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Venturing West to Lasso the Latest Tech
Glen does his best to corral VentureTech co-founders Jenny Jackson and Nick Evens, who offer a preview of this year’s credit union/fintech throwdown, its move (slightly) west, its mission to introduce the latest wave of solutions to CU leaders, and an alliance with another outside the box industry event. Also- Jamie puts Muse in a corner, the CFTC tries Dodd-Frank as a path to crypto clarity, and news of an unexpected SEC/Big Ten merger.
Links related to this episode:
- VentureTech, November 16-18 in Fort Worth, Texas: https://myventuretech.com/
- CU Unplugged, November 18-20 at the same site: https://www.cu-unplugged.com/ (DISCOUNT AVAILABLE for those attending both events)
- Jamie Dimon on Chase’s approach to internal/external AI agents: https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2026/cftc-build-federal-rulebook-crypto-exchanges-after-clarity-act-fails/
- American Express’ agentic commerce framework: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/amexs-next-step-for-agentic-commerce-is-a-framework-forters-agentic-verification-move/
- Our recent interview with Allon Advisors’ Dan Murphy on the intersection between Agentic AI and Open Banking: https://www.big-fintech.com/agentic-ai-everywhere-all-the-time/
- The CFTC’s proposed regulatory framework for crypto exchanges: https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2026/cftc-build-federal-rulebook-crypto-exchanges-after-clarity-act-fails/
- The OCC’s report on “debanking activities” at the nine largest US national banks: https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2026/nr-occ-2026-90.html
- CU Daily on the MSUFCU/University Federal Credit Union merger: https://thecudaily.com/two-well-known-cus-serving-universities-announce-plans-to-merge-to-create-13b-credit-union/
- Fiserv’s crypto platform rollout: https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/fiserv-north-dakota-stablecoin-system-digital-asset/831901/
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