John and Glen chat with Brian Lauer, who has helped more than 100 Credit Union Service Organizations set up shop, about his new book and why he believes CUSOs hold the key to credit union fintech breakthroughs.

 Hurricanes be damned, BAI Beacon blew into Orlando last week with a focus on fintech and innovation. Glen shares interviews on BAI’s 2019 banking outlook, with game-ification trailblazer Launchfire, PKM partner Terry Ammons on vendor risk management, and BIG’s own Elizabeth Robins on the Global Innovation Award nod for BIG’s FIVE platform.

John Best chats with Mance Harmon, CEO and Co-founder of Hedera Hashgraph. Join John and Mance as they explain how Hedera Hashgraph is working to use the hashgraph algorithm to create the first public network. Learn about Hedera’s history, Hashgraph’s strengths and weaknesses, and what sets it apart from blockchain. Finally, peek into the future with their views on where hashgraph, blockchain and cryptocurrency are headed next.

John Janclaes speaks with Dean Hallet, Leadership facilitator and former CFO of The Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox, to speak about his professional journey, digital transformation at an enterprise level, and his tenants of ‘authentic leadership’.

Glen shares highlights from last week’s Finovate conference in NYC, which featured solutions geared toward every age segment across consumer finance. Includes on-site interviews with standouts SMRT SVR, Bucket, Ninth Wave and Best of Show winner Golden.

Links related to this podcast:

Finovate’s main site, including presenter demo videos: https://finovate.com/videos/

Bucket: http://buckettechnologies.com/

Golden: https://www.joingolden.com/

Ninth Wave: https://ninth-wave.com/

SMRT SVR: http://www.smrtsvr.com/

Our March BIGCast from Finovate London, including an interview with the Open Banking Project: http://www.big-fintech.com/Media/BIGcast/ArticleID/86

News of Fiserv’s acquisition of parts of payment processor Elan:  http://www.paymentsjournal.com/fiserv-buys-pieces-parts-of-elan-financial-services-in-a-busy-ma-week/

As always, you can reach Glen Sarvady via email [email protected] or on Twitter @154Advisors

Contact John Best at [email protected] or on Twitter @JBFintech

John and Glen discuss crypto's crash, Uber's Cash, Webster's newfound love for FinTech, and other hot industry topics.

John Best chats with Jeremy Pinard and John Listak from Alliant Credit Union to learn all about Alliant’s experience in building their own custom Lending Management System.

 In this episode, explore the pros and cons of build versus buy. Hear tried and tested tips from Jeremy and John as they detail the agile process their team undertook, and weigh in on their successes and challenges. Finally, learn how Alliant’s partnership with FICO and their use of the OMDM (Originator Management Decision Module) product has allowed Alliant to fully focus their energies on user experience in a consistent and simple way.

Glen chats with BAI's Byron Marshall about his firm's latest research on FI cross selling and new account opening. Also, Glen shares some warning flags on auto lending from the recent GCUA Idea Institute and engages in a bit of Bitcoin gloating.

Aonghus O’hEocha, CEO of Irish blockchain startup Bitcub, sits down with John Best this week to speak about the pathways available for credit unions in the blockchain space. John and Aonghus discuss how blockchain could be instrumental in strengthening the joint worldwide credit union community, and how collaboration and resource sharing can speed up that reality.

Explore how Bitcub’s unique AI will aid significantly with cross border same day transfers. Additionally, learn more about Bitcub’s model, their unique token, as well as their pre-sale and ICO journey.

And finally, John and Aonghus break down some of the Blockchain industry’s specific terminology to get you up to speed.

Relevant Links:

John’s book, “Breaking Digital Gridlock”: www.breakingdigitalgridlock.com

Bitcub: Www.bitcub.net

Contact Aonghus: [email protected]

In this episode of The BIGCast C-Suite Edition, John Janclaes sits down with Gene Zaino of MBO Partners to talk about the present and future of America’s independent workforce. Explore why your organization will benefit from tapping into this ‘constellation of resources’ that are available to you when you need them the most. Learn why this corner of the workforce is growing at three times the rate of the traditional workforce, and become educated on the risks and regulations that might be at play for your organization.