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The Paul W. Barret, Jr. School of Banking is a non-profit independent school created by and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved w...
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...
In this episode of the Main Street Banking podcast, we sit down with industry veterans Brian Bauer, CEO of Revio Insight, and Randy Goggins,...
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 by Barret School of Banking
Wanted to drop a quick Thanksgiving message to the community banking industry. Enjoy your holiday!!
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 is a really cool CDFI that offers a secondary market for small business microloans and trading platform. Their CEO, Jonathan Brer...
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...
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...
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.
Growing as a leader in a bank can be hard. Where do you even start? What does that even look like in practical terms? Eric Alexander with Si...
Many thanks to Jim Reber, CEO of ICBA Securities, for continuing to sponsor the show as well as come on each quarter to shed light on econom...
I was glad to bring back Tim Dively to discuss data and AI. Tim does a great job of cutting through buzzwords and help banks understand thes...
The CRA has always been of interest to me. There's a lot of good that's come from it but recent changes have made the implementation of the...
We've done quite a bit of content over the last few years about ideas to use the space we have in out banks. I think it's a fascinating disc...
It's been a long week this week with a ton of economic news....and you know us, when there's a news cycle like this, we bring on Jim Reber f...
There's an age-old question in bank management that I've heard all the nearly 25 years I've been in the business. How do we get more busines...
December 18, 2024 the Fed made an announcement that many people did not see coming. So, whenever the Fed does something, we bring on Jim Reb...
It's always fun to sit down with Jimmy Sawyers and look back at his predictions for the most recent year. We've done this since the very beg...
It's always fun to sit down with Jimmy Sawyers and look back at his predictions for the most recent year. We've done this since the very beg...
That time of the year when we take a look back with our friends at Gerrish Smith Tuck and what they've seen are some of the issues we've fac...
Well, Barret has a BIG announcement and it's one we've been working on for right at a year-and-a-half. I don't know when I've been more exci...
Well, it's been a slightly busy week and a half hasn't it!? Only a little bit of news that has market impact, right? Seriously, there's been...
This is sort of a part 2 to the last time we had Eric on discussing collaboration. As you can tell, I love talking to Eric and his insights...
Whenever there's economic news that matters to community banks, why not turn to the experts. Jim Reber, CEO of ICBA Securities, is on today...
Eric Alexander with Six Arrows Consulting is back to talk about collaboration in banking. This will be, likely, a two-part series on tearing...
You go to a convention or you see a brand new shiny product on LinkedIn and it sounds great. But do you need it? Truth is...I can't really a...
We're continuing our theme around banking with a purpose...what does community involvement really look like? What are some cool stories from...
Sharon Anderson is the CEO/President of Williamstown Bank in Williamstown WV. In February of 2020, they implemented a community-driven coffe...
Well...it's been an interesting couple of weeks in the markets and in the interest rate world. We've just gotten some job data and whenever...
BSA and AML...often the least engaging material in banking education but it doesn't always need to be nor should it be ignored. Justin Fisch...
Shamim Okolloh is the VP for Community Outreach or Encore Bank in Little Rock...a second year student at the Barret Graduate School of Banki...
Does leading meetings or meeting with clients or writing reports/memos fill you with anxiety or has it ever done so? I'll admit it...it does...
I'm always been fascinated with how banks manage through core conversions. Having lived through 2 myself...I get the frustrations. I've LIVE...
When the numbers come out, we bring on Jim Reber (CEO of ICBA Securities) to explain them and put them in context. With the new CPI number o...
Our final annual tradition is the "Very Barret New Year" episode where we get together and talk about the past year and what's on the horizo...
In part 2, we pick up with part 7 in our conversation with Jimmy. One of the longest running traditions on the podcast is our year in review...
One of the longest running traditions on the podcast is our year in review with Jimmy Sawyers of Sawyers and Jacobs. Jimmy is an industry le...
Walk off those extra turkey calories with Chris and Byron talking about music and food. It may surprise you that we don't spend every waking...
Banks need deposits...banks raise deposit prices...or banks go to capital markets...bank down the street does the same thing...margins get t...
We have several end of the year traditions at Main Street Banking and taking a look back at the year with Gerrish Smith Tuck, PLC is one of...
When there's economic news you can use for community banks, we bring Jim Reber to help explain. Jim is the CEO of ICBA Securities here in Me...
For about 20 years, we have done a GAP Assessment where students are surveying the communication (by extension, then, the bank's culture). I...
Continuing yesterday's conversation around stewardship and banking. If you haven't heard part 1, be sure to go check that out.