BIGcast

In this episode of BIGCast C-Suite Edition, John Janclaes is joined by Dr. Brandi Stankovic, SVP of Engagement and Consulting of CU Solutions Group. Listen in as Brandi tells us about the words she lives by in her career – Learn. Love. Kick A**. Brandi also shares her advice on what to keep in mind as young emerging leaders advance in their careers.

Relevant links:

Brandi’s book, The Strategic MVP:  http://www.thestrategicmvp.com/index.html

Brandi’s podcast, The Strategic Hotbox:  http://www.strategichotbox.com/index.html

Our second batch of AXFI Conference coverage includes interviews with Killer FinTech contestants Alpharank (the Innovation Club choice for Best in Show) and Suitebox, Glen’s attempt to explain hashgraph in under 10 minutes with Swirlds’ technical lead, and John’s bizarre obsession with Brian Ley.

Alpharank’s recent Finovate presentation: http://finovate.com/videos/finovatespring-2017-alpharank/

Suitebox’s website: https://www.suitebox.com/

Swirlds’ website: https://www.swirlds.com/

The AXFI Conference website: http://www.axficonference.com/

Connect with John on Twitter @jbfintech

Connect with Glen on Twitter @154advisors

John and Glen convene at the AXFI Conference to talk innovation, share interviews with standout Killer FinTech Speed Round presenters CU RateReset, Lendified and Pricerazzi, and dissect the BIG band’s Sunday night set.

Lendified’s website: https://www.lendifiedplatform.com/

Pricerazzi’s website: https://www.pricerazzi.com/

CU Rate Reset’s website: http://www.curatereset.com/

The AXFI Conference website: http://www.axficonference.com/

Connect with John on Twitter: @JBFintech

Connect with Glen on Twitter @154Advisors

Billy Parish, Founder and CEO of Mosaic, the largest financier of home solar electricity in the US, joins John to discuss Billy’s book “Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money and Community in a Changing World.” Now that solar has become cheaper than traditional utilizes in 32 states, Billy and John explore all of the reasons why it is a smart move for Credit Unions to offer solar loans.

Description: Glen talks with Rob Viglione, Co-Founder of blockchain platform ZenCash, about their public and private model, why they’re not pursuing an ICO, and the recent “51% attack” against them. Also, the latest on GDPR and Visa’s Fretful Friday.

The ZenCash website: https://zencash.com/ 

More detail on “51% attacks”: https://www.ethnews.com/zencash-attacks-reveal-security-concerns-over-privacy-coins

Wired’s story on Visa’s EU outage: https://www.wired.com/story/visa-outage-shows-the-fragility-of-global-payments/

This episode is sponsored by OnApproach

David Hilger and Michael Bryan of Allied Solutions join John Best to discuss big data disruption. Learn about the implementation of OnApproach at Allied Solutions. Listen in as John, David and Michael discuss big ideas surrounding big data, including the effect autonomous cars will have on the insurance industry; winners and losers in big data transformation from Amazon to Blockbuster; and the untapped potential of big data within the health care industry. 

This episode is brought to you by OnApproach.

Relevant Links:

www.axficonference.com - Join BIG and OnApproach June 10th-13th in Minneapolis MN.

www.onapproach.com

John Janclaes is joined this week by Bill Partin, CEO of Sharon View Credit Union to discuss the credit union’s journey to transform their growth. Learn how Sharon View harnessed new technology to completely revolutionize services for their members while still retaining their focus on the heart of their Credit Union – the branch.

Description:

Paul Ablack, CEO of OnApproach, a CUSO focused on collaborative analytics, joins host John Best in an exploration of data lakes. Learn how Credit Unions can work together through OnApproach Caspian in order to harness the power of the OnApproach 360 data lake. 

This episode is sponsored by OnApproach.

In This Episode:

• Explore how the coordination of a collaborative data lake can open up the possibilities of big data for your Credit Union 
• Paul discusses how OnApproach’s new collaboration with Allied Insurance is expanding the collaborative data lake 
• Security of your data lake - what you need to know. 

Relevant Links: 

• Learn more about OnApproach Caspian at www.onapproach.com 
• Join BIG and OnApproach at the AXFI Conference June 10th-13th in Minneapolis, MN www.axficonference.com. 
• John Best’s new book Breaking Digital Gridlock on Amazon 

John and Glen get a rare chance to connect in person at Trellance's inaugural Immersion18 conference, chatting with CU 2.0's Kirk Drake as well as Canh Tran of fraud analytics trailblazer
Rippleshot. Plus Glen recaps Atlanta's FinTech South conference, including a discussion of EY's FinTech Adoption Index.

Links related to this week's episode:

Trellance's thought leadership site The Payments Review, including coverage of the CUSO's Immersion conference:  http://www.thepaymentsreview.com/immersion18-served-up-insights-on-fraud-cybercrime-and-the-world-of-payments

Kirk Drake's Credit Union 2.0 site: https://cu-2.com/ 

Card fraud analytics firm Rippleshot: http://www.rippleshot.com/

EY's FinTech site, including the FinTech Adoption Index report along with other content: http://www.ey.com/gl/en/industries/financial-services/ey-fintech

Glen queues up six conversations from NACHA’s Payments conference, extending well beyond ACH. His on-site chats include Blockchain-based journalism startup Civil, fraud fighter NICE Actimize, and twists on existing models from Ingo Money and Deluxe eChecks.