Hey, this is Felix. We have an amazing show on banking for you this week, but it was recorded

before Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank all collapsed and precipitated the biggest

banking crisis in over a decade. So that, I'm afraid, is going to have to wait until next week.

For this week, though, we do have some great stuff. decade so that I'm afraid is going to have to wait until next week.

For this week, though, we do have some great stuff.

Hello and welcome to the bank special episode of Slate Money, your guide to the business and finance news of the week. I'm Felix Salmon of Axios. I'm here with Emily Peck of Axios.

Hello, hello. I'm here with Elizabeth Spires. Hello. And we are going to talk all about banks and banking this week.

It is a fascinating subject we don't spend enough time on.

One of the reasons we don't spend enough time on it is that we don't have a huge amount of expertise on it.

But this week, we have a special guest who does.

Mr. Kevin Wack, welcome.

Thanks.

Thanks for having me, Felix.

Kevin, introduce yourself.

Who are you?

Well, I'm the national editor at American Banker, which is an industry publication that covers the U.S. banking industry.

You are going to talk all about banking to us, retail banking, the misadventures of Goldman Sachs.

We have a slate plus segment on the asset side of banks' balance sheets and what happens in a rising interest rate environment, all manner of sexy stuff.

And especially we are going to talk about your incredible five-part series about Wells Fargo and all of the insane stuff that went sideways in Wells Fargo with the fake account scandal.

It's a great episode. Stay tuned. It's all coming up on Slate Money.

My name is Cence Sinclair.

Some people call us American royalty.

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