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Sinopse
Things are changing fast in the world of financial technology. The BIG Podcast explores the impact of financial technology innovations on the every day person. Top financial industry guests will give us exciting insights into technologies that will shape the way we manage and spend our money.
Episódios
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Fintech Collaboration - At $100 Million and Counting
23/05/2023 Duração: 37minGlen speaks with the Curql Collective’s Jim Ryan about his group’s ongoing quest to bring cutting-edge fintech to credit unions and a new portal that advances the cause. Also, finding more avenues for cooperatives to cooperate. Links related to this episode: The Curql Collective: https://www.curql.com/ VentureTech, November 6-8 near Dallas, TX: https://myventuretech.com/ The NCB Co-op 100: https://impact.ncb.coop/hubfs/assets/resources/NCB-Co-op-100-2022.pdf Our recent interviews with Venture Tech winners from 2022 (Tanya Van Court of Goalsetter) and 2021 (Rhian Horgan of Silvur): https://www.big-fintech.com/Media?p=big-ideas-fintech-madness-cuso-optional Join us Wednesday May 24 at 3pm ET/Noon PT for the latest edition of the CU Digital Town Hall, a live, lively and interactive meeting of industry leaders sharing best practices on the top issues impacting the credit union movement. Moderated by John Best of BIG and Mike Lawson of CU Broadcast: https://www.cutownhall.com/ Follow the
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ChatGPT- Hallucinations, Lies, Negotiations
16/05/2023 Duração: 42minGlen speaks with veteran journalist Michael Lev about the supply chain expert’s recent encounter with Chat GPT in which the platform confessed to making stuff up. Also- more on deposit outflows and the sketchy definition of a “small bank.” (Gordon Lightfoot soundtrack optional) Links related to this episode: MxD’s Chain Mail newsletter, and Mike’s tale of ChatGPT’s “hallucination”: https://mailchi.mp/mxdusa.org/chainmail-package-delivery-blues Reuters’ coverage on how the much-hyped “deposit outflows” only affected a small group of “super-regionals”: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/deposit-outflows-after-svb-collapse-concentrated-among-super-regionals-ny-fed-2023-05-11/ New York Fed research underpinning Reuters’ story: https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2023/05/bank-funding-during-the-current-monetary-policy-tightening-cycle/ Last week’s BIGCast featuring retired Fed executive Rich Oliver on the latest Payments Study, and a look at deposit insurance hysteria: https://www.big-fi
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Payments - Then and Now
09/05/2023 Duração: 36minGlen unearths nuggets from the latest Federal Reserve payments data with the help of author, retired Fed exec and Payments OG Rich Oliver. Also- bizarre notions swirling around the insured deposit limit. Links related to this episode: The 2022 Federal Reserve Payments Study: https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fr-payments-study.htm The Fed’s Check Sample Study: https://www.atlantafed.org/-/media/documents/rprf/publications/check-sample-survey/2023/05/05/2021-survey/report “The Story of Payments” by Richard Oliver and George Warfel, Jr: https://www.nacha.org/content/story-payments Gallup’s poll on consumer attitudes of deposit safety: https://news.gallup.com/poll/505439/half-worry-money-safety-banks.aspx SoFi’s “FDIC Insurance Network”: https://investors.sofi.com/news/news-details/2023/SoFi-Checking-and-Savings-to-Offer-Access-to-Up-to-2-Million-in-FDIC-Insurance/default.aspx Check out the Best Innovation Group’s latest offering, BIG Support 365. Our expert technicians inte
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Taking Faster Payments to the Bank- or CU
02/05/2023 Duração: 42minMore insights from Nacha Payments- including Glenbrook Partners’ Elizabeth McQuerry on the Faster Payments Barometer, and leaders from Akoya and Banked on the burgeoning Pay By Bank model. Also- insights from ETA Transact, and chipping away at MICA. Links related to this episode: The US Faster Payments Council: https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/ Akoya: https://akoya.com/ Banked: https://banked.com/ Glenbrook Partners: https://glenbrook.com/ BNP Paribas’ overview of MICA: https://securities.cib.bnpparibas/markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation/ Last week’s BIGCast featuring more Smarter Faster Payments coverage, including Nacha CEO Jane Larimer: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media?p=rival-rails-same-day-successes The Electronic Transactions Association: https://etatransact.com/ Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments Remote Connect, May 8-10: https://payments.nacha.org/remote-connect Check out the CU Town Hall, our live, lively and interactive monthly forum covering top-of-mind credit union i
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Rival Rails, Same Day Successes
25/04/2023 Duração: 30minFresh from a content-rich Smarter Faster Payments conference, Glen shares interviews with Nacha CEO Jane Larimer and Open Payment Network Co-Founder/CEO Bradley Wilkes. Also, a first look at detailed data from the Fed’s triennial payments study. Links related to this episode: Nacha: https://www.nacha.org/ Smarter Faster Payments Remote Connect, May 8-10: https://payments.nacha.org/remote-connect Open Payment Network: https://www.openpaymentnetwork.us/ The Federal Reserve Payments Study: https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/fr-payments-study.htm Check out the Best Innovation Group’s latest offering, BIG Support 365. Our expert technicians integrate seamlessly with your existing teams, relieving them of monotonous server administration tasks and allowing your staff to focus on high-priority, member-centric initiatives: https://www.big-fintech.com/Products-Services/BIG-Support-365 Follow the Best Innovation Group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/best-innovation-group/
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The CU Town Hall- Raising Eyebrows Since 2020
18/04/2023 Duração: 30minWe celebrate a milestone with fun facts from the first 100 episodes of our CU Town Hall, and share highlights from last month’s session with author/futurist Brett King. Also, FedNow refutes CBDC conspiracy theories- in real-time. Links related to this episode: The CU Town Hall archives: https://www.cutownhall.com/ Town Hall #100 with Brett King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnwwyQ-QQHk&feature=youtu.be Brett’s latest book, “The Rise of Technosocialism”: https://riseoftechnosocialism.com/ Episode #68- Cannabis banking with Sundie Seefried: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl5maAO2z78 Episode #85- CUs and Crypto with UNIFY CEO Gordon Howe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TeT9DFwE78 The Fed revises its FedNow FAQs to tamp down CBDC confusion: https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/is-fednow-replacing-cash-is-it-a-central-bank-digital-currency.htm Bitcoin.com’s coverage of the bizarre FedNow “controversy” (NOTE- Glen finds this narrative misleading, but indicative of the social m
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Big Ideas, Fintech Madness (CUSO Optional)
11/04/2023 Duração: 46minOur second round of NACUSO coverage includes interviews with Next Big Idea competition winner GoalSetter and runner-up Mahalo Banking, Fintech Madness winner Silvur, CU2.0 co-founder Chris Otey on instigating the madness, and a compelling startup (Harness) that waged battle in both events. Links related to this episode: GoalSetter: https://www.goalsetter.co/ Silvur: https://www.silvur.com/ Mahalo Banking: https://www.mahalobanking.com/ Harness: https://www.harnessfi.com/ CU2.0: https://cu-2.com/ NACUSO: https://www.nacuso.org/ Last week’s episode with additional NACUSO interviews: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/868/More-CUSOs-More-Service Check out the CU Crypto Report, a crowdsourced data analysis of how CU members are already engaging with cryptocurrency. Now accepting volunteers to contribute anonymized data to our 2023 report: https://www.cucrypto.report/ Follow the Best Innovation Group on Twitter: @bigfintech Follow Glen on Twitter @154Advisors Follow John
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More CUSOs, More Service
04/04/2023 Duração: 40minFrom a record-setting NACUSO Network conference, Glen shares a motherlode of interviews with CUSO whisperer/attorney Brian Lauer, DePaul Defi professor Lamont Black, and a pair of founders: Leeman Baird (Hedera) and John Wingate (BankSocial). Links related to this episode: NACUSO: https://www.nacuso.org/ Messick, Lauer & Smith: https://www.cusolaw.com/ Our prior conversation with Lamont Black: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/822/Stoking-the-Flames Lamont Black’s resource-rich webpage: https://lamontblack.com/ Leeman Baird’s company Hedera: https://hedera.com/ Our prior conversation with John Wingate: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/829/A-Lone-Star-Lighting-the-Crypto-Path BankSocial:: https://www.banksocial.io/ Check out the CU Crypto Report, a crowdsourced data analysis of how CU members are already engaging with cryptocurrency. Now accepting volunteers to contribute anonymized data to our 2023 report: https://www.cucrypto.report/ Follow the Best Inn
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Amplifying Credit Unions’ Message of Safety
28/03/2023 Duração: 32minAmplify Credit Union CEO Kendall Garrison shares thoughts on running a fee-free shop, explains why CU members need not be overly fearful of an SVB situation, and why conveying that message requires finesse. Also- the Godot Recession, and a skewed definition of small banks. Links related to this episode: Amplify Credit Union’s Fee-Free approach: https://www.goamplify.com/fee-free/ Reuters’ reporting on “small bank” deposit losses: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-large-bank-deposits-rose-week-after-svb-collapse-fed-data-2023-03-24/ Our prior episode untangling the SVB mess: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/865/Silicon-Valley-Bank-through-a-Credit-Union-Lens Fox Business shines a light on credit union safety: https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/how-safe-credit-unions-bank-turmoil Join us on Wednesday March 29 at Noon ET/9am PT (note the earlier time) as we celebrate the 100th episode of our live, interactive CU Town Hall. We’re marking the occasion with an appearance by not
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Silicon Valley Bank, through a Credit Union Lens
21/03/2023 Duração: 44minNow that the dust has settled (a little), John and Glen unspool the SVB and Signature Bank crises and what they mean for CUs. Also- John's already getting into arguments with ChatGPT-4. Links related to this episode: Our earlier episode on ChatGPT’s promise and peril: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/859/ChatGPT-Don%E2%80%99t-You-Just-Love-It CUNA’s rapid response webpage with resources to help CUs communicate with members and media on the banking crisis: https://news.cuna.org/articles/print/122240-cuna-launches-page-with-bank-collapse-response-resources The NY Times “Hard Fork” podcast covering ChatGPT-4 and the “group chat bank run”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-fork/id1528594034?i=1000604620320 Another twist in the SVB saga: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/svb-collapse-peter-thiel-silicon-valley- Join us on Wednesday March 29 at Noon ET/9am PT (note the earlier time) as we celebrate the 100th episode of our live, interactive CU Town Hall. We
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Bowled Over- CUs and Crypto, a Year Later
14/03/2023 Duração: 35minOne year removed from the Crypto Bowl, Glen connects with NYDIG’s Rahm McDaniel to assess what has and hasn’t changed for credit unions and members. Also- trying (and failing) to avoid addressing Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate and USDC. Links related to this episode: NYDIG: https://nydig.com/ Our earlier interview with Becky Reed of Lone Star CU and John Wingate of BankSocial: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/829/A-Lone-Star-Lighting-the-Crypto-Path CU 2.0’s Fintech Madness, Thursday March 30: https://cu-2.com/fintech-madness/ NACUSO Network Conference, March 27-29: https://www.nacuso.org/conferences/2023-nacuso-network/information/ Check out the CU Crypto Report, a crowdsourced data analysis of how CU members are already engaging with cryptocurrency. Now accepting volunteers to contribute anonymized data to the 2023 report: https://www.cucrypto.report/ Follow the Best Innovation Group on Twitter: @bigfintech Follow Glen on Twitter @154Advisors Follow John on Twitter @jbfint
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CUNA GAC- New Wheels, New Rails
07/03/2023 Duração: 41minGlen shares key takeaways from CUNA’s just-completed Government Affairs Conference, including interviews with CUNA’s economics team on their business outlook and hard data proving the CU advantage in auto lending, as well as the FedNow team on the mid-year rollout of a new set of payment rails. Also, NCR Digital Banking President Doug Brown on his unit’s momentum amid a company split. (Photo courtesy of CUNA and EPNAC) Links related to this episode: CUNA’s Economic Data: https://www.cuna.org/advocacy/credit-union---economic-data/data---statistics.html FedNow: https://explore.fednow.org/ NCR Digital Banking: https://www.ncr.com/banking/digital-banking CUNA GAC: https://www.cuna.org/events/gac/schedule.html BIG’s Innovation Club convenes thought leaders across the credit union movement several times each year, engaging in educational and innovative projects leveraging new technology- from robotic process automation to distributed ledger, conversational banking, machine learning and more- to addr
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The Strategic Stop: An Undervalued Skill
28/02/2023 Duração: 31minMaps Credit Union COO Rachel Pross shares business takeaways from a recent outdoor adventure that veered off script. Also, a big 2019 payments deal gets unwound, and Glen rants about recession. Links related to this episode: Rachel’s article on the business lessons of her ill-fated mountain trek: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7029157770209746944/ Maps Credit Union: https://mapscu.com/ Payment Dive’s coverage of FIS’s Worldpay spinoff: https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/fis-spin-off-merchant-unit-worldpay-earnings-acquisitions-mergers/642594/ Anne Legg’s “Big Data, Big Climb”: https://www.anneleggthrive.com/buy-the-book The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow: https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow BIG’s Innovation Club convenes thought leaders across the credit union movement several times each year, engaging in educational and innovative projects leveraging new technology- from robotic process automation to distributed ledger, conversational banking, machine learning and more-
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ChatGPT: Don’t You Just Love It?
21/02/2023 Duração: 39minListen, man… ChatGPT shares its thoughts on junk fees, and John and Glen share their thoughts on ChatGPT- which have become more guarded given recent revelations. Also, why have the hands become AI’s Achilles’ heel? Links related to this episode: John’s January CU Town Hall demo of ChatGPT illustrating its credit union potential: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQljOyr7tXY Our BIG blog posts highlighting some of ChatGPT’s fun and foibles: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/Blog/ArticleID/856/Our-ChatGPT-Poem%20is-Funny-and-Illuminating The New York Times’ coverage of “The Online Search Wars” that shifted the chatbot narrative: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html The 2013 film “Her” is looking mighty prescient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(film) This CNN story about Microsoft Bing damage control was posted less than an hour after we recorded our episode: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/tech/microsoft-bing-ai-changes BIG’s Innovation Club c
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Phoenix without the Football
14/02/2023 Duração: 35minGlen’s visit to Deluxe Exchange- during Super Bowl week!- scores interviews covering the future workforce, a small business inflection point, an acceleration in payment speed, and an unexpected jolt of economic optimism. Links related to this episode: Deluxe Exchange: https://www.deluxe.com/ Barlow Research: https://barlowresearch.com/index.php Kelly Palmer’s book “The Expertise Economy”: https://www.amazon.com/Expertise-Economy-smartest-companies-learning-ebook/dp/B078W5VTCN The US Faster Payments Council: https://fasterpaymentscouncil.org/ Check out the CU Crypto Report- This newly issued report leverages anonymized, crowdsourced CU data to illuminate how credit union members fit into the cryptocurrency movement and what role CUs can play. Get your free copy here: https://www.cucrypto.report/ Follow the Best Innovation Group on Twitter: @bigfintech Follow Glen on Twitter @154Advisors Follow John on Twitter @jbfintech
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Crashing - and Soaring- at CUNA GAC
07/02/2023 Duração: 45minGlen’s pre-gaming for CUNA’s Government Affairs Conference includes interviews with CUNA’s Chief Product Officer Todd Spiczenski about this year‘s priorities, and Filene’s Community Development Director Cortney Arnold about the storied history of the GAC Crasher program. Links related to this episode: CUNA GAC: https://www.cuna.org/events/cuna_governmentalaffairsconference2023.html The Filene Research Institute’s 2023 Crasher cohort: https://filene.org/crashthegac-2023 Our interview with the Ukrainian Self-Reliance Credit Union following last year’s emotional GAC presentation: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/810/Financial-Lifeline-Ukraine The CFPB’s statement on banking “junk fees”: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-issues-guidance-to-help-banks-avoid-charging-illegal-junk-fees-on-deposit-accounts/ The White House’s broader statement on an initiative to combat these fees across sectors: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/blog/2022/10/26/the-presiden
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Crypto and Credit Unions - By the Numbers
31/01/2023 Duração: 32minGlen interviews John about the newly released CU Crypto Report, and insights on members’ crypto engagement that can be gleaned from analyzing data across a dozen credit unions. Links related to this episode: The CU Crypto Report- Download a copy, add your CU’s data to the mix, and/or find out more about John’s new book: https://www.cucrypto.report/ Glen’s Credit Union Magazine article on the early crypto movers among credit unions: https://news.cuna.org/articles/121324-connecting-via-crypto Last summer’s interview with CEO Becky Reed about Lone Star Credit Union’s unique self-custody crypto launch: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/829/A-Lone-Star-Lighting-the-Crypto-Path Check out the next CU Town Hall Wednesday February 1- Join us for our live and lively hour-long interactive discussion of the top issues facing credit unions. Held alternate Wednesdays at 3pm ET/Noon PT. Request an invitation here: https://www.cutownhall.com/ Follow the Best Innovation Group on Twitter: @bigfi
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Have We Reached the Quantum Breaking Point?
24/01/2023 Duração: 36minJohn and Glen interview computer security expert Roger Grimes about reports of an imminent Quantum Break that could render all cryptography and existing password protections obsolete, and how the intrigue has echoes of the 1960s Space Race. Links related to this episode: Roger Grimes’ recent post on the Quantum Break: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2472644-has-the-quantum-break-just-happened?from_forum=193 A somewhat different perspective from the Guardian: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/14/computers-need-to-make-a-quantum-leap-before-they-can-crack-encrypted-messages Roger’s book on the Cryptography Apocalypse: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptography-Apocalypse-Preparing-Quantum-Computing/dp/1119618193#customerReviews Roger’s company KnowBe4: https://www.knowbe4.com/ Check out the CU Town Hall Wednesday January 25th - Join us for our live and lively hour-long interactive discussion of the top issues facing credit unions. Held alternate Wednesdays at 3pm ET/Noon PT. Reque
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FTX and the Real Keys to Crypto
18/01/2023 Duração: 29minGlen speaks with PSCU’s crypto strategist Lou Grilli about what the FTX debacle means for credit unions, and likely paths forward. Also- ChatGPT blows minds (and creates a Crypto poem!) and Washington weighs in on digital assets. Links related to this episode: A replay of our January 11 CU Town Hall on ChatGPT: https://www.cutownhall.com/ Lou Grilli’s CUInsight piece on the impact of FTX’s collapse on credit unions: https://www.cuinsight.com/thoughts-on-the-ftx-collapse/ Registration link for Lou’s January 25 CU Times webcast on CU crypto strategies: https://www.cutimes.com/2022/12/21/how-the-collapse-of-ftx-impacts-credit-union-crypto-strategies/ Lou also recommends this Finopotamus article: https://www.finopotamus.com/post/credit-union-experts-comment-on-ftx-collapse-the-future-of-crypto-and-how-cu-s-can-benefit January’s joint statement on crypto by the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve: https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23002a.pdf Politico’s article on plans for a Congressional cryp
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Fintech Predictions for 2023
10/01/2023 Duração: 45minIn our annual Prognostication Episode John Best flags an imminent Quantum Break, Anne Legg confronts shrinkflation, John Janclaes ponders employee burnout and Glen Sarvady charts FedNow’s road ahead. Also discussions of tech layoffs, the battle for deposits, SMBs’ health, and an even wilder than usual set of Bitcoin price predictions. Links related to this episode: JPM Chase’s SMB Business Leaders Outlook: https://www.jpmorgan.com/commercial-banking/insights/us-business-leaders-outlook McKinsey article on employee burnout: https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/addressing-employee-burnout-are-you-solving-the-right-problem Thrive Strategic Services: https://www.anneleggthrive.com/ The CEO Corner: http://theceocorner.com/ Nymbus: https://nymbus.com/ Roger’s recent post on the Quantum Break: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2472644-has-the-quantum-break-just-happened?from_forum=193 Roger Grimes’ book on the Cryptography Apocalypse: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptography-Apocalypse-Preparing-Qu