FDIC Podcast

With the explosion of financial technology in the marketplace, how can we make certain that as our banking system adopts these new technologies, it remains inclusive and accessible to everyone, including the UN-banked? In this episode, FDIC Chief Innovation Officer Sultan Meghji discusses the ‘fairness of Fintech’ with Chris Brummer, director of Georgetown University's Institute of International Economic Law.

In this episode of the FDIC Podcast, we look back on 2021 to see how our nation’s banks fared in a year that was still very much impacted a global pandemic and its economic consequences. FDIC senior financial analysts Pat Mitchell and Meg Hanrahan break down the latest annual report card on the condition of the U.S. banking system.

Born in a small Texas town, Arleas Upton Kea came to the FDIC nearly 40 years ago as a young attorney and rose through the agency’s senior ranks in good times and during moments of crisis. Meet Arleas and her incredible legacy of public service.

In our post-pandemic world, will there be lasting impacts to the commercial real estate sector? The FDIC’s Bob DiChara joins three community bankers who examine of how commercial real estate is trending where they are —John Buran, Flushing Bank in Uniondale, New York; Jim Edwards, United Bank in Griffin, Georgia; and Joanne Kim, Commonwealth Business Bank in Los Angeles.

In the history of our country, minority banks were created to serve people and places that were denied access to the mainstream banking system. Today, these banks are still making a big impact in communities of color. Nicole Elam of the National Bankers Association and economists Karyen Chu and Kristen Broady discuss how these institutions are ‘punching above their weight’ in 2022.