Best Innovation Group is First to Certify Amazon Alexa Skills for Credit Union Voice Banking Transactions.

Best Innovation Group (BIG), a credit union innovation catalyst, today announced the certification of its Amazon Alexa voice banking skill. Enrichment Federal Credit Union, a $456 million institution based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with 42,000 members and 9 offices, has become the first credit union to roll out the Financial Interaction Voice Experience (FIVE) banking skill.
Wait ‘Til I Get My Money (20/20) Right

Our Money20/20 coverage continues with new measures of financial health from the Center for Financial Services Innovation, Startup Pitch finalist Vital 4, a recap of highlights from Trellance’s Lou Grilli, and a recurring Kanye theme.
Navigating Money 20/20 (T-) Painlessly

Glen’s recap to the Money20/20 conference begins with a reframing of Artificial Intelligence, a Kony acquisition, the FinRegLab, and Oliver Wyman’s take on the Uberization of payments. Also, Glen’s ongoing pursuit of T-Pain.
Fostering Leadership in the Millennial Generation

John Janclaes speaks with Hala Moddelmog, President and CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Mixed Results for Future of Data Analytics in Credit Unions: 2018 Mid-Year Credit Union Data Analytics Survey reveals surprising trends

Best Innovation Group, Inc, an innovation catalyst and strategic consulting partner focused on strengthening and growing credit unions recently released the results of its semi-annual Data Analytics Survey.
BAI Beacon Forecast: Strong Winds Ahead

Hurricanes be damned, BAI Beacon blew into Orlando last week with a focus on fintech and innovation.
A Guide to Growth: How to Double your size every 5 or 6 years

In my last two blogs, I described why credit unions should dominate their competition and local retail markets and why growth for growth’s sake will get them to the promised land.
Step Aside Blockchain, Make Way for Hashgraph

John Best chats with Mance Harmon, CEO and Co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph. Join John and Mance as they explain how Hedera Hashgraph is working to use the hashgraph algorithm to create the first public network.
The State of the Credit Union: Implementation Without Strategy?

In our earlier posts, Part 1 and Part 2, we shared credit union trends revealed in the bi-annual survey conducted earlier this year by Information Builders’ partners Best Innovation Group (BIG) and OnApproach.
Global Credit Union Collaboration with Blockchain

Aonghus O’Ehocha, CEO of Irish blockchain startup Bitcub, sits down with John Best this week to speak about the pathways available for credit unions in the blockchain space. John and Aonghus discuss how blockchain could be instrumental in strengthening the joint worldwide credit union community, and how collaboration and resource sharing can speed up that reality.