Putting Data Analytics To The Test

In this episode:

• Glen makes a special and exciting announcement about a new member joining the BIGcast Network.
• Glen revisits his discussion with Lou Grilli about credit card payments in Cuba in light of President Trump’s new restrictions.
• Glen interviews the presenters from the organizations that participated in the CU Analytics Best Practices Competition.
  • Andrew Bertrand, Data Analyst at Our Community Credit Union (https://www.ourcu.com/), based in Shelton, Washington discusses his presentation on how OCCU used data driven knowledge to analyze the shared branch concept for profitability, and to pivot from a transaction based CU to one based on service.
  • Tom Wilson, SVP Enterprise Date & Analysis at OneAZ Credit Union (https://www.oneazcu.com/#gref), who presented on providing analytical data to the organization while managing integrations using analytical data utilities.
  • Ben Fox, AVP Business Intelligence at Partners Federal Credit Union (https://www.partnersfcu.org/) on how Partners improved the member onboarding and new account opening experience by creating an analytic suite designed with a focus on processes, not technology.

• Adam Elliot, Co-founder and President of ID Insight (http://idinsight.com/) discusses unstructured (and structured) data, the evolution of account takeovers and how credit unions can use unstructured data.
• Keith Kelly, Co-founder and President of CU Rate Reset (http://www.curatereset.com/) on how Rate Reset allows members to “reset” (not refinance) loans while allowing credit unions to retain members and focus on other products.

URLs related to this week’s BIGCast:

• http://bigfintechmedia.com/BIGcast-Network/day-1-at-axfi2017 – The first AXFI Wrap-up BIGcast that includes an interview with Brian Ley from Alpharank.
• https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Business-Intelligence-Successful-Practice/dp/1520530552 – Cooking With Business Intelligence: Recipes for a Successful Business Intelligence Practice, Ben Fox’s book on how to start a BI practice.
• https://www.thebibrewery.com/ – Ben Fox’s personal blog focused on business intelligence and data analytics.
• http://finovate.com/videos/finovatespring-2017-alpharank/ – Brian Ley’s Alpharank presentation at Finovate Spring 2017.
• http://bigfintechmedia.com/BIGcast-Network/paper-or-plastic – The Paper or Plastic – How much should FIs care? podcast where Glen and Lou Grilli discuss payments in Cuba.
• http://bigfintechmedia.com/BIGcast-Network/finding-value-and-opportunity – BIGcast where John, Anne and Glen discuss the Chipotle security incident.