Distributed Ledgers And The Evolution Of Identity

Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of Hyperledger and Dr. Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer at Evernym and Founding Trustee of the Sovrin Foundation join John for a wide-ranging discussion on topics related to Identity and distributed ledger projects, and how their organizations are furthering the development of Digital Identity.
A Data-Driven Approach To Marketing

Tommy Kearns, Co-founder and CEO of multi-channel analytics and engagement platform Xtremepush, discusses why data is becoming more important than technology, targeted marketing using analytics and contextual marketing.
Innovation Is A Must-Have, Not A Luxury

Financial industry innovation, strategy and leadership expert JP Nicols joins Anne to discuss innovation as a defined process, as part of an organization’s culture and strategy, and why he believes that it should be a formal discipline within an organization.
Member Obsession, The Fine Line Between Creepy And Awesome, And Value Creation

Anne’s episodes will focus on all things business, specifically the why and how about companies, products, people and ideas that make money, and how can credit unions benefit. In her first solo podcast as part of the new BIGcast Network, she discusses sales and marketing strategies, customer journeys, value creation and what this all means for credit unions with her special guest, Sam Mallikarjunan from HubSpot.
Introducing The BIGcast Network

On May 8, the BIGcast format is changing to become a twice weekly podcast hosted by Anne Legg, Glen Sarvady and John Best. BIGcast Producer Laura Weiss joins Anne, Glen and John to discuss the format and schedule changes. Also in this week’s BIGcast – the SWIFT Network and credit union security in light of an expose on a Russian hacker.
Where Do I Need To Be, And What Do I Need To Get There?

Sam Mallikarjunan, Marketing Fellow at HubSpot, discusses innovation, creativity, disruption, change, marketing, sales and small houses.
Why Visual Marketing Matters

Naomi Castillo of FSSI and John discuss the importance of transactional documents to a credit union’s brand, and how innovation in that space can drive engagement and brand recognition.
Data Sharing: Is The Glass Half-Full Or Half-Empty?

John and Glen decipher the EU’s groundbreaking new PSD2 regulation, discuss the prospects for similar US legislation, and debate the pros and cons of sharing transaction data with non-banks.
Faster Payments, Compelling Innovation

John attended the Temenos Community Forum in Portugal last week, and shares an update of the cool things that he saw, the meetings that he attended, and some interesting people that he met.
Branching Out By Leaning In

In part 2 of our report from CUNA’s annual GAC conference, Symitar President Ted Bilke touts his company’s latest innovations, CUNA’s Chief Policy Officer Bill Hampel shares some economic cheer, and John offers his thoughts on the branch’s future.