Studying Gen Z banking – from my living room

With 2 Gen Zs in my house, I’m really taking the opportunity to study who this generation is first-hand. My oldest recently got his first checking account. He doesn’t need to write checks but he needs a debit card. In fact, he’ll probably never write a check in his life.
AXFI 2018 Speedround Awards Showcase Innovative New Fintech

The Analytics and Financial Innovation (AXFI) Conference, the premier educational event for financial services professionals serious about analytics and financial innovation, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Killer Fintech Speedrounds from the recent conference, held in Minneapolis last month.
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.
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.
Alexa, show me the money

Amazon’s Alexa, a popular virtual assistant that you may already have sitting on a nearby desk or shelf, is soon to be the newest employee, figuratively speaking, at Spokane-area financial institutions.
AXFI 2018 Recap Part 2

John Best and Glen Savardy at AXFI 2018
The State Of The Credit Union: Analytics Adoption – Part I

Large banks, Regionals, and fintechs continue to invest heavily in data management, analytics and decisioning.
The State Of The Credit Union: Analytics Adoption – Part II

In our last blog, we explored results from The National Survey on Credit Union Data Analytics and Decisioning Trends and touched on their implications.
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.
