FinovateFall 2023 Recap: Perspectives From Attendees, Award Winners Signal Good Days Ahead for CUs
By W.B. King Among the more than 1,700 attendees at the 2023 FinovateFall conference was first-timer Preethi Janardhanan, who was...
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Finovate’s 2023 Award for Top Emerging Fintech Company Goes to ‘Fintech Unicorn’ Union Credit
By W.B. King When Co-Founders Dave Buerger and Barry Kirby launched Union Credit in early 2023, they had one goal in mind — strengthen...
Unitus Community CU Wins WOCCU 2023 Digital Growth Award for App Serving the Underbanked
By W.B. King In the Portland, Ore. region, African American family income is less than half that of white families, and the poverty rate...
MX Innovation Forum Finds FIs have to Up Their Game on Consumer Trust, Rates and Innovation
By W.B. King According to recent data from FDIC and NCUA, 43% of financial institutions (FIs) reported a loss in deposits from fourth...
Origence Lending Tech Live 2023 Features Keynote Address on AI and ML
By W.B. King Among keynote speakers at Origence Lending Tech Live, which took place May 31 to June 1, 2023 at The Cosmopolitan Hotel in...
CuneXus Symposium: James Robert Lay on Cultivating Success
Onsite conference coverage from Finopotamus.
CuneXus Symposium: Where You’re Part of the Family
Onsite coverage from Finopotamus.
CuneXus Client Symposium: A Different Kind of Conference
Finopotamus will be onsite reporting on this event.
FINBOA and Aite-Novarica Group Webinar Underscores Need for Efficient Onboarding Practices
By W.B. King Aite-Novarica Group's report, Bank Priorities for Treasury Onboarding (2022), found that onboarding remains a key pain point...
MDT E3 Conference Draws its Biggest Crowd to Date by Engaging, Educating and Empowering
By W.B. King Among reasons representatives from 57 credit unions made the trek to the Member Driven Technologies (MDT) MDT E3 Conference...
Co-op’s THINK 23 Fosters Credit Union Success
By W.B. King While there are a number of reasons to attend an industry conference, Daniel Rathfelder, vice president of card services at...
Digital Assets Regulation Takes Center Stage at Consensus 2023
Guest Editorial From Larry Pruss, Managing Director, Digital Assets Advisory Services, SRM (Strategic Resource Management)
The Consumer Banking Journey is All About Experience
By W.B. King Understanding the scope of digital banking is a difficult undertaking that often requires looking outside the credit union...
curated: A Credit Union-Exclusive Experience at Fintech Meetup
Finopotamus was the only credit union publication onsite to cover this important event.
Fintech Meetup 2023 Up Close and Personal
Finopotamus co-founder John San Filippo tells you about Fintech Meetup from an attendee's perspective.
Fintech Meetup 2023 Panel: Build vs. Buy
Fintech Meetup included panel discussions on a broad range of topics.
GAC2023: CuneXus and Pulsate Talk Partnerships and More
We spoke with Sarah Martin, Tony Salamone and Baron Conway.
GAC2023: Tech Panels Aplenty
There was no shortage of technology content at the 2023 CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).
GAC2023: Eltropy Showcases Humanized AI Bot
Company founder sees multiple uses for this technology.
GAC2023: Mahalo Takes the Lead in Neurodiversity
Mahalo Banking has reengineered its platform to make it more inclusive for people with a wide range of neurodiverse conditions.
GAC Tech Preview
For nearly 30 years, the GAC was held at the Washington Hilton, a venue most famous for the assassination attempt of President Reagan ...
Fintech Meetup’s Virtual Format Evolves to In-Person Event; 30,000 Meetings On Tap in Las Vegas
By W.B. King An “innovative, creative partnership experience” is how Fintech Meetup’s President and Co-Founder Jon Lear described the...
Instant Financial’s Tal Clark Talks Earned Wage Access
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Genpact’s Joe Nixon Talks Everything as a Service, BNPL and More
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
ChargeAfter’s Meidad Sharon Talks BNPL
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Apiture’s Matt Ellis Talks Business Banking
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
ASA’s Landon Glenn and Lisa Gold Schier Talk Fintech Connectivity
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Praxent’s Kristiane Mandraki Talks User Experience
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Four Forces Shaping the Digital Landscape
Onsite Coverage From the CUNA Lending Council Annual Conference
The Future of Financial Services
Onsite Coverage of Reach 2022
FairPlay AI’s Kareem Saleh Talks Fairness in AI Lending
Part of our Money20/20 interview series.
ACI Worldwide’s David Grindal Talks Real-Time Payments
Part of our Money20/20 interview series.
Fiserv Introduces Programmable Payments
Allows cardholders to link multiple funding sources to a single payment card.
Nick Evens Talks Curql, VentureTech and the Survival of CUs
Finopotamus talks with the president and CEO of Curql Collective, a credit union-owned strategic investment fund fund that backs fintechs.
CUNA O&ME/Tech Conference: Raddon’s Vahrenkamp Dishes Data
Expert insights from an industry leader.
CUNA O&ME/Tech Conference: Expert Provides a Crypto Masterclass
Lamont Black, Ph.D., spent 90 minutes telling the audience about “Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and the Future of Financial Technology.”
CUNA O&ME/Tech Conference: Speed Rounds Are Back!
And the winners are ...
FinovateFall 2022 Takeaway: Being Born Analog Doesn’t Mean You Can’t be Digital
By W.B. King Fintechs came into existence as digital entities whereas the majority of banks and credit unions were formed in an analog...
FinovateFall 2022 Takeaway: Attendees Buoyed by Fintech Collaborations and Innovative Demos
By W.B. King Approximately 1,600 attendees descended on Times Square from September 12-14 to attend the highly anticipated FinovateFall...
Q2 Uses FinovateFall to Spotlight Rocket Mortgage Partnership and Tech Accelerator
By Roy Urrico. Q2 reps sat down with Finopotamus at FinovateFall 2022 to discuss recent announcments including Rocket Mortgage partnership.
FinovateFall 2022 Takeaway: ‘Cryptocurrencies Have No Utility’
By W.B. King Nirvana Money’s CEO Bill Harris didn’t mince words about cryptocurrencies when addressing a nearly full crowd at...
FinovateFall 2022 Takeaway: Getting ‘Phygital’ in the Metaverse with Tommaso Di Bartolo
By W.B. King Referencing a 1995 clip from The David Letterman Show where the ever snarky host ribs Bill Gates on a crazy new thing called...
FinovateFall Hits the Bright Lights of Broadway
By Roy Urrico. Few events highlighting financial technology come at the frenetic speed of a Finovate show. FinovateFall was no different.
Jack Henry Connect 2022: The Shanon McLachlan Interview
We spoke with President of Credit Union Solutions Shanon McLachlan to get the CU take on recent Jack Henry announcements.
Jack Henry Connect 2022: Ecosystem Disruption and Financial Fragmentation
A team of JH experts discussed “Gradually, Then Suddenly. Strategies for Ecosystem Disruption and Financial Fragmentation.”
Jack Henry Connect 2022: To Niche or not to Niche?
In a session called “Establishing & Serving Your Niche,” Lee Wetherington discussed the ins and outs of niche segmentation.
Jack Henry Connect 2022: CEO Foss Opens Show with Company Recap
Finopotamus will continue to provide daily reporting from Jack Henry Connect 2022.
DataDay Conference 2022 Takeaway: How FIs and Fintechs are Learning to Partner Faster and Better
By W.B. King Billed as the premiere event focusing on financial data and the ecosystems built by data aggregators, banks, payment firms...
AB Digital Banking Conference: Tech Pros Show Their Stuff
A recap of the "speed demo" session.
AB Digital Banking Conference: 5 Fintech Threats to Your Credit Union
Insights from “Navigating the Fintech Challenge: 5 Key Recommendations for Digital Banking Professionals.”
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