CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: Project Finance
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Project Finance to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. Project Finance is a white-label online and mobile banking platform for banks and credit unions. Their platform is designed to assist members and customers with their financial goals. They do that by […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: Paerpay
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Paerpay to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. Every now and then, a fintech comes along to disrupt an industry. Paerpay decided to disrupt the industry. That’s right: there’s a new payment system in town for the service industry, and it […]
Crying Out for an End to Overdraft Fees? Meet Grain Technology
Probably the single most despised charge at financial institutions is the overdraft fee – and a NerdWallet survey of the exact charges imposed by a selection of mid-sized (Navy Federal) through mammoth (Chase) institutions found fees at $20 (Navy Federal) and as high as $39 (KeyBank). $35 is a particularly common charge in the survey. Rapacious […]
Fail Forward Fast: Credit Union Lessons from the Fintech World
There are a lot of fads that deserve to be forgotten. Fidget spinners are one example. The mannequin challenge and Harlem Shake videos are others. Let’s not get started on eating Tide Pods. But some trends show us that there are other ways of accomplishing goals. Sometimes, hopping on a trend is less about fitting […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: Everyday Life
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Everyday Life to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. Everyday Life Insurance is a fintech that provides affordable, appropriate life insurance. Everyday Life Insurance uses AI and machine learning to provide life insurance recommendations. After giving its recommendations, Everyday Life serves […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: CU Student Choice
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with CU Student Choice to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. CU Student Choice works with credit unions to provide prospective university students with student loans. Their goal is to simplify the college loan process for students. This simplification, they hope, will […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Happy Hour at CUNA GAC 2019
Thanks to all who attended the inaugural CU 2.0 Fintech Happy Hour at CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) 2019. It was a terrific time networking with Credit Union executives and various companies and fintechs disrupting the industry and revolutionizing areas of member experience from mobile banking to data insights. Companies in attendance included: Ongoing Operations […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: Coalesce AI
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Coalesce AI to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. Coalesce.ai helps credit unions introduce the power of AI and machine learning into their operational ecosystem. Their platform utilizes User-Defined Machine Learning, which allows clients to train Coalesce.ai’s automation platform how to […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: PayByCar
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Pay By Car to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. PayByCar is a payment system that streamlines purchases made in and from cars. Instead of going through the often-clunky process of handing a debit or credit card back and forth between […]
CU 2.0 Fintech Friday: Reggora
It’s CU 2.0 Fintech Friday! Today, Chris Otey sits down with Reggora to discuss all things credit union, fintech, and digital innovation. Reggora is an appraisal management platform. They speed through the property appraisal process in a fraction of the time that it usually takes. One of the keys to Reggora’s platform is they automate […]