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Conference Coverage
Get the latest information from conferences and other industry events that Finopotamus has attended either in-person or virtually. Here you can find both session coverage and in-depth interviews.


SymEast: Symitar’s Ed Miller Kicks Off Event
SymEast, one of three independent Symitar user groups, hosts an annual eponymous conference. Finopotamus was onsite to cover the 2022 event.

John San Filippo
Apr 13, 20223 min read


Fintech Meetup 2022 Proves Its Unique Conference Model Has Staying Power
By W.B. King A positive takeaway from the pandemic was figuring out innovative ways to successfully conduct business remotely. It was in...

W.B. King
Apr 4, 20227 min read


GAC2022 Takeaways: DoubleCheck Solutions for the Win
At the GAC, the CUNA Tech Council presented its “Best of Show” award to DoubleCheck Solutions.

John San Filippo
Mar 28, 20224 min read


GAC2022 Takeaways: Fiserv Execs Talk Tech
Does the high demand for rapid and constant innovation favor larger technology providers with greater resources?

John San Filippo
Mar 23, 20224 min read


GAC2022 Takeaways: CuneXus + Zest AI = Powerful Lending
Finopotamus sat down with Barry Kirby and Mike de Vere at GAC to discuss this new partnership.

John San Filippo
Mar 17, 20223 min read


GAC2022 Takeaways: Co-op’s Carrie Stapp Talks Roadmaps and Ecosystems
The term “ecosystem” seems to be finding its way into more and more technology discussions lately ...

John San Filippo
Mar 15, 20224 min read
GAC2022 Takeaways: Lawson and San Filippo Talk Conferences, Fintech and the 2022 Tekkies
At GAC, Finopotamus co-founder John San Filippo had a chance to sit down with his old friend Mike Lawson to film an episode of CUbroadcast.

John San Filippo
Mar 11, 20221 min read


GAC2022 Takeaways: CULA’s Mark Chandler Talks Auto Leasing Tech
At the recent CUNA GAC, Finopotamus spoke with Mark Chandler, VP of business development for Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA).

John San Filippo
Mar 10, 20224 min read


GAC Is Back!
GAC is definitely back!

John San Filippo
Mar 1, 20222 min read


Fintech Meetup 2022 to Facilitate Over 30,000 One-on-One Meetings Over Three-Day Event
By W.B. King Billed as the world’s largest fintech event, Fintech Meetup offers a novel way to connect with colleagues. Travel is not...

W.B. King
Feb 23, 20223 min read


CU 2.0 Brainstorm 2022 Sobering Takeaway: Credit Unions Have to Embrace Fintech Partnerships or Die
By W.B. King At the end of 2021, there were 959 “unicorns” globally with 235 of those being fintechs. To remove any confusion as to what...

W.B. King
Feb 10, 20226 min read


Finastra Forum 2022 Panelists Say that Banking as a Service Is No Longer a ‘Nascent’ Concept
By W.B. King With banking as a service (BaaS) estimated to be a $7 trillion dollar industry by 2030, there is a “split consensus” among...

W.B. King
Feb 1, 20224 min read


Finastra Forum Panelists Take on Crypto in 2022: It Might be Time to Start Growing Your DeFi Mullet
By W.B. King While credit union and bank use-cases for cryptocurrencies have been made for years, they have been mostly academic in...

W.B. King
Jan 28, 20226 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Quotable Quotes
Finopotamus was at Money20/20, where we interviewed more than 20 technology experts. Here are highlights from some of those interviews.

John San Filippo
Dec 15, 20214 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Crystal Anderson, VP of Product, MX
We spoke with Anderson about her company’s transition from a provider of PFM software to a “financial data platform."

John San Filippo
Dec 13, 20213 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: A Scienaptic AI Two-fer
Scienaptic AI’s President Pankaj Jain and Client Success Exec Dakota Patsfield discuss AI-driven loan decisioning.

John San Filippo
Dec 7, 20214 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Mike de Vere of Zest AI
Community FIs are faced with a trillion-dollar opportunity if legacy loan decisioning models are abandoned in favor of AI-based systems.

John San Filippo
Dec 3, 20214 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Jake Tyler from Finn.AI Discusses the Latest Chatbot Technology
Jake Tyler took time out from his busy conference schedule to discuss the benefits of AI-driven chatbots with Finopotamus.

John San Filippo
Nov 23, 20214 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Finalytics.AI’s Craig McLaughlin Talks Personalization in the Digital Age
“Every single credit union website today tells the same story to every visitor, regardless of who they are,” said McLaughlin.

John San Filippo
Nov 19, 20215 min read


The Voices of Money20/20: Barry Kirby of CuneXus
Finopotamus caught up with Barry Kirby, senior vice president at CuneXus to learn more about the company and its products.

John San Filippo
Nov 17, 20214 min read
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