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Starting a Bank in the Age of AI
May 6, 2026
25m 07s
The Long Game (with Bourbon on the Side) // CEO Ja Hillebrand
Apr 1, 2026
25m 53s
Not Your Typical Q1 Outlook
Jan 14, 2026
21m 02s
Don’t Call It a Comeback w/ Jim Reuter
Dec 17, 2025
27m 31s
The Beat Goes On in Banking w/ Archie Brown
Dec 3, 2025
24m 07s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/6/26 | Starting a Bank in the Age of AI✨ | bankingAI+4 | — | bank | — | bankingAI+3 | — | 25m 07s | |
| 4/1/26 | The Long Game (with Bourbon on the Side) // CEO Ja Hillebrand✨ | banking relationshipstechnology in banking+3 | Ja Hillebrand | Stock Yards Bank & Trust | — | bankingtechnology+4 | — | 25m 53s | |
| 1/14/26 | Not Your Typical Q1 Outlook✨ | banking trendscapital allocation+3 | — | Plugged InCrnrstone | — | bankingcapital allocation+4 | — | 21m 02s | |
| 12/17/25 | Don’t Call It a Comeback w/ Jim Reuter✨ | bankingleadership+3 | Jim Reuter | First Interstate Bank | — | bank CEOretirement+3 | — | 27m 31s | |
| 12/3/25 | The Beat Goes On in Banking w/ Archie Brown✨ | bankingcredit risk+4 | Archie Brown | First Financial Bank | — | bankingcredit risk+5 | — | 24m 07s | |
| 10/7/25 | A.I. Promises, Banking Realities, and a Few Hidden Gems✨ | A.I.banking realities+3 | — | — | Arizona | A.I.banking+3 | — | 19m 31s | |
| 8/6/25 | “Brace” Yourself for the Shenanigans in Banking✨ | bankingdeal-making+4 | Mike Maddox | Busey BankCrossFirst Bank | — | bankingBusey Bank+5 | — | 21m 04s | |
| 7/2/25 | Ep 43: Cruel Summer: Stablecoins, GenAI, M&A✨ | banking trendsGenAI+4 | — | GenAIstablecoins | — | bankingGenAI+5 | — | 17m 11s | |
| 5/21/25 | Ep 42: The Balance Sheet Restructure That Transformed the Bank // CEO Chip Reeves✨ | bankingbalance sheet+3 | Chip Reeves | MidWestOne BankChase | MidWestOne's turfland of star basketball player, Caitlin C | balance sheetbanking strategy+3 | — | 25m 35s | |
| 5/9/25 | Ep 41: Numbers Don't Lie - How This $5.5B Bank in Kansas Was Built // CEO Brad Elliott✨ | bankingM&A strategy+4 | Brad Elliott | Equity Bank | Kansas | Equity BankBrad Elliott+5 | — | 22m 11s | |
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| 3/26/25 | Ep 40: Embracing Entrepreneurship in a Disruptive Market✨ | EntrepreneurshipGenerative A.I.+3 | — | Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft | — | Generative A.I.financial services+3 | — | 26m 28s | |
| 2/12/25 | Ep 39: "I'm An Entrepreneur. Just In A Banker's Body" // Malcolm Holland | Malcolm Holland, Chariman of the Board, CEO and President of Veritex Community Bank, sees himself as a banker who embraces opportunities. On today's show, Al and Steve chat with Malcolm about how he started a bank as a 25-year-old in the 1980s – a turbulent period for banking – and how his experience of bad times helped shape his career in making big leaps; arguably, none bigger than founding his current bank at age 49 by using the inheritance money left to his wife... with her blessing.... | 29m 38s | ||||||
| 1/21/25 | Ep 38: Banking in 2025: "Only the Entrepreneurs Will Get Growth" | They’re back. In Arizona. In advance of the upcoming Acquire or Be Acquired conference, Al and Steve chat about trends that will matter to the C-Suite this year, including: M&A activity coming in hot and how to source new ideas that will yield revenue. They also explore funding competition from fintech companies and essentials required in retaining customers. | 15m 13s | ||||||
| 12/20/24 | Ep 37: 2024 In Review: Banking's Big Moves | In this final episode of the Plugged In Series for 2024, Steve and Al reflect on the year's significant events and trends in the banking industry, including a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions, the challenges posed by technology and compliance, and the importance of talent management. They discuss predictions for 2025, emphasizing the need for execution and growth strategies in a competitive landscape. Then, they kick it over to the replay of the highly-anticipated 2024 GonzoBanker Award... | 1h 13m 50s | ||||||
| 11/27/24 | Ep 36: The Biggest Technologies Shaping Banking Right Now // Hans Morris | Hans Morris is used to following fintech trends. He’s a managing partner at Nyca Partners, a fintech venture capital firm in New York and San Francisco, and the chairman of the board of Lending Club. In today’s Punk Rock-themed show, Hans talks to Al and Steve about some of his portfolio investments that touch on juicy industry themes, like: Generative AI (and interesting ways to use it), automated tax prep services and fresher ways to screen tenants than requesting their credit scores. Hans ... | 32m 17s | ||||||
| 11/13/24 | Ep 35: On Growing a California Bank Year After Year // CEO Dave Brager | Citizens Business Bank has made money in every single quarter of every single year for more than 47 years. Today on the show, Al and Steve talk to Dave Brager, CEO of Citizens Business Bank and 2022 GonzoBanker of the Year Bank award winner, about the bank’s impressive growth. Among the topics they explore for the $15.4 billion asset bank that a dairy farmer founded: the ability to deliver and lend through all economic cycles, remaining realistic about organic growth strategies and the import... | 27m 35s | ||||||
| 10/2/24 | Ep 34: Banking Is Gonna Make You Sweat | Today on the show, Steve quizzes Al on the hottest topics discussed at the recent Association for Financial Technology Fall Summit held in Palm Springs. Among them: the Federal Reserve’s rate cut and what it could mean for regional banks, mounting regulatory fintech issues, holes in talent pipeline and whether branches are going extinct in the next two decades. Spoiler: They aren’t. | 22m 16s | ||||||
| 9/25/24 | Ep 33: Lake City's Secret Sauce // CEO David Findlay | Lake City Bank has managed to grow its book value per share even amid some of the thorniest industry challenges. David Findlay, Chairman and CEO of Lake City Bank, talks to Al and Steve about why the bank is creating an innovation and tech center in Indiana, the significance of elevating the retail banker role and the importance of community outreach, including by making a move a big bank wouldn’t: maintaining rural branches. But his secret sauce? It’s literal: Don’s Rib Sauce at Alcona Count... | 25m 20s | ||||||
| 9/12/24 | Ep 32: How This 177-Year-Old Bank Innovates // Nitin Mhatre | It’s action packed in banking right now as regulatory uncertainty mounts with the looming presidential election. Today on the show, Al and Steve pick the brain of Nitin Mhatre, the CEO of Berkshire Bank, on the most pressing issues in banking. They explore the tension of a bank changing for the times while preserving its relationship-driven company culture, how to recruit senior talent and the importance of investing in technology. They also get into some of the cool initiatives the ban... | 29m 32s | ||||||
| 8/28/24 | Ep 31: The Recipe for Growing a Bank in 2024 with WesBanco’s Jeff Jackson | As Jeff Jackson, the CEO of WesBanco, sees it, M&A activity can only go up. In this episode, Al and Steve chat with Jeff about why that is and what is at stake for community banks across the country. They also explore other banking classics, including what the future of delivery in banking looks like, how to retain employees and what has helped the bank grow its deposits in a competitive year. They also opine on another passion: college football. | 28m 21s | ||||||
| 8/14/24 | Ep 30: Who's Swimming Without a Bathing Suit? | The frequent flyer miles are overflowing for Steve and Al as they continue to visit banks across the country. In this episode, they dish on the burning C-suite issues, including: recession risks, core deposit growth challenges (and ideas to overcome them) and an area they believe bankers need to step it up on – their succession planning. Don’t worry. They talk about Snoop Dogg, too. | 24m 29s | ||||||
| 5/15/24 | Ep 29: Are You Ready For Some… Bank CEO Perspective // Mike Daniels | Mike Daniels, the chairman and CEO of Nicolet Bank and Green Bay Packers’ board member, talks to Al and Steve about what it takes for a community bank to flourish right now and the NFL offseason. They also chat about how to preserve company culture when the business is scaling and offer tips on what not to do in pursuing deposits. Also, Mike provides a peek at what it’s like banking in America’s dairy land. | 25m 44s | ||||||
| 4/24/24 | Ep 28: The Lessons of '24 (So Far): This Is Going To Be Rough! | In this episode, Al and Steve discuss the mounting scrutiny on banking-as-a-service providers, the perplexities tied to a higher interest rate environment and the mounting concerns of succession planning. But it’s not all doom and gloom. Your hosts also chat about when M&A activity will pick up, how to preserve and nurture creativity while also mitigating risk and ways to become the best small business bank of the future. | 21m 35s | ||||||
| 3/29/24 | Ep 27: The bold bankers with Al Dominick and Mary Wisniewski | It’s hard to stand out in banking but not impossible. In this cross-over edition of Plugged In, Al Dominick sits down with Mary Wisniewski to explore talent retention, theatrical innovation acts and the importance of the return on tech. They also get into mistakes banks make (ahem, on their social media video efforts) and introduce Mary's new show, 'Money Isn't Everything,' which starts to drop in mid-April. | 21m 20s | ||||||
| 2/28/24 | Ep 26: What does it take to be a successful bank? // Tom Michaud | Tom Michaud, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, is back! This time, he joins Steve and Al to answer the question bankers across the country want to know: How to compete with big institutions and non-banks. On the show, they get into common mistakes banks make, takeaways from KBW’s Winter Financial Services conference, and why they think the industry outlook right now is relatively positive. While fusing industry insights with the beats of tim... | 31m 53s | ||||||
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