Scott Shay

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Commentator | Author | Co-Founder & Chairman — Signature Bank of New York

Scott A. Shay has had a successful business career spanning Wall Street, private equity, venture capital, and banking. He co-founded Signature Bank of New York and has served as its Chairman since its formation. He has been a provocative commentator on many financial issues, including among others, how the banking system should best function to help society, the implications of a cashless world, and tax reform. Scott called for the re-imposition of Glass-Steagall and breaking up the big banks at a TEDx talk at the NY Stock Exchange in 2012. Throughout his life, he has been a student of religion and how religion ought to apply to the world outside of the synagogue, church, or mosque. Having founded a Hebrew school, he has authored articles relating to the Jewish community and the bestselling Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry

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In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism

Prominent atheists claim the Bible is a racist text. Yet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. read it daily. Then again, so did many ardent segregationists. Som...

Featured on: Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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June 12, 2026

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America 250

As we get closer to the 250th anniversary celebration of America, many commentators will be talking about how this country survived a quarter millennium.

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