Podcast #97 | Dan Siciliano: The Banking Crisis and Governance Implications.

In episode #97 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Dan Siciliano, the Vice-Chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the Chair of the Silicon Valley Directors' Exchange and the CEO of Nikkl, a new company that provides capital to unicorn employees.

This is Dan’s second appearance in Evan’s podcast, and in this episode, they talk about the banking crisis including the Fed’s SVB report, the failure (and acquisition) of First Republic and the fate and crisis of U.S. regional banks.

They also discuss:

👉 Meme Runs (vs Bank Runs)
👉 Board risk-management expertise mandates.
👉 Executive compensation practices for banking executives.
👉 Whether short sellers should be curtailed.
👉 The impact in Silicon Valley and "Industry Vertical Contagions"
👉 Banking alternatives, Central Bank Digital Currencies and concerns with the U.S. National Debt (now over $31 trillion).

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon or Stitcher.

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