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.
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.”
The Zen of Blockchain- and the Tyranny of the 51 percent

Glen talks with Rob Viglione, Co-Founder of blockchain platform ZenCash, about their public and private model, why they’re not pursuing an ICO, and the recent “51% attack” against them. Also, the latest on GDPR and Visa’s Fretful Friday.
Data Analytics: Now’s The Time To Up Your Investment

For most credit unions, the concept of using data analytics to better meet members’ needs is not an unwelcome innovation. With a reputation for hands-on service, it should be no surprise that the majority of credit unions have strategically committed to using digital services and data analytics to:
Take care of your data, and it will take care of you

Data is one of the robust assets of a credit union, but it may be the least formally managed. You
would never be so casual about your loans, so why are you about your data?
David Rose, analytics expert at McKinsey talks to Anne about the who, what and why of data
governance.
Disruptive Data

David Hilger and Michael Bryan of Allied Solutions join John Best to discuss big data disruption. Learn about the implementation of OnApproach at Allied Solutions. Listen in as John, David and Michael discuss big ideas surrounding big data, including the effect autonomous cars will have on the insurance industry; winners and losers in big data transformation from Amazon to Blockbuster; and the untapped potential of big data within the health care industry.
