Mountain America CU Taps Blend to Speed Up Loan Approval Times
By W.B. King In an effort to provide its 1.1 million members access to a digital end-to-end home equity product geared toward cutting...
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InfoSec People Profile: Arkose Labs’ Ashish Jain
By Roy Urrico. Profiling Ashish Jain, chief technology officer for Arkose Labs.
Cornerstone Advisors 2023 'Lyrical' Report Sings Industry Truths for FIs
By W.B. King Referencing lyrics from Marvin Gaye to Loverboy to The Beatles, Cornerstone Advisors’ What’s Going On In Banking 2023 -...
Commonwealth Credit Union Uses AI to Fuel 17% Loan Growth
“Delinquency will increase in 2023 and charge-offs will increase in 2023 … but will we increase to peer levels? I tend to think not.”
Colorado Credit Union Branch Goes Open-Floor with MDT’s Help
By Roy Urrico. Colorado Credit Union set out to remodel its Littleton branch with an open-floor concept.
Last Week This Morning, 1/23/23
Get caught up on all the fintech news for hungry CUs, plus learn about all the exciting goings on at Finopotamus.
PSCU and Co-op Solutions Payments Reports Disclose Strong Holiday Spending Season
By Roy Urrico. Highlighted: two recent payments reports, from PSCU and Co-op Solutions, that reveal a robust holiday shopping season.
Plaid’s 2023 Fintech Prediction: U.S. Open Banking Legislation Will Cause Major Market Shift
By W.B. King Noting that open banking has been a successful model in Europe for a number of years, Plaid’s Co-founder and CEO Zach Perret...
Webinar Tackles the Shape of Mortgage Lending, Part 2
By Roy Urrico. Finopotamus sat in on this mortgage webinar, which we highlight in the second of a two-part series.
Webinar Tackles the Shape of Mortgage Lending
By Roy Urrico. Finopotamus sat in on this mortgage webinar, which we highlight in the first of a two-part series.
Last Week This Morning, 1/16/23
It's raining cats and dogs at Finopotamus HQ, but that's not keeping us from bringing you our great original content.
Industry Insiders Debate the Merits and Legality of Credit Unions Purchasing Banks
By W.B. King In late December 2022, Dort Financial Credit Union announced that it had entered into an agreement with Flagler Bancshares...
Eltropy’s Ashish Garg on Credit Unions and 2023 Trends
By Roy Urrico. Finopotamus chatted with Eltropy Co-Founder and CEO Ashish Garg, who spoke about the company’s direction and fintech trends.
WyHy FCU Partners With Stukent on Digital-First Financial Literacy Program for High School Students
By W.B. King More than 16,000 teens in Wyoming are being offered a unique, cutting-edge simulated financial literacy program — all thanks...
BOND.AI: Connecting FIs, Employers, Employees and Fintechs
BOND.AI’s Empathy Engine, an AI-based solution, connects employers, their employees, financial institutions and fintechs.
Tech People in the Know: Highline Technologies’ Geoff Brown
In what is a recurring feature, Finopotamus will profile interesting and intriguing tech professionals who are positively impacting the...
Last Week (or so) This Morning, 1/9/23
It's our first weekly update of 2023!
FDX Moves Along Open Banking Standards
By Roy Urrico. The Financial Data Exchange (FDX) announced an update of its common open finance standards .
MARKETech: Tropical Financial CU Gives Members PURLs of Wisdom
MARKETech is an ongoing article series that explores the technologies credit union marketers are using to engage members and drive growth.
Finastra Leaders Forecast 2023 Banking Industry Trends
By Roy Urrico. Some 2023 trends as forecasted by trends forecasted by four senior leaders at global fintech powerhouse Finastra.
Los Angeles FCU Uses Tech to Drive More Direct Auto Loans
January is Lending Month at Finopotamus. Look for more articles related to lending technology.
A Look Back at Our Top 5 Press Room Items for 2022
It was a busy year in the Finopotamus Press Room.
A Look Back at the Top 5 Conferences Finopotamus Attended in 2022
Finopotamus was onsite to provide in-person coverage of more than a dozen conferences this year.
A Look Back at Our Top 5 Tech People in the Know Profiles for 2022
W.B. King introduced our readers to a wide range of technology experts in his “Tech People in the Know” series this year.
A Look Back at Our Top 5 Women in Technology Profiles for 2022
W.B. King introduced our readers to amazing technologists in his “Women in Technology” series this year.
A Look Back at Our Top 5 InfoSec People Profiles of 2022
Roy Urrico introduced our readers to a broad range of cybersecurity experts in his “InfoSec People Profiles” series this year.
A Look Back at Our Top 5 Articles of 2022
Wondering about the most popular Finopotamus articles from the past year?
A Look Back at Our 2022 Tekkie Awards
With the year winding down, the Finopotamus team wanted to take one last look at the 2022 Tekkie Awards...
Last Week This Morning, 12/26/22
A look back at last week on Finopotamus.com, plus a joke for all you holiday bakers.
Cinchy Launches Data Liberation Solution for Credit Unions
By Roy Urrico. Toronto, Canada-based dataware company recently launched a solution to help CUs.
Holiday IT Wish List for 2023 (Part 3)
By W.B. King For this year’s annual Finopotamus “Holiday Tech Wish List,” we sat down with forward-looking fintech executives who shared...
Holiday IT Wish List for 2023 (Part 2)
By W.B. King For this year’s annual Finopotamus “Holiday Tech Wish List,” we sat down with forward-looking fintech executives who shared...
Holiday IT Wish List for 2023 (Part 1)
By W.B. King For this year’s annual Finopotamus “Holiday Tech Wish List,” we sat down with forward-looking fintech executives who shared...
Payments Reports Disclose Drops in Spending and Credit, Successes in Emerging Verticals
By Roy Urrico. Highlighted here are three recent payments reports, from Co-op Solutions, PSCU and the U.S. Payments Forum.
Last Week This Morning, 12/19/22
Tune for a quick preview of next week, a look back at last week and a joke that may offend a few snowmen.
Instant Financial’s Tal Clark Talks Earned Wage Access
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Phishing, Fraud and Social Media Attacks Highlight Cybersecurity Roundup
By Roy Urrico. CISA, the U.S. Payments Forum and ITRC highlight a cybersecurity roundup.
Genpact’s Joe Nixon Talks Everything as a Service, BNPL and More
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Appdome Survey: Mobile Consumers Want Better Security More Than Features
By Roy Urrico. More than 93% of global consumers will promote a brand if the brand’s mobile app protects their data and use from threats.
Women in Technology: Laura Sievert
In what is a recurring feature, Finopotamus spotlights innovative women who are positively impacting technology applications in the...
Last Week This Morning, 12/12/22
Get caught up on all things Finopotamus, plus hear the best snowman joke ever.
Larky ‘Nudges’ Fort Financial Credit Union Members to ‘Tap’ Back
By W.B. King While the pandemic accelerated the need for enhanced virtual, on-demand, secure banking services, the desire was there long...
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Fraud and Identity Report Reveals Increasing Banking Fraud
By Roy Urrico. Atlanta-based LexisNexis Risk Solutions just released the results of its first "Global State of Fraud and Identity Report."
ChargeAfter’s Meidad Sharon Talks BNPL
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
Fintech Partnerships: A Sign of the Times
By Roy Urrico. Recently a number of fintechs announced new and expanded partnerships with other financial technology firms.
Industry Experts Comment on FTX Collapse, the Future of Crypto and How Credit Unions Can Benefit
By W.B. King In what appears to be the biggest crypto understatement of the year, the founder and former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried...
Last Week This Morning, 12/5/22
Get caught up, plus hear our first bad dad joke of the season.
Tech People in the Know: Samaha & Associates Adam Denbo
In what is a recurring feature, Finopotamus will profile interesting and intriguing tech professionals who are positively impacting the...
Community Financial Institutions are Missing Out on Small Business Revenue Opportunities
By Roy Urrico. A recent survey revealed that credit unions and community FIs are missing out on small business revenue opportunities.
Apiture’s Matt Ellis Talks Business Banking
Part of Our Money20/20 Interview Series
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