Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

A recognized fintech leader, Patrick Sells isn’t afraid to wear his heart on his hat or talk about love in connection with financial services innovation. This Bankadelic regular and true maverick stops back to tell us about co-founding True Digital Group, his adventures on the company’s promotional bus, and how he’s working to create seamless connections between vendors and financial institutions, including credit unions.

On this episode, Wealth Access founder and CEO David Benskin takes us through how his company works to help banks utilize the data that can transform clients' lives. But there’s much more to it than just the shiny new toys of fintech. Benskin shares the unique values of Wealth Access — “Listen, Learn and Lead” among them — that have helped his business succeed and stand out in a crowded marketplace.

When customers’ needs aren’t met, financial institutions may have the answers as close as their own stockpiles of data. Trouble is, those often go unused or get under-utilized. Preetha Pulusani, the CEO of Deep Target, explains how community banks and other financial institutions can take a step in the right direction towards knowing their customers better -- and drive growth at the same time through a unique digital experience platform known as Growth as a Service (GRaaS).

It’s too easy to dismiss bank statements as those things people get in the mail once a month and throw out before the open them. Truth is, customers turn to them again and again, online or otherwise — and there’s tremendous potential in what they can convey to bolster financial wellness. Tori VanCura-Rutland, HC3’s Chief Growth Officer, takes us through how bank statements can stand out and drive business … as well as how her fabulous ballet background informs the work she does in fintech.

After three years, Bankadelic gets a new theme song! Enjoy this track, a funhouse mirror combination of James Bond theme, '60s pop and the playground mind of our podcast host. Thanks to Chuck Harling for drums; Lou Carlozo on everything else.

Just in time for April Fools Day. ... Pulitzer finalist journalist, frustrated comic, suspect voice actor and Bankadelic host Lou Carlozo rounds up 18 of the oddest, dumbest and weirdest moments from his podcast vault. Join the unusual gang of Billie Holliday impersonators, executioners, Dad-joke morons and anyone else Lou could convince to stop by and give his otherwise serious banking show a badly-needed comedic lift. Note: No party animals were harmed in the making of this program.

As a last-minute fill-in for Beyonce and her entourage, Bankadelic — nay, Prankadelic — brings you six guests from the fintech/banking world to talk about how the naysayers were fooled, what kind of distractions fooled the industry, and what gives cause for a giddy kind of optimism. Special thanks to our newest sponsor, George Santos, who underwrote this episode with his inheritance funds from the Steve Jobs estate.

Michael Ball, SVP Markets and Strategy, IMM

Amy Berger, Vice President, Solutions Specialist, Teslar Software

Jason Tinder, Head of Marketing, TabaPay

Susan Harden, Senior Solution Consultant, Mambu

Keith Riddle, CEO of the Americas, BankiFi

Todd Robertson, SVP of Business Development, ARGO

Were regulators asleep at the wheel? Did bankers get greedy for yield? Did depositors succumb to gossip and panic? Making sense of Silicon Valley Bank’s spectacular failure isn’t easy, which is why Bankadelic called in an industry expert: Chris Aliotta, the president and CEO of Quantalytix. Does Chris stick his neck out? No doubt — but with well-reasoned arguments and analysis to back up his views.

Though payment cards have been around for generations, the demands of today’s consumers, and huge leaps in technology, force financial institutions to keep up with the times. On this episode, Corserv CEO Anil Goyal takes us under the hood of how his organization has established a top-flight reputation in the space — and how fintech startups across the board can set themselves up for success.

On this episode, Kard founder-CEO Ben Mackinnon takes us through the journey of how a homespun idea to collect his bank card and vendor rewards offers led him to launch a business with 14 million users and climbing. As the first platform to operate in the Rewards as a Service sphere, Kard helps banks and card issuers build rewards programs with thousands of brand and retailer offers.