I present my list of best business related movies.

Update on merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. banking industry. This episode specifically focuses on merger of equal (MOE) transactions and industrial loan company (ILC) charters.

This episode explores the trend of credit unions buying community banks

Update on U.S. credit card debt and auto loans

This episode details what a personal financial statement is, how to get one, and how best to use it.

This week the BRICS nations got together in Africa. Six additional nations agreed to join BRICS. What does this mean for the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency?

This episode is a discussion with Jon Burton, Director of Development for Independence Historical Trust, around the fund raising efforts to restore the First Bank of the United States. This building has major historical significance being located in Philadelphia and being home to the first central bank in U.S. history. The bank was chartered in 1791 under the leadership of Alexander Hamilton.

This episode is a high level overview of the main technologies that banks currently utilize including a core system provider, technology service providers or technology vendors, payment systems, and cybersecurity.

This episode explores the basic information that a small business owner or real estate investor will need before coming to a commercial bank to apply for a commercial mortgage. It also provides some insight into the overall commercial loan process at a bank and how a banker views certain aspects of the transaction.

The banker next door is a podcast that explores the world of banking and how economics, finance, and technology all intersect in that world.