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.
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 […]
BIGCast: Using Artificial Intelligence, Organically with Kirk Drake (Podcast)
Recently, CU 2.0 Founder and CEO Kirk Drake sat down with John Best from the eponymous Best Innovation Group. But they didn’t just sit down… they also conversed (and recorded it).
PayPod: Credit Union Growth Strategies with Kirk Drake (Podcast)
Recently, CU 2.0 Founder and CEO Kirk Drake sat down with Scott Hawksworth with the Soar Payments podcast, PayPod. They discussed credit unions, the technology they use, and the technology they’ll need to continue growing.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 139 Sundie Seefried on Cannabis Banking
On July 1, Sundie Seefried, longtime CEO of Partner Colorado Credit Union, makes a huge career change. On that day she resigns the credit union job to become the CEO of Safe Harbor Financial, LLC, a Partner Colorado subsidiary formed for the purpose of handling cannabis related banking.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 138 Kirk Drake on Artificial Intelligence and Why You Are Five Years Behind the Leaders
Start today, really embrace AI – artificial intelligence, where machines think and they are good at it when fed enough of the right data – and, guess what, you are already four or five years behind the leaders and that group includes most of the money center banks and maybe even a few credit unions. […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 137 David Tuyo University Credit Union and the Pandemic
You may think you have it tough managing a credit union in the pandemic. You need to talk with David Tuyo, CEO of University Credit Union, with assets edging up towards $1 billion and a growth rate in loans that’s running around 30% per year.
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 136 Pete Crear A Distinguished Credit Union Life
Know this about Pete Crear: He was the first to win the lifetime achievement award from the African American Credit Union Coalition – and when they gave him the award in 2003 they decided to name it after him. The roster of Pete Crear Lifetime Achivement Award winners is now a dazzling hall of fame […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 135 Joel Schwartz DoubleCheck and NSF Fees
Overdraft fees are big business for most financial institutions and it’s estimated that 20% of credit union members, one in five, have an NSF annually. The worse news is that the credit union’s NSF fee is just the start of the consumer’s pain. Joel Schwartz, founder and co-CEO of DoubleCheck, a Los Angeles company with an […]
CU 2.0 Podcast Episode 134 Jim Van Dyke Breach Clarity
Every day there are four data breaches. And every year literally of billions of dollars are lost in various frauds that are fed by the data stolen in breaches. Who pays the bulk of that loss? Financial institutions, says Jim Van Dyke, founder of Breach Clarity, an innovative company that wants to shed a bright […]