On this episode of the BankCast, CFO Bobby Simper from SouthStar Bank discusses how the bank uses FHLB Dallas to provide flexible funding solutions that help manage seasonal and cyclical demands.

Isidoro Hernandez, New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority Executive Director and CEO, on residential real estate trends, affordable housing and access to FHLB Dallas funding and community investment programs

Brad Chambless, CEO and President of Farmers and Merchants Bank, on the value of having access to FHLB Dallas funding and community investment programs

Hear from Smart Home America, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and FHLB Dallas on the new FHLB Dallas FORTIFIED Fund to proactively assist homeowners in disaster-prone areas with roofs that can withstand severe weather.

Learn how FHLB Dallas’ Returnship and ReStart programs help women jump-start their careers after a break of two years or more.

Learn how an FHLB Dallas member and a housing organization partner to use the Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership (HELP) to assist first-time homebuyers in achieving the American Dream of owning a home.

Learn how the FHLB Dallas Small Business Boost (SBB) program helps small businesses and entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. We talk with a credit union and one of their customers on how it works.

Eric Haar, director of Government and Industry Relations at FHLB Dallas, talks with us about the latest policy, regulatory and legislative issues out of Washington of interest to the financial services industry.  Any views expressed  are Eric’s and not necessarily the views of FHLB Dallas.

PrideStaff Strategic Partner Julie Vicic joins us on Bankcast to talk about employee recruitment in the financial services industry.