ABA Banking Journal Podcast

newsbytes@aba.com

For verified host and producer emails, sign up to view.

Booking Overview

A weekly banking-industry interview show focused on bank executive perspectives, financial strategy, economics, and regulatory policy, with external appearances from authoritative experts such as economic historians. Credible pitches include bank executives, economists, regulators, financial-policy specialists, and fintech or payments leaders with substantive industry insight; booking difficulty is medium because the show is a specialized trade outlet and often relies on American Bankers Association experts.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

newsbytes@aba.com

For verified host and producer emails, sign up to view.

Host

Evan Sparks - Editor-in-chief of ABA Banking Journal and a journalist covering the banking industry, financial policy, and regulation.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Bank executives, economists, regulators, financial-policy specialists, and recognized historians or subject-matter experts with authoritative perspectives on banking and finance
Required Achievements:  
Senior banking or financial-services leadership, Published economic or financial research, Recognized expertise in banking policy or regulation, Authorship of respected books or industry publications

Recent Guest Discussions

John Steele Gordon - Banking And Finance During The American Revolution, The Role Of Patriotic Financiers, And Early Debates Over A U.s. Central Bank

Recent Topics

Banking, Mental Health, Finance, Economics, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
ABA Banking Journal Podcast
:

Banking the brave new world of college athletics

August 04, 2026

The ability to pay college athletes has led to dramatic upheaval in banking college sports. Revenue-sharing with athletes has required big increases in spending that colleges may not have been counting on, just to be competitive. Meanwhile, the revenue shares and name, image and likeness marketing is putting big money in the hands of athletes who need extra support to handle it. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast — sponsored by Q2 Software — Charles Frazier, head of the ...

Tactics for meaningful strategic planning

July 29, 2026

Virtually all banks engage in strategic planning, but how do they ensure the strategic plan actually drives performance and doesn't just get left in a binder on the shelf? On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast — sponsored by Q2 Software — Exchange Bank's Kevin Bender discusses tactics for making strategic planning a process that engages employees and board members in the future of the bank, drives prioritization of scarce resources and identifies each bank's biggest opportu...

Why it might be time to revisit a key FDIC ratio

July 23, 2026

What kind of difference can a single ratio make? In a new ABA DataBank essay, ABA's Patrick Mitchell and Brittany Kleinpaste discuss the FDIC's 2% Designated Reserve Ratio target for the Deposit Insurance Fund. This target — established by statute but set at the FDIC's discretion — is a level higher than the DIF's Minimum Reserve Ratio of 1.35%, and it has been 2% since it was first established in 2010. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast — sponsored by Q2 Software — Mit...

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings