American Banker Podcast

Crypto banks are safer than insured banks: Bitgo's CEO

The crypto companies getting trust charters hold 100% reserves and thus are lower risk than traditional banks that hold fractional reserves, Mike Belshe argues.

Why big banks bet on Besu

Citi, DTCC and others are quietly using Hyperledger Besu as neutral, enterprise-grade rails for tokenized deposits and collateral. Daniela Barbosa, general manager of dec

What's life like after crypto firms get trust bank charters?

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has conditionally approved several national trust bank charters for crypto companies. Fabian Dori, head of asset management

'Credit access is absolutely a problem': Upstart's Paul Gu

The company's new CEO, and long-time chief technology officer, shares his views on why some banks are stuck in old ways of determining creditworthiness, how Upstart has b

Is AI the way to get credit to the underbanked?

Rodney Hood, former acting Comptroller of the Currency and former chair of the National Credit Union Administration, says the credit scoring system is broken and AI can f

What a 'moral architecture' for AI in banking would look like

Surjit Chana, a board member of Beneficial State Bank, a Harvard Fellow and a tech committee member of the Global Alliance for Banking Values, explains why there's a need

Solana 101: What it is and why some banks use it

JPMorganChase, Citi, Bank of America and Anchorage Digital are among the banks that are using or planning to work with the Solana distributed ledger and network. Solana P

Grasshopper's taking AI beyond the 'confident intern' stage

Peter Chapman, chief technology officer at Grasshopper Bank, initially saw AI as "the best intern that you could ever have." Today the technology is taking on more advanc

How Clearview FCU's CIO gets employees to use and trust AI

"AI may not take your job, but somebody who knows AI will," says Raymond George, CIO of Clearview Federal Credit Union.  

What is Ethereum and why should you care? Paul Brody at EY

JPMorganChase, Citi, Vantage Bank and Custodia Bank have all chosen Ethereum as the underpinning for blockchain projects such as tokenized deposits. The chairman of the E

Thread Bank's Chris Black sees opening in bank charter boom

Some traditional bankers are unsettled by the wave of crypto and fintech banks getting bank charters. This Nashville bank CEO sees opportunity.

How banks can reap revenue from AI: Accenture's Mike Abbott

The company's recently released 2026 trends report is about "moving and changing the narrative from being Eeyores to being Tiggers," Abbott said in the latest American Ba

'Optimism is a moral duty': Paul Achleitner

The former Deutsche Bank chair and Goldman Sachs partner shares some of the leadership principles in his new book.

From day-trading bar mitzvah cash to founding Hiro: Ethan Bloch

The founder of Digit explains how he got into fintech and why he built an AI-meets-personal-finance app that launched in November.

'Policy leaders are being shown a rosier picture': Ludwig

Former controller of the currency Eugene Ludwig has written a book called The Mismeasurement of America that lays out the shortcomings of the standard economic data that

'The household balance sheet is fragile': Sarah Biller

The co-founder of Fintech Sandbox says fintech entrepreneurs will figure out how to help Americans struggling with economic stressors.

Anchorage COO is a fan of the Fed's 'skinny' master accounts

Rachel Anderika, chief operating officer at Anchorage Digital Bank, sees the Federal Reserve's proposal to give crypto companies limited access to its payment rails as "a

'Crypto will always be a target for scammers': Amanda Fischer

Amanda Fischer, is policy director and chief operating officer at Better Markets and former chief of staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission has some concerns abo

How banks can mitigate AI workslop and errors

The former banker Bradley Leimer now advises financial institutions on AI projects, and shared some of his tips for achieving accurate results and a return on AI investme

'That's a lawless way of proceeding': Cordray on CFPB cuts

Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says the Trump administration seems intent on shutting the agency down, even though it ha