Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers

In order for both community banking and fintechs to succeed, we are all going to need to work together in mutually beneficial relationships. Today, we are continuing our look at the ICBA/Venture Center's ThinkTECH Accelerator cohorts and how they bring efficiencies to the community banking industry. In addition, we have fintech executives and a banker on to give their perspectives on this topic as well as discuss how fintech lending, in particular, and community banks can coexist.

We have Barclay Keith and Chris Johnson from Artis and Matt Gallman from Drummonds Bank in Florida.

To learn more about Artis, check out their website at https://heyartis.com/

For more on Drummonds Bank, check out https://www.drummondbank.com/

And, as always, we thank ICBA Securities for their sponsorship and be sure to check them out at https://www.icbasecurities.com/

Today we are kicking off a series focusing on the cohorts of the ICBA/Venture Center ThinkTECH Accelerator. We'll be not only highlighting the companies but striving to understand the value and efficiencies these companies bring to the community banking industry. In addition, I hope you hear how these companies "get" community banking. It's impressive to hear.

AgentIQ kicks this off and their system, in many ways, duplicates the branch experience in your app while maintaining every aspect of the personal relationships we value. It's impressive.

To learn more about them, check out their website at https://agentiq.com/ or email Soren at [email protected]

Don't forget to check out our sponsor, ICBA Securities, at https://www.icbasecurities.com/

"The Potency of the Possible..." When Fed Gov Miki Bowman said that during Regulator Day at the ICBA/Venture Center ThinkTECH, I floored because, to me, that encapsulates the relationship between fintech and community banks. It's scary (in a good way) to think about that potency of what's possible when banks and fintech work together and leverage the best of both parties.

Wayne is the Executive Director of the Venture Center and is a leading voice in the fintech space. We're kicking off a series highlighting some of the 2021 Cohorts for the ICBA/Venture Center ThinkTECH Accelerator program and how they bring efficiencies to banks. I hope you enjoy the series as much as I enjoyed recording it.

Check out the Venture Center at https://www.venturecenter.co/

and thanks to our sponsor, ICBA Securities, for their support! Check them out at https://www.icbasecurities.com/

Lending, no matter what the environment we are in, is always going to be crucial to the bank's success. At some point, even with technology, we are going to have to determine cash flow or understand how the spreading software arrived at its conclusions. Some things are just that fundamental. Richard Hamm has been a long time instructor for Barret in credit as well as several state associations, the RMA, the ABA, etc. When it comes to credit and credit education, he's one of the best there is. We catch up with him today to talk about what's going on in community banks in terms of their lending.

To register for our Commercial Lending Academy led by Richard, check out https://barretbanking.org/landings/cla/

Also, don't forget to check out our sponsor, ICBA Securities, and we thank them for their support of the podcast. https://www.icbasecurities.com/

If you've been in any level of retail banking, switching customer accounts can be one of the most frustrating parts of the job...for banker and customer alike. ClickSWITCH has a solution for that that not only makes it easier but delivers some tangible efficiencies to the bank's bottom line...and that is where we want to see the magic happen.

Be sure to check out ClickSWITCH at https://www.clickswitch.com/

and check out our sponsor, ICBA Securities, at https://www.icbasecurities.com/

Don't know about anyone else, but part of my early training involved Mystery Shopping. I learned more about product and brand differentiation doing that than anything else. Sadly, I haven't heard that much about it in a few years until Paul Nunn brought it up in some conversations we had for our previous episode. I had to bring him back on and go into mystery shopping a little bit more.

Check out Paul out at https://www.pinnaclefinancialstrategies.com/

and don't forget our sponsor, ICBA Securities, athttps://www.icbasecurities.com/

For the past several years, Barret has been sponsoring the Chairmen's Forum along with Gerrish Smith Tuck in Naples, Florida every year. On today's episode, we have Phillip Smith and Greyson Tuck from the firm to recap some of the takeaways from this year's Forum. It's a great insight into what is on the minds of banking executives as they approach 2021.

Be sure to check out Gerrish Smith Tuck at http://gerrish.com/ as well as our sponsor, ICBA Securities at https://www.icbasecurities.com/

Jim Reber, CEO of ICBA Securities, is back today to give us his industry update.

Check out https://www.icbasecurities.com/ for more information

Today we're taking a look another look at technology and efficiencies in the high-risk business markets. It's a fact that many community banks have to deal with the economic realities of their local communities and, in many communities, that means MRB's, MSB's, and other traditionally high risk customers. Join us today as we talk with Justin Fischer of RiskScout about a wide range of topics from cannabis production and what the farmers are having to deal with to finding efficiencies in handling compliance intensive customers.

Check out RiskScout at: https://www.riskscout.com/

And don't forget to visit our sponsor, ICBA Securities at: https://www.icbasecurities.com/

We are in a brave new world and training our bankers is becoming an ever increasing challenge. Yet, at the same time, it is becoming more of a requirement in order to build culture and retention. Paul Nunn, with Pinnacle Financial Strategies is our guest today and he's got some great insights on this topic that I think you'll enjoy.

Check Pinnacle out at https://www.pinnaclefinancialstrategies.com/

Also, don't forget to check out our sponsor, ICBA Securities at https://www.icbasecurities.com/