Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

This holiday, don't head to the picnic, the fireworks or the parade without us. Bankadelic brings you a stars-and-stripes studded cast to talk about banking life, liberty and the pusuit of happiness as only they can. Join ourJuly 4 freedom fighters as they sign the patriotic praises of banking nid-2026 style:

Brian Bodell, CEO, Movemint

Emily Call, CMO, Nuuvia

John Gordon, CEO, ValidiFi

Chris Poor, VP - Strategic Solutions, Quinte Financial

While artificial intelligence promises an exciting future for financial services, the fact is that it’s very much a work in progress in the present. Jon Tvrdik, Founder and CEO of WaveCX, walks us through how his platform is driving smart audience engagement for financial institutions and their partners in a level-headed, direct way.

Depending on whose view you subscribe to, agentic AI is either the breakthrough banks have been waiting for in operations (and customer service), or the perennial solution in search of a problem. Join our three fintech rockstars as the get to the bottom of what agentic AI means in 2026—and whey the hype pits justification versus a lack of tech realization.

Every bank needs to pay attention to the balance sheet but what makes many happy returns possible? Energized employees in a thriving culture provide without a doubt the x-factor that allows a financial institution to succeed and outperform its less culture-centric peers. Anthony J. Labozzetta, President and CEO of Provident Financial Services and Provident Bank, discusses how his regional puts culture first, which makes it easy then truly put customers first and expand the bank’s ever-growing footprint.

On this episode Sean Mallean, Head of Global Innovation at NCR Atleos, makes a strong case for how an older technology -- edge computing -- can team up with a mighty mini version of todays LLMs -- the small language model -- to produce better banking results for financial institutions. Add in biometrics to reduce friction and you're looking at a vision of banking that best serves customers and employees alike.

EPISODE 231: HOW A PERSONAL LOAN PLATFORM USED AI TO TRANSFORM ITS BUSINESS by Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

It's hard to imagine (go ahead and try) a fintech veteran with as much combined common sense, wisdom and experience as Tom Shen. In this episode, the second of two parts, Tom sets us straight on how winning companies will treat AI as much more than a technology--and make the links to people and purpose as part of a savvy plan, not an afterthought. Check out Episode 228 for more of Tom's thoughts on the state of fintech in 2026.

Whether it was our 200th episode celebration, Valentine’s Day or japes at the expense of guests who didn’t deserve it, Bankadelic’s Not Ready for Prime Rate Players crashed many an episode under the pretense of providing humor to the proceedings. It’s all in the spirit of “the colourful side of finance,” and on this recap we hear from Mrs. Cockney, The Funk LLM All-Stars, Elmo the Gentleman Farmer and a few too many times from Johnny Da Big—including a rare Money 2020 bootleg where he explains the goombah origins of fintech. An episode not to be missed, unless you have much more valuable things to do with your time … like shampooing the rug.

Tom Shen may be the most knowldgeable fintech veteran out there; he's a successful entrepreneur who sits on the boards of three companies and has guided strategy with uncommon wosdom and humility. So what does this self-described "chief dabler monkey" name as the top priority for financial services in 2026? Tom wastes no time giving us the answer and defending it in depth. This is the first of a two part Bankadelic special.

While LLMs and AI have changed the financial services landscape for good, there’s not so much talk about how to improve the manageability of these resources so they can work better for banks. Titan AI founder and CEO Arjun Sirrah explains how his New York-based company has built its technology based on an effective three-prong model — security, explainability and domain specificity — that’s accessible to all financial institutions, right down to the regional and community bank level.