The Banker's Domain

In this episode of The Banker’s Domain, fTLD President Craig Schwartz sits down with Sam Lisker, EVP at the American Bankers Association and an fTLD board member since 2011. Sam explains how the ABA went from trying to stop .Bank to helping build a verified, secure home for banks online. That early bet looks prescient now that AI makes phishing cheap and fast.

The story is also personal. A convincing email triggered unauthorized trades in his mother’s investment account. It came from a real bank’s legacy .com domain that was missing proper authentication.

Sam’s career began at the Department of Justice. He and Craig cover third-party risk, cyber insurance, domain sprawl, and why banks should verify before trusting AI. It’s a candid look at the layers that protect customers and what happens when one is missing.

Host - Craig Schwartz - www.register.bank - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ftld-registry-services/ 

Interviewed - Sam Lisker - https://www.aba.com  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/american-bankers-association

In the first episode of The Banker’s Domain, fTLD President Craig Schwartz explains why the show exists and who it’s for.

Craig talks with bankers almost every day as they work through digital trust problems that AI keeps making harder. Yet banking security usually gets discussed as a compliance checkbox or an abstract tech topic. It is rarely treated as the human leadership challenge it really is.

The Banker’s Domain sets out to change that. It gives executives room to talk through real trade-offs. Craig also argues for treating cybersecurity as a competitive advantage and for choosing collaboration over isolation. It’s a short, clear-eyed introduction to the conversations ahead.