Breaking Digital Gridlock

Glen turns the tables on John and interviews HIM about his new book addressing the digital transformation challenges facing credit unions and community banks. Learn why culture is just as (if not more) important as technology as your credit union embarks on digital transformation.
Out-Partnering Your Competition

This week, John is joined by BIGCast series regular John Janclaes, CEO of Partners FCU, as well as Jeffrey Kendall of KONY to discuss how strategic vendor partnering might be your key to success. Learn from the pros as they advise the digital priorities for small and medium-sized CUs, and explore why vendors are your teammates, not your enemies.
Your Data: The Ultimate Toy Box

In this final episode of our OnApproach Data Lake series, John speaks with Karan Bhalla and Suchit Shah of CU Rise Analytics. Join the discussion to learn more about how CU Rise works with OnApproach to analyze the vast pools of data that credit unions possess. They use the three models of attrition as an example to walk you through the process.
Science Fiction- An Influencer of Banking’s Future?

Glen wraps up our AXFI coverage with a conversation with science fiction author Kevin J Anderson and futurist/entrepreneur/screenwriter Dr, Harry Kloor on how sci-fi influences rather than predicts the future. Also an update from the recent Visa Payments Forum from Trellance’s Lou Grilli.
Learn. Love. Kick A** – A Conversation with Brandi Stankovic

In this episode of BIGCast C-Suite Edition, John Janclaes is joined by Dr. Brandi Stankovic, SVP of Engagement and Consulting of CU Solutions Group. Listen in as Brandi tells us about the words she lives by in her career – Learn. Love. Kick A**. Brandi also shares her advice on what to keep in mind as young emerging leaders advance in their careers.
Immersed in Payments Conferences

John and Glen get a rare chance to connect in person at Trellance’s inaugural Immersion18 conference, chatting with CU 2.0’s Kirk Drake as well as Canh Tran of fraud analytics trailblazer
Rippleshot. Plus Glen recaps Atlanta’s FinTech South conference, including a discussion of EY’s FinTech Adoption Index.
AXFI 2018 Recap Part 2

John Best and Glen Savardy at AXFI 2018
AXFI 2018 Recap Part 1

John and Glen convene at the AXFI Conference to talk innovation, share interviews with standout Killer FinTech Speed Round presenters CU RateReset, Lendified and Pricerazzi, and dissect the BIG band’s Sunday night set.
Flipping the Script on (NACHA) Payments

Glen queues up six conversations from NACHA’s Payments conference, extending well beyond ACH. His on-site chats include Blockchain-based journalism startup Civil, fraud fighter NICE Actimize, and twists on existing models from Ingo Money and Deluxe eChecks.
Financing the Future

Billy Parish, Founder and CEO of Mosaic, the largest financier of home solar electricity in the US, joins John to discuss Billy’s book “Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World.”
