The Banker Next Door

BND is focused on the U.S. Banking industry and how the industry intersects with finance, technology, and economics. Topics discussed can include all types of banking products and lines of business along with strategy, marketing, management, and leadership.

The Banker Next Door is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #882

  Review of Bain & Company's bank M&A report

  Sep 15, 202615 min

  Bain & Company recently released a report detailing their outlook on U.S. bank M&A through 2030. Some of the key findings include: 1) there will be at least one bank to cross the $1 trillion assets threshold but could be as high as 2-3 via M&A, 2) There will be continued consolidation for small and larger regional banks, 3) There will be continued consolidation for community banks, 4) Banks should consider under-the-radar options when screening M&A targets, and 5) While scale-and-scope deals are currently outperforming, banks should consider buying fintech challengers. This episode reviewed Bain & Company’s bank M&A report titled “Hidden Gems: How to find the US bank M&A targets everyone else is missing.” A link to the report is included below. Link: Hidden Gems: How to Find the US Bank M&A Targets Everyone Else Is Missing | Bain & Company

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  Episode #881

  Bank News: Chime buys Stride, EverBank & Circle M&A, Block, Mercury, & FOMO!

  Sep 14, 202621 min

  Bank News: Chime to buy Stride for $590 million. Chime outgrew their partner model. Will the Chime deal lead to further fintech-bank competition? EverBank to purchase WaFd in a reverse merger for an approximate cost of $3.9 billion. Does this merger have execution risk? John Marshall Bancorp to purchase in-state peer Eagle Financial Services for $253 million. Finward Bancorp considered 7 different merger partners before accepting First Financial bid. Circle buying Tazapay for approximately $400 million. Bank7 wins auction to purchase 71% of Century Financial. Trustmark bank sells 34 branches to Blue Owl Real Estate Capital in sale-leaseback deal valued at $91.7 million. The founders of Georgia Skyline Bank, a new De Novo in Georgia, have decided to recapitalize Highland Community Bank in Virginia as a faster path to growth and profitability. Mercury received conditional approval for deposit insurance from the FDIC. Block has applied for a National Trust Bank charter through the OCC. United Bancorporation of Alabama is fighting back against activist investors. The Federal Reserve and Governor Bowman are sued by Better Markets over capital-requirements process. GAO report on banks support or nonsupport of cannabis industry. Banks fear of missing out is fueling their AI spending. This episode reviewed multiple articles from Banking Dive and S&P Global Market Intelligence (subscription required)

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  Episode #874

  BND: Strategy Room Bonus - Have we entered an era of higher rates?

  Sep 13, 202622 min

  This video is a clip from BND: Strategy Room Live Stream on September 5, 2026. Bond market yields are not just increasing in the U.S. they are increasing all over the western world. France, Italy, UK, and Japan have all seen increasing 10-year treasury yields. The growing global debt of $350 trillion is getting very expensive to service. Inflation, the war with Iran, $40 trillion in national debt, and a new Fed chairman are all weighing on the U.S. bond market. This leads to several questions. Will the U.S. require a weaker market (i.e. recession) to achieve lower yields? Have we entered a new era of higher interest rates? What do higher rates mean for the government, corporations, and consumers? Everything becomes more expensive to finance. For consumers it exacerbates the issue of affordability. In addition, what do higher rates mean to bank investment portfolios? Right now, they continue to put pressure on AOCI by increasing negative returns. This episode reviewed articles from The Wall Street Journal, The Epoch Times, S&P Global, and CNBC.

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  Episode #880

  BND: Strategy Room 9-12-2026

  Sep 12, 20262h 32m

  The Banker Next Door (BND) weekly live stream show. Strategy Room provides financial news, commentary, top stories in the business world, economic indicators, and all things banking for the week.

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  Episode #879

  Banking industry update: IPOs, M&A, Charters, Failures, Activism, and AOCI

  Sep 11, 202618 min

  This episode reviewed recent data for bank IPO’s and capital raises, M&A activity, new charter requests, FDIC problem bank list, recent bank failures, the return of shareholder activism, and the impact of rising yields on accumulated other comprehensive income or AOCI. Capital raises through preferred equity (IPOs) picked up in the second quarter of 2026, but subordinated debt and senior debt are still the preferred vehicles. Bank charter applications hit 33. M&A activity has picked up with 98 deals so far in 2026. The number of banks on the FDIC’s problem list dropped to 47. The number of bank failures in 2026 increased to 5. Rising yields put pressure on AOCI causing the banking industry total to decrease to negative $156 billion. The easing regulatory environment coupled with the increase to M&A is bringing a new wave of shareholder activism to U.S. banks. This episode reviewed multiple articles from S&P Global Market Intelligence (subscription required).

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