Kirk Drake’s New Book ‘FinAncIal’ Investigates Artificial Intelligence in the Credit Union Space

By W.B. King Originally published by Finopotamus – Fintech News for Hungry CUs While most credit unions are using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in some form, the industry lacks a cohesive strategy. This premise is among themes covered in FinAncIal: Helping Financial Services Executives Prepare for an Artificial World, a new book […]
Credit Union Subscription Checking / Share Draft 2.0 Guide

Banking habits are changing. Consequently, the way banking services are provided must change. This Checking 2.0 Guide will give you context and insight about market trends, consumer behavior, and peer benchmarks. By the end of the guide, you should have a better understanding of the direction that checking accounts might take (or are already taking)—and […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 142 John Herrera The Immigrant Banking Journey

Before logging into this call, I studied up on who John Herrera is. He was born in Costa Rica, then came to the US to go to college at the University of Delaware and one thing led to another and instead of going back to Costa Rica to build a better society he stayed in […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 146 Fintech Meetup with Anil Aggarwal and Kirk Drake

Anil Aggarwal is an entrepreneur who knows a thing or two about providing venues where executives come together and good things happen. He was co-founder of Money 20/20, an event that redefined how financial services executives and fintech executives could profitably come together. After that venture was sold, he co-founded Shoptalk, a meeting venue for retail execs […]
AI Case Study: Digital Onboarding

This is an excerpt from FinAncIal: Helping Financial Executives Prepare for an Artificial World. Grab your copy here! This case study covers the leading player in AI-based digital onboarding for credit union members, Digital Onboarding.
Credit Unions Have Changed. Should Their Security Strategy Change, Too?

Credit union cybersecurity is a fast-evolving scene. Largely, that’s due to a few major factors:
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 141: Teresa Freeborn CUNA’s “Open Your Eyes” – a Return Conversation

CUNA is still at its “Open Your Eyes” to a credit union campaign and Teresa Freeborn is still heading the effort. Regular listeners will remember Freeborn from her podcast two years ago, episode 29, and when she asked for a return we gladly said yes.
A History of Innovation: Xpress Data, Inc. (XDI)

Fintech Friday posts usually go something like this: Something doesn’t work as well as it could. Until now, there’s been no way around it. But this fintech promises to change all that!
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 140 AI and Gesa

This is not an infomercial for Scienaptic, an AI vendor with a particular focus on lending. There are two guests on the podcast – Eric Steinhoff, a Scienaptic executive vice president, and Kevin Willborn, vice president of consumer lending at $3.3 billion Gesa Credit Union. Essentially you will hear that Scienaptic’s tools are a way to […]
AI Case Studies: FlexPay

This is an excerpt from FinAncIal: Helping Financial Executives Prepare for an Artificial World. Grab your copy here! This case study covers the leading player in AI-based decline salvage for fraud prevention, FlexPay.