About the Podcast
The credit union industry is constantly evolving. The CU 2.0 podcast is here to highlight the latest credit union trends, news, people, and technologies.
Listen to the CU2.0 podcast for insider takes on new technology, compliance issues, and other major issues affecting credit unions today. We’ll keep you up to date and informed, so you won’t just survive—you will prosper!
About the Interviewer
Robert McGarvey is an expert in credit unions and cooperatives which he has covered for outlets such as “Credit Union Times” and the New York Times. He has also written for hundreds of publications ranging from “Wired” to “Harvard Business Review.”
The CU 2.0 Podcast Library also occasionally features other podcasts that feature CU 2.0.
Podcast Library
Episode 182 SRM’s Larry Pruss on What You Need to Know – and Do – About Crypto Currencies
Episode 181 Walt Agius on CUSOs, Indirect Car Loans, and Lending in the 21st Century
Episode 180 Kirk Drake, Joe Cianciolo HomePace, Mike Kenzie Patriot FCU on Brainstorming Fintech
Episode 179 Bryce Deeney of equipifi and the Rise of BNPL
Episode 178 Cameron Madill on Credit Union Websites, B Corps, and Much More
Episode 176 Vizo and Aptys on the Reinvention of the Corporate Credit Union
Episode 175 MBFS CEO Mark Ritter Tells How to Make Member Business Lending Work
Episode 174 Tyler Gillies of Debtsy on 21st Century Debt Collection
Episode 173 Alexey Krasnoriadtsev BankingON on Bank Dora, Mobile Banking Now and Love
Episode 172 USAlliance’s CEO Kris VanBeek on its Neo-bank Bank Dora
Episode 171 Andre Iervolino on Steps You Need to Take To Keep Your Credit Union Relevant
Episode 170 Tim Keith of SRM on The Great Reset in Financial Services
Episode 169 Finalytics.ai on How Digital Can Be Harnessed to Revolutionize Member Service
Episode 168 Jake Tyler Finn AI on Conversational Banking 2021 Style
Episode 167 Nathan Baumeister ZSuite Technologies on Finding Riches in Niches
Episode 166 Jill Nowacki on the Credit Union War for Talent: HR in 2021
Episode 165 UNest and Smarter Savings for Children
Episode 163 Khellar Crawford CEO Otomo
Episode 161 Kavita Singh Payrailz on AI and Your Credit Union
Episode 160 Izabella Gabowicz COO Sensibill Answers the Spending Question
Episode 159 Kelli Ellsworth Etchison LAFCU and Gary Lee MDT CUSO on DEI DEI 4 2021
Episode 158 Jack Henry Experts Talking Fraud Trends and Credit Union Vulnerabilities
Episode 156 Renee Sattiewhite AACUC DEI 2021 2
Episode 155 Tony Hernandez DCUC on the AACUC CCEP (Initials Decoded Below) DEI 2021 1
Episode 154 Joe Cianciolo Home Co-Purchasing
Episode 153 Jon Voorhees on What You Do Not Know About Smart Branching
Episode 152 Bill Clark CEO TimeTrade SilverCloud on Digital First Banking Trends
Episode 151 Michelle Asher ENT on Social Media Mastery
Episode 150 Vince Bezemer on Self-Directed Banking
Episode 149 Samira Rajan Brooklyn Cooperative Credit Union and Economic Inequality
Episode 148 Cathi Kim on Capitalizing Your Small Credit Union
Episode 147 Luis Pastor Latino Community Credit Union
Episode 145 Robert Siciliano on Ransomware and Who Do You Trust?
Episode 144, Randy Icelow Rolling F Credit Union, From a Temp Gig to CEO
Episode 143 Stephanie Smith America’s Credit Union Museum
Episode 142 John Herrera The Immigrant Banking Journey
Episode 146 Fintech Meetup with Anil Aggarwal and Kirk Drake
Episode 141 Teresa Freeborn CUNA’s “Open Your Eyes” – a Return Conversation
BIGCast: Using Artificial Intelligence, Organically with Kirk Drake
PayPod: Credit Union Growth Strategies with Kirk Drake
Episode 139 Sundie Seefried on Cannabis Banking
Episode 138 Kirk Drake on Artificial Intelligence and Why You Are Five Years Behind the Leaders
Episode 137 David Tuyo University Credit Union and the Pandemic
Episode 136 Pete Crear A Distinguished Credit Union Life
Episode 135 Joel Schwartz DoubleCheck and NSF Fees
Episode 134 Jim Van Dyke Breach Clarity
Episode 133 Karan Bhalla CU Rise on Data Analytics
Episode 132 Ray Crouse Parsons FCU and When Small Is Big Enough
Episode 130 Tansley Stearns of Canvas Credit Union Tells If Credit Union Members Are Healthier
Episode 129 Steve Dow CEO Monit for Small Business
Episode 128 Batu Sat Mall IQ – Harnessing Location Intelligence to Better Serve Members
Episode 127 Doug Brown NCR on 5 Big Banking Trends for 2021 Trends Forecast 2
Episode 122 Larry Nichols of CUSO Member Driven Technologies 2021 Trends Forecast 1
Episode 120 Nathan Rogers on Shared Branching and the Future of the Branch Network
Episode 119 Peter Duffy on Mergers
Episode 118 Mickey Goldwasser Chief of Staff Payrailz On AI and What’s Next In Payments
Episode 117 Fahd Rachidy CEO ABAKA on AI and How to Sell Smarter
Episode 121 Inside the CU2.0 Mastermind Group
Episode 116 Barclay Keith of Artis Technologies on a New Lending Strategy
Episode 115 Dan Michaeli Glia on Digital Member Service
Episode 114 Nicholas Hinrichsen on Smarter Car Loans for Credit Unions
Episode 113 Sherif Hassan on The Opportunity in Small Business Lending
Episode 112 Steve Bruyn on the Huge Opportunity For Credit Unions to Win Bank Customers Today
Episode 111 The Omnichannel Voyage, Part 2 with Mark Schuiling Wildfire Credit Union
Episode 110 The Omnichannel Voyage, Part 1 with Vince Bezemer of Backbase
Episode 109 Paul Ablack on Fintechs, Big Data, and New Opportunities in Commercial Lending
Episode 108 Ralph Swoboda from CUNA CEO to Fintech Entrepreneur
Episode 107 Bert Hash CEO MECU (Retired) A Credit Union Life
Episode 105 Angela Russell CUNA Mutual on Race and Equity and What to Do Now DEI4
Episode 104 Brad Powell Redboard the Smarter Audit Software
Episode 103 Pablo DeFilippi of Inclusiv on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion DEI 3
Episode 102 Andrew Wang Peach Street on Mortgage Servicing
Episode 101 Renee Sattiewhite AACUC on Credit Unions, Race and the US DEI 2
Episode 100 Coopera’s Victor Miguel Corro on Race and Credit Unions in 2020 DEI 1
Episode 99 Brad Smith on the Post-Pandemic Tech You Need Now
Episode 98 James Robert Lay on the Real Meaning of Digital Transformation
Episode 97 PPP Loan Forgiveness: Fast Take
Episode 96 Steve Winninger Talking Boards and Governance
Episode 94 Nabil Hannan on Cybersecurity, Remote Workers, Mergers and Your Credit Union
Episode 93 Lee Miller Renofi on Smarter Home Improvement Loans
Episode 92 Sahil Pankhaniya, A Start Up Credit Union at George Washington University
Episode 91 Sherif Hassan Capiform on Smarter Lending Now
Episode 90 Bill Kennedy Tells How Many Credit Unions Will Close in the Next Year
Coronavirus Special Bob Meara Celent on Covid-19 and Your Credit Union Part 3
Episode 86 Alan Bergstrom Exclamation Services CUSO
Coronavirus Special Shane Butcher on Remote Workers, Credit Unions, and Coronavirus Part 2
Episode 83 Ron Shevlin, Again, on How to Win in Financial Services
Episode 82 Jon Ogden MX on the Future of Banking
Episode 78 Paul Stull on Cannabis and Credit Unions, Up in Smoke 3
Episode 77 Shondell Varcianna on the Content You Need to Grow
Episode 76 Matt Johnner BankLabs on Commercial Lending
Episode 75 Milind Borkar Illuma Labs
Episode 74 Blesson Abraham of Cambio and 2nd Chances at Financial Services
Episode 73 Joseph Cooper Justice for Me
Episode 72 Seth Brecher Edmit on College Costs and You
Episode 71 Gideon Taub Pinkaloo and Modern Giving
Episode 70 Tommy Marshall Georgia Fintech Academy
Episode 69 Casey Boggs on Reputation Management, Hackers and You
Episode 68 John Lanza on The Money Mammals + Kids and Finance
Episode 67 Jesse Boyer COO NIH Federal Credit Union on Branch Reinvention
Episode 66: Amy McGraw Tropical Financial on Get Beyond Money
Episode 65: John Weinkowitz on Credit Unions Buying Banks, Live from Finastra Community Markets
Episode 64: Carla Bienz Partners 1st CU, Live from Finastra Community Markets
Episode 63: Steve Hoke on Data and Mortgages, Live from Finastra Community Markets
Episode 61: Allan Brown on the Digital Revolution in Banking, Live from Finastra Community Markets
Episode 60: Mike Hatch on Core Systems, Live from Finastra Community Markets
Episode 59: Daniel Ford CIO at Jovia CU on Cybersecurity
Episode 58: Jeff Bender on Digital First Members, Live from DN Intersect
Episode 57: Scott Anderson Open Banking, Live from DN Intersect
Episode 56: Ben Morales, QCash, and the Hunt for Financial Wellness
Episode 55: Richard Crone on Libra, Live From DN Intersect
Episode 54: Douglas Hartung on Libra, Live From DN Intersect
Episode 53: West Community Credit Union
Episode 52: David Deckelmann LiveSurvey
Episode 51: Marc Schaefer Truliant
Episode 50: James Killkelly, Christian Ranke, and Brian Lechlitner of Tellerex
Episode 49: Alain Glanzman WalletFi
Episode 48: Susan Mitchell on the Credit Union Underground
Episode 47: Randy Karnes CU*Answers for Small Credit Unions
Episode 46: Kirk Kordeleski on Doubling Your Size and More Good News
Episode 44: Wendell “Bucky” Sebastian – a Credit Union Life
Episode 43: Caroline Willard Cornerstone League
Episode 42: Walt Laskos, CCUA, on Credit Unions Fighting Elder Fraud
Episode 41: Sherri Davidoff on Cyber Insecurities and You
Episode 40: The Jim Blaine Marathon
Episode 39: Futurist Chris Skinner
Episode 38: Futurist Thomas Frey on Credit Unions Tomorrow
Episode 37: Cliff Rosenthal on CDFIs
Episode 36: Millennials Talk Credit Unions
Episode 35: Gen Z Talks Up About Credit Unions
Episode 34: Ben Premo TrueFees on Fee Transparency
Episode 33: Erin Coleman Filene on Thinking Big and Better
Episode 32: Mike Edwards WOCCU on International Trends
Episode 31: Mike Reuter Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions
Episode 30: Brett King on Banking Tomorrow
Episode 29: Teresa Freeborn on Open Your Eyes to a Credit Union
Episode 28: Patrick Conway PCUA on Lobbying and Much More
Episode 27: Hakan Nordfjell Gemalto on New Account Fraud
Episode 26: Carl Memnon, COO Grain Technology on an End to Overdraft Fees
Episode 25: Joe Bergeron on Vermont Credit Unions
Episode 24: John Pembroke, CUES on the Talent War
Episode 23: Sitting Down with Gabe Krajicek, CEO of Kasasa
Episode 22: Talking Payments and Data Analytics with Trellance’s Lou Grilli
Episode 21: Ron Shevlin on “Is the Party Over?”
Episode 20: Up in Smoke, Credit Unions, and Cannabis, Part 2
Episode 19: Up in Smoke, Credit Unions, and Cannabis, Part 1
Episode 18: Al Pascual on Biometrics
Episode 17: Victor Corro on Hispanics and Credit Unions
Episode 16: New Year’s Resolutions with Robert McGarvey
Episode 15: Cathie Mahon CEO of Inclusiv, the association of community development CUs
Episode 14: AI for Credit Unions Part 2
Episode 13: AI for Credit Unions
Episode 12: Sitting Down with Bill Bynum, CEO of Hope CU
Episode 11: Sitting Down with Jay Murray, CEO of Vizo
Episode 10: Sitting Down with Amy McGraw, Tropical Financial to talk about the Student Loan Crisis
Episode 9: Sitting Down with Tanan Miles, Vice President of ENT Credit Union
Episode 8: Sitting Down with Scott Budde of Main Harvest
Episode 5: Sitting Down with Geoff Caras, previous COO of CU 2.0
Episode 4: Sitting Down with Amy Downs, CEO of Allegiance Credit Union in Oklahoma
Episode 3: Sitting Down with Kirk Drake, Founder of CU 2.0 and CEO of Ongoing Operations
Episode 2: Sitting Down with South Bay Credit Union CEO Jennifer Oliver
Episode 1: Sitting Down with Chris Otey, CRO of CU 2.0 and Chairman of South Bay Credit Union
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