Glen’s wide-ranging conversation with Deluxe CEO Barry McCarthy and Technology Association of Georgia CEO Larry Williams spanning five decades of innovation, leadership in turbulent times, reinvention and civic responsibility. Also- another cautionary angle to the CrowdStrike mess, and Fintech Nation comes to Atlanta in August.
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Best Innovation Group today announced that two new credit union leaders have joined the Innovation Club: Willis Chang, Digital Transformation Officer at Kinecta Federal Credit Union and Scott Lindley, Chief Information Officer at Kitsap Credit Union. Their addition further expands the club's network of forward-thinking leaders in the financial sector.
Glen speaks with Co-Founder/CEO Austin Wentzlaff about Nook’s mission to reclaim a personalized credit union member experience, and why his team planned to be a CUSO from the start. TruStage’s Danielle Sesko explains how Payment Guard revamps a legacy loan insurance model for today’s digital personal lending. And Glen senses a shift in the media narrative on Banking as a Service and FDIC insurance.
his session, we focused on the recent cyber-attack that targeted Patelco Credit Union in California as well as other significant cyber-attacks throughout history—a growing issue of critical importance within our industry. Roger Grimes, renowned cybersecurity expert, joined us to provide expert insights into current cybersecurity threats and shared his top 5 things organizations should be doing right now to prevent a ransomware attack.
Glen speaks with Bonifii CEO John Ainsworth about his firm’s new collaboration with Metal and the next wave of identity solutions. Also- branches as community centers, the ongoing interchange/reward points battle, more “fun” in class action lawsuit land, and screen scraping stages a comeback.
The tension between federal and state-level banking legislation is a never-ending source of heartburn. Businesses naturally crave less regulation, in order to limit compliance costs and avoid barriers to innovation. Given the choice, however, they’d nearly always prefer a single federal standard to a patchwork of state edicts that can make compliance difficult-verging-on-impossible.
Glen speaks with Glia’s Jake Tyler about his firm’s approach to delivering ethical AI solutions to financial institutions. Also- Finovate Best of Show winners, and the continuing crisis in card interchange.
So much news, so little time: John and Glen unravel Colorado’s new Artificial Intelligence Act, Apple’s hookup with OpenAI to fuel its own systems and the apparent unraveling of Visa/Mastercard’s merchant settlement. Plus, watching Siri age in warp speed.
Glen speaks with TeamOnUP CEO Mike Kelly about “getting dreams done on purpose” and the beauty of small credit unions. Also, more on the Illinois interchange fiasco, the CFPB’s latest populist outburst, and Glen welcomes Google to the world of incumbents.
Let’s start with the presumably obvious: Generative AI is a transformative technology. It’s not going away, and it’s poised to alter countless business processes- in mostly constructive ways, if we play our cards right.
In this session, we will focus on combating misinformation and fraud in the age of AI. In a recent news report, the potential dangers of AI misuse have been starkly illustrated by the wrongful framing of a principal as racist through the manipulation of his voice. This alarming incident underscores the urgent need for awareness and proactive measures to safeguard against AI-based harm, not only in the financial industry, but in all industries.
John and Glen tackle several of the hottest topics impacting fintech today including audio (and video) at the heart of ChatGPT’s new features, the sustained strength in Bitcoin and Ethereum values, and a landmark Illinois law’s potential disruption of interchange.
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The fintech industry is evolving rapidly, and the BIGcast is here to delve into its impact on the credit union industry. Our esteemed guests from across the financial, technology and security sectors will provide thrilling perspectives on the latest fintech innovations that are poised to revolutionize the way we handle our finances. Each week join thought-leader, John Best and subject matter expert, Glen Sarvady as they take a quick dive into the financial industry’s current breakthroughs and latest hot topics.
John Best
CEO, Best Innovation Group
Glen Sarvady
Managing Principal, 154 Advisors