Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

John Rogers Jr. and Robert Smith on Black banks and the digital economy

Fintech Beat, Ep. 98

John Rogers Jr. (left), the co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and Robert Smith (right) CEO of Vista Equity, join Fintech Beat to discuss whether or not Black and Brown banks can compete in a digital economy.
John Rogers Jr. (left), the co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and Robert Smith (right) CEO of Vista Equity, join Fintech Beat to discuss whether or not Black and Brown banks can compete in a digital economy.
By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted June 22, 2021 at 4:00am

John Rogers Jr., the co-CEO of Ariel Investments, the oldest Black-owned asset management firm, and Robert Smith, Vista Equity’s CEO and the wealthiest Black person in America, talk about Black banks and the challenges of digitalization.

More podcast content

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

At the Races: Ready for Madam President?

The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Challengers ask Supreme Court to halt California redistricting

Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives in the Rayburn House Office Building for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the investigations he led into Donald Trump.

At House hearing, Jack Smith defends decisions to charge Trump

President Donald Trump, along with Bahrain's Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, hold signed founding charter documents for Trump's Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

For Trump and European leaders, Davos was a ‘Dear John’ summit

The March for Life in January 2025.

Sidelined last election, abortion returns to policy limelight

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on May 10, 2023.

Reforming the reconciliation process