Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

Remember when they said radio was dead? Then vinyl? Just like those forms of music, cash has yet to be replaced in a high-tech banking sphere. Tom Jordan, the VP Sales Manager at Avivatech, walks us through the case for cash and how cash and check automation management can help financial institutions make the most of consumer resources across the board.

The ugly truth about the phrase “financial inclusion” is that it’s become more of a catchphrase than a commitment for many financial institutions. Anthony Sharett of Pathward discusses how his company’s Banking as a Service suite — and its brick-and-mortar origins dating to 1954 — make for a unique combination. The South Dakota-based FI addresses small business and consumer needs and stresses solid, positive relationships, even if it means turning difficult clients away.

For banks, the Gig Economy represents more than just a side hustle: It’s an opportunity to build the fabric of communities and bring stability to rollercoaster finances. On this episode, Lindsay Hodges of BankiFi talks about how her company is striving to complement technology that makes things seamless for all parties — and in the process, spreads the opportunities for financial success all the way around.

It’s Stars and Stripes and Fintech forever on this first-ever Independence Day special episode of Bankadelic. Our seven stars (and stripes) discuss a variety of topics riffing on the themes of freedom and “a more perfect union” — an engaging, wide-ranging chat that embraces topics from artificial intelligence to customer engagement and much, much more…. Our signers of the Declaration:

Stephen Baker, CEO, Kinective    

David Benskin, CEO, Wealth Access

Paul Davis, Director of Market Intelligence, SRM

Liz Flowers, Head of Client Success, Lenders Cooperative

Lisa Gold Schier, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at ASA

Barry Kirby, CRO, Union Credit

Lee Long, Chief Experience Officer, HC3

Small- and medium-sized businesses are a huge lending market that's hugely overlooked. Will Tumulty, CEO of Rapid Financial Services, talks about the needs small business owners face and describes how his company is working to meet those needs and in the process, combine smart technology and smarter customer interaction to redefine how SMB lending is done.

For the first time, Bankadelic airs an episode taped in a combo sauna-podcast booth. Leave it to Monika Liikamaa, co-founder and co-CEO at Finland-based Enfuce, to bring on the heat. Her company didn't become Europe's leading Cards-as-a-Service fully cloud-based provider by pussyfooting. Nor does Monikka mince words, including the f-bombs dropped during this taping. Many were edited, but quite a few remain, so listener discretion is advised. What else to expect from a contrarian maverick spotted on the floor of Money 20/20 wearing a t-shirt that says "Get shit done"? Special thanks to Dave Wallace of "Dave and Dharm Demystify" fo co-hosting the episode.

In the third of four episodes taped at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Alina Timofeeva, Principal at London’s Oliver Wyman Digital Practice, shares her incredible personal and professional journey. Beginning as a Russian emigre knocking on the doors of countless employers, she’s risen to a Digital Transformation and Rising Star award winner at the 2021 Diversity in Tech Awards. Her views on topics from payments to fraud are razor sharp, and on the latter topic she’s got personal experience as well. Alina shares how she beat fraudsters in a case that made headlines in the UK. An unforgettable interview and a highlight of Bankadelic’s European adventure.

In the second of four episodes taped at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Ani Sane, Co-founder & Chief Business Officer at TerraPay, talks about the philosophy that drives his business as it provides global, B2B real-time cross-border payments. Financial inclusion is a big part of the picture, as are the ideals of keeping it simple, staying hungry and staying humble.

In the first of four episodes taped at Money 20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, Bankadelic host Lou Carlozo and The Money Pot’s Rachel Morrissey present this exclusive interview with Michael Stroev, COO & Head of Product at Nebeus in Barcelona. Stroev goes in-depth to explain the untapped potential of banking at the crossroads of crypto, and how his company’s app and desktop platform are out to change finance, especially at the intersection of Web 3.0

Once again, the Bankadelic Lifeguards invite you to wax up your surfboards, grab your beach chairs and kick back for our Second Annual Endless Summer Special. Join our seven special guests as they discuss everything from the bright shiny future of fintech to their favorite summer songs (including one that three of our beach bums picked).

The guests:

Loughlin Cleary, president, Lenders Cooperative

Abrar Huq, Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Arteria AI

Kevin Hurwitz, Managing Partner, Praxent

Vlad Lounegov, CEO, Mbanq

Kevin Lutts, Business Development Executive, True Stage Solutions

Shelly Nischbach, SVP, Verification Leader, Equifax Workforce Solutions

Ted Westhelle, director, North America, Mambu