The guy I want to borrow from

I've referred several times on this blog to Consumer Reports' list of consumer-friendly credit cards. As a guy who generally rejects more top-down regulation as a solution to consumer issues, I think that we as consumers need to get together, compare notes, and figure out which creditors and banks deserve our business.

One of these creditors in particular has repeatedly impressed me: BB&T. Recently, I was listening to this EconTalk podcast where Russ Roberts interviewed BB&T's CEO John Allison. The guy's a genius, and it's no wonder his bank is so successful while offering consumer-friendly policies.

I know I've written things like "the creditors are evil" a lot on this blog, but if you've got a spare hour to listen to this interview, you'll see that not all of them are. This man gets it.