ChatGPT: Don’t You Just Love It?
Listen, man… ChatGPT shares its thoughts on junk fees, and John and Glen share their thoughts on ChatGPT- which have become more guarded given recent revelations. Also, why have the hands become AI’s Achilles’ heel?
Phoenix without the Football
Glen’s visit to Deluxe Exchange- during Super Bowl week!- scores interviews covering the future workforce, a small business inflection point, an acceleration in payment speed, and an unexpected jolt of economic optimism.
Crashing – and Soaring – at CUNA GAC
Glen’s pre-gaming for CUNA’s Government Affairs Conference includes interviews with CUNA’s Chief Product Officer Todd Spiczenski about this year‘s priorities, and Filene’s Community Development Director Cortney Arnold about the storied history of the GAC Crasher program.
Crypto and Credit Unions – By the Numbers
Glen interviews John about the newly released CU Crypto Report, and insights on members’ crypto engagement that can be gleaned from analyzing data across a dozen credit unions
Have We Reached the Quantum Breaking Point?
John and Glen interview computer security expert Roger Grimes about reports of an imminent Quantum Break that could render all cryptography and existing password protections obsolete, and how the intrigue has echoes of the 1960s Space Race.
FTX and the Real Keys to Crypto
Glen speaks with PSCU’s crypto strategist Lou Grilli about what the FTX debacle means for credit unions, and likely paths forward. Also- ChatGPT blows minds (and creates a Crypto poem!) and Washington weighs in on digital assets.
Fintech Predictions for 2023
In our annual Prognostication Episode John Best flags an imminent Quantum Break, Anne Legg confronts shrinkflation, John Janclaes ponders employee burnout and Glen Sarvady charts FedNow’s road ahead. Also discussions of tech layoffs, the battle for deposits, SMBs’ health, and an even wilder than usual set of Bitcoin price predictions.
The Biggest Fintech Stories of 2022
John and Glen recap and update the biggest stories that impacted the credit union world and beyond during 2022: The Ethereum merge, inflation and the end of “free money,” a slowdown in VC cash, the FTX implosion, the intersection of the Ukraine, guns and payments, and more.
The Secret Superpowers of Student Credit Unions
Glen speaks with leaders of the student-led federal credit unions at both Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania about this unique corner of the CU world. Also- keeping HOPE alive, and outrunning regulation with industry fraud rules.
At a Crypto Crossroads?
John and Glen attempt to decipher the recent chaos in the crypto world. Along the way they confront their own horrid Bitcoin and Ethereum price projections from January, debate the economics of recorded music, and John touts a mysterious and incendiary new form of fuel.