Leaders in Lending

Barry Roach

leadersinlending@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview show focused on consumer lending, banking innovation, compliance, and the future of financial services, typically featuring senior executives and regulatory or industry leaders from banks, credit unions, fintechs, and lending organizations. Credible pitches include bank and credit union executives, fintech founders or senior operators, lending-technology specialists, compliance leaders, and consumer-credit experts with substantial institutional experience; booking is likely high difficulty because guests generally hold senior leadership or prominent industry roles.

Metrics

Episodes: 195

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

leadersinlending@gmail.com

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Host

Barry Roach - Host focused on consumer lending, financial services, and the leaders shaping the future of lending.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives and established leaders at banks, credit unions, fintechs, lending companies, or financial-services organizations, particularly in lending, strategy, capital markets, risk, compliance, operations, or customer experience.
Required Achievements:  
Executive leadership at a bank, credit union, fintech, or lending organization, Leadership of consumer-lending, compliance, risk, strategy, or financial-services initiatives, Participation in recognized banking or regulatory industry committees

Recent Guest Discussions

Sanjay Dutta - Ai-powered Prediction Models, Credit Decisions, Capital Markets, Economic Conditions, And The Future Of Consumer Lending

Queanne Smith - Community Banking, Customer Retention, Growth Strategy, Community Investment, Client Readiness, And Profitability

Aaron Rakowski - CFPB Engagement, Compliance Programs, State Regulation, AI Oversight, Documentation, And Regulatory Durability

Mike Reynolds - CFPB Engagement, Compliance Programs, State Regulation, AI Oversight, Documentation, And Regulatory Durability

Recent Topics

Consumer Lending, Banking, Fintech, Compliance, Credit Unions

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Leaders in Lending
:

Why Better Predictions Beat Bigger Risk

July 22, 2026

What if the biggest advantage in lending isn't taking less risk, but making better predictions? In this episode of Leaders in Lending, host Barry Roach sits down with Sanjay Dutta, President and Chief Capital Officer at Upstart, to discuss how AI-powered prediction models are reshaping lending, why capital matters more than ever, and what today's economic environment means for financial institutions. They discuss:Why Sanjay left Google to help build UpstartWhy lending is fundamentally a predi...

Why a 5% Retention Lift Could Mean 90% More Profit

July 08, 2026

Most banks still treat community banking as a regulatory box to check. Queanne Smith, SVP and Group Strategy Manager at U.S. Bank, says that mindset caps growth instead of driving it, and breaks down how a 5% lift in client retention can swing profit by 25 to 90 percent.In this episode:- Community banking as growth infrastructure, not a side initiative- Getting embedded early in the customer lifecycle, pre-loan and pre-deposit- Why CRA requirements should be the floor, not the ceiling- Buildi...

The Pendulum Is About to Swing Back. Are You Ready?

June 24, 2026

The regulations never went away. The exams slowed down, the enforcement pulled back, but every rule is still on the books. And when the pendulum swings back, everything being done right now is going to get looked at. Mike Reynolds from Zions Bancorporation and Aaron Rakowski from WesBanco co-chair the CBA CFPB Committee and have a clear message: this window is not a vacation. It's a chance to catch your documentation up, plug your compliance resources into product development, and stop yo-yoi...

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