Sonata Bank: Culture, AI, Payments...and much more!
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Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers
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20 of 267 episodesCommunityBankers.AI: New Conversations around Treasury Management and AI
There's a lot of "meat and potatoes" on today's episode. A lot of points made and shifts in how to think. It's a lot for one episode if I'm...
Steward Leadership and a New Book from Eric Alexander
Any chance to chat with Eric Alexander is going to be a good one but when he told me he had written a book about Steward Leadership, I knew...
Main Street Banking Economic Update May 2026
With Barret Grad School around the corner, the economy still continues to turn. A lot of news in the markets over the past week and when tha...
Barret DeepDive: Practical AI For Community Banks
This past week, we put on a webinar about Practical AI for Community Banks. The engagement from the industry was amazing and it definitely w...
Revio Insight and BankerBounty: Leveling the Playing Field
In this episode of the Main Street Banking podcast, we sit down with industry veterans Brian Bauer, CEO of Revio Insight, and Randy Goggins,...
Understanding The New Government Programs for Ag Lenders
As we expand our ag lending curriculum here at Barret and seek to grow the knowledge base for a new generation of ag lenders, we have to und...
Main Street Banking Economic Update: December 12, 2025
Main Street Banking Economic Update: December 12, 2025 by Barret School of Banking
A Thanksgiving Thought for 2025
Wanted to drop a quick Thanksgiving message to the community banking industry. Enjoy your holiday!!
Want to take another shot at Bank Sim?
Ever wanted to take another shot at bank sim? Have you ever heard about bank sim and wondered what it was? Regardless of whether you have no...
Small Business Lending: Untapped Potential. Joe Ehrhardt with Teslar
Teslar Software has been a really cool company to watch. We were first introduced to them way back during one of the first ICBA ThinkTECH's...
Stable Coins: Justin Muscolino With High Risk Education
Stable coins have gotten a lot of news lately...but what are they? Are they here to stay? Is this something community banks are going to hav...
Main Street Banking Economic Update (August 1, 2025)
With all the news this week, time to bring on Jim Reber, CEO of ICBA Securities. Be sure you sign up for Stifel's Quarterly Strategy Webinar...
Treasury Services: What It Is...and Isn't
I have to be honest here...one of the things that I didn't fully understand in my time in production was treasury services. I understood wha...
A New Idea From First International Bank and Trust
Peter Stenehjem is the Pres/CEO of First International Bank and Trust in North Dakota. He's a returning guest, friend of Barret, and a fasci...
Generational Crossroads: Career Paths in Banking and Being Curious
C.J. Tate and I connected a while back and just had some really interesting conversations around career advancement in community banking and...
Scale Link: CDFI's and Small Business Microloans
Scale Link is a really cool CDFI that offers a secondary market for small business microloans and trading platform. Their CEO, Jonathan Brer...
The CEO/CFO Relationship Part 2
Wrapping up our discussion with Eric and Brett this week. If you missed last week's, be sure you go back and check that out. Otherwise, you...
The CEO/CFO Relationship Part 1
One of the most important (and yet least discussed) relationships in the bank is the CEO/CFO relationship. When it works...it REALLY works b...
Main St Banking Economic Update April 4 2025
With all the news and shake-ups we've seen over the last few days...I wanted to bring on Jim Reber to help banks understand what's going on.