Private Banking Strategies

It’s my money. Why should I pay it back?” It’s one of the first questions people ask about private family banking. In Episode 186, Seth Hicks and Vance Lowe explore why the answer matters long after the purchase is made. Using a family car purchase as a starting point, they discuss the difference between a gift and a loan, the role of repayment, and what happens when a cash crunch interrupts the plan. You’ll also hear their perspective on preserving principal, keeping capital available for fu

Your car is paid off. Where does the monthly payment go now? In Podcast 185, Vance Lowe and Seth Hicks use a $700 car payment to explore a practical family banking decision: what happens to the cash flow after the loan ends? Two families make the same payment for years. After payoff, one absorbs the money into lifestyle spending. The other keeps directing it toward future capital needs. Seth and Vance discuss the discipline behind that choice and how it connects to private banking, vehicle rep

Most folks know how to make a car payment. Have you considered who should receive it? Most car buyers spend time negotiating the vehicle price and monthly payment. The financing behind that purchase can be far more important. In this week’s Private Banking Strategies Podcast, Vance Lowe and Seth Hicks explore how an ordinary car purchase can open a bigger conversation about family capital, repayment, and generational stewardship. Inside this episode you’ll discover: Why a paid off car paymen

A successful business owner can know exactly how to serve a customer—and still overlook where the money goes after the customer pays. That’s what makes this story worth hearing. A dentist was searching for an investment opportunity. Real estate was on the table, even though it wasn’t his area of expertise. But inside his own practice, he was already paying an outside company for dental equipment work. He understood the work. He understood the demand. And he could see where the money was going

What if the biggest obstacle to building lasting wealth isn’t your income… but the financial system you’ve been taught to trust? In this episode of the Private Banking Strategies Podcast, Seth Hicks and Vance Lowe explore one of the biggest mindset shifts in wealth creation:Banks don’t simply store money—they put it to work immediately. So why aren’t you doing the same? Discover why the world’s wealthiest families focus first on building a banking system they own before pursuing investments.In

You May Have a Financial Leak You Can’t See Most people believe they need to earn more money to become wealthy. But what if that’s not the real problem? Imagine discovering a small hole in the bottom of your swimming pool. Every day you refill it, yet it never stays full.That’s exactly how many families manage money. Income comes in… Mortgage payments go out. Taxes go out. Interest goes out. Consumer debt goes out. By the end of the month there’s little left to build lasting wealth.In th