moment: Ryan Goldberg’s Journey to Leading One of America’s “Top Credit Unions,” DFCU Financial

How Native American Bank is Financing Housing and Economic Growth in Tribal Communities

NEXT Forum: Headliner: Johnny Allison, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of Home Bancshares Inc

From Sea to Shining Sea: Where a Flurry of Red Victories Leaves the Bank M&A and Capital Pipelines

NEXT Forum: Shhh...Talking Politics in a Speakeasy

Fall 2024 - ConferenceMANIA: The Restless Travels of American Fintech Council CEO, Phil Goldfeder

The Certainty of Uncertainty: Hedging Strategies for Banks

NEXT Forum: Double Down on Your Balance Sheet Strategy

NEXT Forum: Go Back Three Spaces: Reflecting on the State of Embedded Finance

A Visit from KBW to Discuss 3rd Quarter Bank Earnings

NEXT Forum: Bank Empire: M&A and Capital Pursuits

NEXT Forum: Running with the High Rollers: Investment Session

Join Us in Supporting Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts

NEXT Forum: Talent Management Monopoly

NEXT Forum: All-In on Tech Efficiencies

Ballots & Banknotes: How the 2024 Election Could Rewrite the Regulatory Landscape

Where a Wild Election Season Stands Today: Insights from Policy Strategist Brian Gardner

Innovation is a Peach: Georgia's Community Banks Strive to Stay Competitive

Bank Sentiment Turning? What We Learned from Second Quarter Earnings

Revamping Community Banks: The Power of Product Management with SouthState’s Chris Nichols

Part 2: The Maxfield Method – Jim Reuter’s Inspirational Journey

Part 1: The Maxfield Method — Transforming Banking Leadership

Name That Bank! A Fun Game Show for Banking "Geeks"

Bank Board Insights Series Part VII: From Good to Great, Elevate Your Bank's Performance with Boardroom Mastery!

Bank Compliance Can Be A Real Pain! That's Why You Should Call Zane, CBO at American Bank

Bolton (Ex ICBA Chairman) vs. Bell (CU M&A Attorney) – M&A between Banks & Credit Unions – Get Your Popcorn Ready!

A Year Fighting in the Trenches for the American Fintech Council: A Conversation with Phil Goldfeder

Credit Unions Buying Community Banks: Motives, Misconceptions, and More on the Horizon – A Conversation with Deal Attorneys Michael Bell and Jeffrey Cardone

Snarking-as-a-Service: Ron Shevlin’s Take on the Evolution of Talent in the Bank Space

Back to BaaSics with Lincoln Savings Bank's CEO Sean Willett & Executive Chairman Sally Hollis

Keeping Up with Klaros: Influencing through Forward Thinking Regulatory Advice for Banks & Fintechs

M&A Trends & Outlook: A Q&A with Ted Rosinus, Managing Director at Stephens

Board Insights Series Part V: A Panel Discussion on Strategic Board Talent and Expertise

The Core for 2024: Community Banks Face Tough Decisions in the Coming Year

The Power of People and Community Banks: Unveiling the Heart of Luther Burbank Savings Bank