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/

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