Glen’s wide-ranging conversation with Deluxe CEO Barry McCarthy and Technology Association of Georgia CEO Larry Williams spanning five decades of innovation, leadership in turbulent times, reinvention and civic responsibility. Also- another cautionary angle to the CrowdStrike mess, and Fintech Nation comes to Atlanta in August.

Links related to this episode:

Fintech South, August 27-28 in Atlanta; USE CODE FTS24FTSociety FOR A DISCOUNT ON REGISTRATION: https://www.fintechsouth.com/
Deluxe: https://www.deluxe.com/
The Technology Association of Georgia: https://www.tagonline.org/societies/fintech/

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Glen speaks with Co-Founder/CEO Austin Wentzlaff about Nook’s mission to reclaim a personalized credit union member experience, and why his team planned to be a CUSO from the start. TruStage’s Danielle Sesko explains how Payment Guard revamps a legacy loan insurance model for today’s digital personal lending. And Glen senses a shift in the media narrative on Banking as a Service and FDIC insurance.

Links related to this episode:

Nook: https://www.nook-inc.com/
TruStage Payment Guard’s Finovate Spring Demo: https://finovate.com/videos/finovatespring-2024-trustage/
Cornerstone/TruStage research paper on embedded payment insurance: https://www.trustage.com/business/insights/financial-trends/embedded-payment-insurance-digital-lending-research
Last week’s CU Town Hall featuring Roger Grimes on the ransomware climate: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media?p=cu-town-hall-episode-119-ransomware-protection-with-roger-grimes
NY Times feature story, spurred by Synapse’s bankruptcy, on consumer confusion around FDIC insurance: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/09/business/synapse-bankruptcy-fintech-fdic-insurance.html
The Register’s coverage of the Evolve bank breach, which also ensnared Synapse: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/09/evolve_lockbit_attack/
Fintech Business Weekly’s ongoing coverage of the Synapse/Evolve situation: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/

Join us for for the next CU Town Hall on Wednesday July 24 at 3pm ET/Noon PT for a live and lively interactive conversation tackling the major issues facing CUs today. It’s free to attend (you might even win a door prize!), but advance registration is required: https://www.cutownhall.com/

Find us on X and BlueSky at @bigfintech, @jbfintech and @154Advisors

You can also follow us on LinkedIn:
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Glen speaks with Bonifii CEO John Ainsworth about his firm’s new collaboration with Metal and the next wave of identity solutions. Also- branches as community centers, the ongoing interchange/reward points battle, more “fun” in class action lawsuit land, and screen scraping stages a comeback.

Links related to this episode:

Bonifii’s website, and its Metal Blockchain announcement: https://bonifii.com/2024/06/bonifii-joins-metal-blockchains/
The Points Guy’s full-throated stance against the Credit Card Competition Act: https://thepointsguy.com/protect-your-points/
Airlines for America weighs in on rewards points: https://www.airlines.org/protect-our-points/
Glen’s blog on the flurry of state interchange legislation: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media?p=a-state-of-confusion-interchange-battles-move-closer-to-home
CPO Magazine’s take on web scraping: https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/web-scraping-is-legal-for-now-but-it-may-be-hurting-your-business/
The proposed class action lawsuit against Navy Federal CU and Verint: https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-lawsuit-says-navy-federal-credit-union-ai-tech-company-verint-tap-customer-service-calls

Register for our next CU Town Hall on Wednesday July 10 at 3pm ET/Noon PT for a live and lively interactive conversation tackling the major issues facing CUs today. It’s free to attend, but advance registration is required: https://www.cutownhall.com/

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You can also follow us on LinkedIn:
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