Credibly Challenged

Matt Bisanz interviews Ross Delston, a financial crime compliance expert and former FDIC attorney. They discuss his views on the trends we should expect to see in financial crimefighting and AML compliance over the next few years, as well as what that means for the FATF review of the US AML regime in 2026.

Joe Castelluccio and Matt Bisanz interview Mark Quandahl, the former Director of the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance. They discuss his role in the implementation of the Nebraska Financial Innovation Act, including the establishment of the first Digital Asset Depository Institution.

Matt Bisanz interviews Kyle Daddio, managing director for Regulatory Compliance, Payments and Financial Crimes at Stout. They discuss Kyle's experiences in the trenches with financial crime compliance.

Matt Bisanz interviews Steve Gandy, formerly with Santander, about his long career designing innovative securitization structures around the globe.

Mayer Brown partner Matt Bisanz interviews Patrick Quinn about his experience advising a bank whose assets leapt from $10 billion to $100 billion in only a few years.

Matt Bisanz interviews Bryan Mulcahey on his work with novel charters and the new Coalition for Financial Ecosystem Standards.

In this episode, Matt Bisanz interviews Jay Luzar, a former treasurer for a regional bank, on the inner workings of the position and the industry at large.

Matt Bisanz interviews former financial regulator Jason Cave to discuss developments in resolution and recovery planning, as well as trends in third-party risk management.

Matt Bisanz interviews Georges Duponcheele of MunichRe and William Perraudin of Risk Control Ltd. about their work in developing approaches to securitization capital requirements.

In this episode, Matt Bisanz interviews John Sonsalla and Hugo Dante of Washington Analysis to discuss developments in the world of consumer protection risk.

Matt Bisanz interviews Ethan Heisler, founder of the Bank Treasury Newsletter, on recent developments in bank funding risk.

Matt Bisanz interviews Isaac Boltansky, Director of Policy Research at BTIG, about the risks and regulatory trends for the rest of the year.

Matt Bisanz interviews Mickey Shemi, North America Structured Credit Head at Guy Carpenter, to discuss credit risk transfer trends with the Federal Housing Finance Agency and in the banking and insurance sectors.

In this episode, Matt Bisanz interviews Bill Hulse, a senior vice-president at the US Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness. Bill and Matt will discuss the potential risks to the Main Street economy that may arise from getting bank capital “wrong” in the US Basel Endgame rulemaking.

Matt Bisanz interviews Justyna Bolter, a senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, to discuss her transition from risk to legal, and how others can build a successful career by leveraging their experience in both domains.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Amy Kvien and Jim Scott, from the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, to discuss climate risk management and disclosure expectations for banks.

Matt Bisanz interviews Tilcia Toledo, a senior managing director at FTI Consulting, to discuss risk management trends that she is seeing in her work with financial institutions of all sizes.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Bill Isaac, former chair of the FDIC and of the Secura/Isaac Group, to discuss his legendary career and current issues related to recent crises in the banking industry.

Matt Bisanz interviews Til Schuermann—partner at Oliver Wyman and co-head of its Americas Finance, Risk and Public Policy practice—on what he's learned about bank risk management over his career.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Ariane Chapelle, CEO of BDO Chapelle, and Jim MacDonnell, Managing Director of BDO USA, to discuss risk management practices and business continuity issues in the financial services sector.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Nicole Kitowski, chief risk officer of Associated Bank, to discuss insights from her unique, lifelong career in risk management at one banking organization.

Matt Bisanz interviews Matt Wolf, a director at RSM US LLP, on how he helps RSM's clients manage risks related to innovative technologies such as the blockchain and digital assets.

Matt Bisanz interviews Andy Spero about the development and operation of stress-testing programs and how to build a resilient organization around them. Andy is the founder and president of Spero Risk Associates.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Alexander “Sasha” Kakabadse to discuss what Sasha has seen in his time in the industry and trends he's noting with respect to controls. Sasha is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Capital Risk Management at Wells Fargo.

Matt Bisanz meets with Kim Olson to discuss how to manage risks in a complex banking organization and communicate with senior leadership. Kim is the Chief Risk Officer for the Americas at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).

Matt Bisanz sits down with Dan Feldman to discuss how to manage risks of complex products and add value through knowing the business. Dan is the Vice President of Enterprise and Retail Risk Management at CIBC.

Matt Bisanz interviews Matt Swenson about building a model risk management function and connecting quantitative skills to business processes. Matt is the Model Risk Manager at Glacier Bancorp.

Matt Bisanz interviews James Sturgeon about his experiences leading a bank, and then leading a risk management function at a different bank, to understand the importance of knowing the business. Jim is the Chief Risk Officer of CommunityBank of Texas.  

Matt Bisanz meets with Robert Kidd to understand how his background as a bank examiner informs his current legal advice on risk. Robert is Associate General Counsel for Regulatory Legal at Capital One.

Matt Bisanz meets with Nick Baxter to discuss how good values and prudent risk management can be good for business. Nick is the Chief Risk Officer of First National Bank of Omaha.

Matt Bisanz sits down with Scott Buckalew to discuss maturation of risk management practices and his resources for those new to the industry. Scott currently serves as the chief risk officer of Selene Finance, a specialty loan servicer.