The Financial Experience Podcast for Banks, Credit Unions, and Fintech

By Hunter Young

What's The Financial Experience Podcast for Banks, Credit Unions, and Fintech about?

The Financial Experience Podcast is dedicated to telling the stories of people and companies who are changing the financial world. Hosted by Hunter Young, Founder and President of HiFi Agency.

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The Financial Experience Podcast for Banks, Credit Unions, and Fintech episodes:

12.11.2023
Deepfakes and Deepening Relationships via Call Centers
Gaelan Woolham, director of Capco, joined the podcast to discuss his unique insight into the world of deep fakes and AI frauds in the financial world.
08.23.2023
An Engine To Drive Data and Digitalization in Banking
Phill Rosen, CTO and Business Leader of MoneyLion, joins Hunter to discuss some of the changes digitalization is bringing to the financial world.
08.09.2023
Making Payday, Every Day
Nico Simko, CEO and co-founder of Clair, wanted to find a better way for employees to be paid, so they weren’t having to wait weeks to see their money. By the end of 2019, Nico had figured out how to...
07.27.2023
Getting VIP Treatment from Your Credit Card
Carlo Cisco, CEO and founder of Select, joins Hunter to discuss his unique and luxurious approach to traditional banking cards.
06.26.2023
Fixing the 401k: More Personal, More Choice, More Control
Eliza Arnold, a co-founder of ARNIE, joins Hunter to discuss how she has worked to find a better and more personalized way for people to invest.
06.12.2023
The Next Wave of Embedded Finance
Riaz Syed, CEO and founder of Infinant, joined Hunter to share some key insights into how embedded finance is changing the financial world.
05.25.2023
Enriching Customers' Financial Lives with Proactive (Not Reactive) Data
Hunter's latest guest, David Benskin, founder and CEO of Wealth Access, saw a need to improve balance sheet management and knew he could create a clearer and more digitized method.
04.20.2023
What Prompts the Power of AI?
Ryan Favro is the Managing Principal and R&D; Lead at Capco, a financial services company that focuses on providing next-level software intelligence. Ryan has been in the business long enough to see several major transformations, and he joined the podcast...
04.07.2023
Credit Worthiness Isn’t Worthy Without Better Data
Lauren Crossett, Chief Revenue Officer at Pinwheel, joins the podcast to discuss making consumer data available to fintechs and empowering consumers with new opportunities and financial products.
03.30.2023
The Buy Now, Pay Later Breakdown
Nelly Rezny, SVP of the Business Solutions Group at Temenos, joins Hunter on the podcast to discuss the evolution of buy now, pay later (BNPL) and the future of payments partnerships.
01.17.2023
How to Unify Experience in a Broken, Siloed, Multi-System Financial World
Emily Steele, president and COO of Savana, joins the podcast to discuss the brokenness of the financial world and how to unify experiences for both bankers and consumers.
01.04.2023
The Evolving Reality of Banking-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance
Trent Sorbe, CEO of Central Payments and co-founder of Falls Fintech, joins Hunter to discuss the future of payments and the evolving reality of Banking-as-a-Service and embedded finance.
12.12.2022
Inclusive and Human-Centered Design Unlocks Greater Financial Security.
Gosia Tomaszewska, Director at Commonwealth, has a goal of making financial security possible for everyone. At Commonwealth, their focus is on systemic changes and designing human-centered products to promote inclusive and accessible financial opportunities.
11.16.2022
The Wizest Investment Combines People and Tech
Axel Thibon, founder and CEO of Wizest, joins the podcast to discuss his focus on making investing more accessible and understandable.
11.07.2022
The Great (Digital) Transition in Banking
Emmanuel Daniel, author and founder of Asian Banker, joins Hunter to discuss the future of finance, trusting digital banking, and the development of global financial markets.
10.24.2022
The Competing Credit Union
The Honorable Kyle Hauptman, Vice Chairman of the National Credit Union Association, joins to talk about the perpetually innovating and competing credit union industry.
09.13.2022
The Post-Pandemic Role of Accounts Receivable Financing
Mark Russell and Gary Lewis come together to speak with Hunter on how client relationships have changed since the pandemic and how technology has played a vital role.
08.15.2022
Financial Literacy Starts Early, In The Home
Paige Cornetet, bestselling author and founder of Millennial Guru, shares the importance of discussing finances in the home.
08.05.2022
AMEX's Evolution Is A Data-Filled Journey
Mindy Davidowski, SVP, Product, Digital Commerce, and Design at American Express, shares the biggest evolutions and developments in product delivery and launching that have taken place in recent years.
07.22.2022
ABA Bank Marketing Conference 2022 Showcase
John Hanley, SVP and Senior Director of Marketing at Equity Bank, shares details about the upcoming ABA Bank Marketing Conference that helps support strong financial marketers.
07.19.2022
The Changing Credit Union from the CFO Chair
Steve Arbaugh, CFO and EVP of Finance at SECU, shares key developments in the financial industry, including technology that is bringing some of the biggest changes for credit unions.
06.21.2022
The Rise of Risk Intelligence
Amanda Cohen, Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance Products at Resolver, sought to innovate and revolutionize how businesses view compliance teams. In the past, compliance has been viewed as a tiresome and tedious aspect of projects, but Amanda knew it...
06.03.2022
Making Data Visible
Kim Snyder, CEO and founder of KlariVis, has always sought ways to make data as accessible and transparent as possible. After years of working in numbers as an accountant and as a CFO at a community bank, she recognized that...
04.08.2022
The Blockchain Bridge Builders Creating The Future of Money
Henrik Aasted Sørensen co-founded e-Money to bridge traditional bank accounts to blockchain and simplify how we use money.
03.17.2022
Bridging the Alternatives Investment Gap
Brian Harstine created Acquire Invest, powered by blockchain, to bring private equities to every investor and make investing more inclusive and accessible.
03.09.2022
Smartening Up the Debit Card
Billy Roberts, CEO of Wedge, created a smart debit card to simplify banking for users and stand out as a sustainable financial option.
03.02.2022
Future-Ready Financial Organizations Start With Culture
Andy Witherbee, CEO and founder of Engage Partners Group, shares insight from his experience in the financial services industry and discusses building future-ready financial organizations.
02.23.2022
Simplifying Investing With Super (Embedded) Apps
Ben Soppitt, co-founder and CEO of Unifimoney, shares his goal of simplifying investing by cutting out third-party applications. His company’s vision is to ensure everyone is able to manage their money in one simple and easily accessible place.
02.03.2022
Finding Success as a Fintech Founder
Tyler Griffin, co-founder and managing partner of Financial Venture Studio, knows the ins and outs of what it takes for a founder to succeed. Griffin, who has decades of experience in the fintech and banking space, shared his first-hand experience...
01.12.2022
On-Demand Pay Day
Matt Kopko, VP of Public Policy at DailyPay, handles the company’s regulatory interaction, lobbying activity, and research on its financial wellness impact. Matt and Hunter discuss the future of payments and on-demand payroll.
12.10.2021
Mortgage's Future Is Analytical, But Still Human
If you’ve tried to buy a house in the past year (or just browsed a real estate marketplace for fun), you may have noticed that housing prices and the demand for real estate soared at a record-breaking pace. Hunter’s latest...
11.18.2021
The Digital-First Community Bank Experience
Michelle Toll, the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Digital First, LLC joins the podcast. Prior to her new venture, Michelle had over 20 years of experience in community banking. Over the past decade, she nurtured an interest in fintech,...
11.04.2021
Trusting the Future
On the latest episode, Hunter hosts Nancy Giordano, a strategic futurist whose accomplished career began in the advertising and branding space. Throughout this work, Nancy experienced each notable technology revolution - from the Internet to mobile to social media. Nancy...
10.13.2021
Small Business' New Data Story Starts With Normalized Accounting Data
Small businesses everywhere have struggled long enough with disjointed data streams that come from multiple different systems. To make the data “talk back” and tell the story of your business, the accounting data needs to be normalized via modern APIs....
09.29.2021
The Launch, Test, Scale Strategy for Building Digital Banks
There seems to be a “moving target” for how to define a digital bank strategy. As more banks and fintechs increase the diversity of their offerings and the size of their digital marketing investment, it’s time to step your game...
09.02.2021
Digital Customer Service Is Now Table Stakes
Customer service, and most importantly digital customer service, continues to battle tension between its legacy tools (e.g. IVR phone systems) and the increasing role of artificial intelligence (AI), modularization, and on-screen voice. But customers of all ages expect their financial...
08.19.2021
Solving the "I'll Pay You Back" Rift
If you’ve felt uncomfortable while asking a friend to split the dinner bill, reminding a roommate to reimburse you for utilities or hearing an unfulfilled promise of, “I’ll pay you back,” you’re not alone. Our recent podcast guests, Haafiz Abdurrahim...
08.09.2021
Wealth Tech for Main Street
Margaret Hartigan created Marstone, a digital wealth management platform, to humanize and demystify finance. The company was founded on solid pillars, including the desire to address a lack of financial literacy. As a former financial advisor of ten years, she noticed...
07.23.2021
Connecting the Chasm Between Banks and Fintech
Trent Sorbe, founder and president of Central Payments, joins the Financial Experience Podcast to discuss innovation in the fintech space, payment partnerships, and why banks should act like a toaster. Yes, a toaster.
07.13.2021
Frich Makes Money Social and Accountable for Gen Z
In the latest episode, Hunter talks with the co-founders of a revolutionary app geared toward Gen Z. Katrin Kaurov and Aleksandra Medina, two young entrepreneurs who have traveled across the world and now settled in New York City, noticed a...
06.25.2021
Financial Wellness Grows Inside the Workplace
“It doesn’t make sense to worry about things we can’t control because we can’t control them. On the other hand, it doesn’t make sense to worry about the things we can control because we can control them.” Brian Nelson Ford...
06.02.2021
The Keys To Staying Independent
Do you know your customer cohorts that deliver the most value? Are you developing a curriculum for internal succession? Do you augment products with unique tech offerings that attract new customers? It takes a lot of work to operate an...
05.14.2021
A De Novo For A New Era of Banking
Locality Bank, a de novo that is expected to go live later this year, has the strategic advantage of launching at "an opportune time,” much like Keith’s previous bank that came to life out of the Great Recession. As de...
05.03.2021
A Shift To Niche
“You don’t start with the bank. You start with the customer. And most importantly you start with some really good data.” Liz High, EVP of Strategy and Marketing at Nymbus, recently joined the growing team at the rapidly-scaling financial technology...
04.07.2021
Clearing The Smoke Between Cannabis and Banks
In an ever-changing industry with evolving rules and regulations, it is vital to have a well-oiled compliance rules engine. That is, at least, what Kevin Hart would say. The latest Financial Experience Podcast guest is the CEO of Green Check...
03.24.2021
Less Widgets, More Value Creation
On the latest podcast, Hunter virtually sits down with Joe Welu to discuss why undergoing a digital transformation can be difficult, why financial companies are often misaligned with what the customer needs, and what value creation looks like in a...
03.18.2021
The Foundations of Financial Literacy
The core values of SECU Credit Union are based on the philosophy of people helping people and giving back to the community. In order to strengthen these values, SECU created a foundation to build a stronger Maryland. Sarah Ryan, Assistant...
02.21.2021
New Paths To Credit
Our recent guest, Alpa Lally, discusses a common, yet staggering, credit statistic: 100 million people are said to be excluded from the credit ecosystem because they lack a traditional credit history or experience with traditional credit products. Alpa emphasizes that...
02.16.2021
Tech Rising From Community Banking
Nathan Baumeister joined the Financial Experience Podcast to discuss the evolution of ZSuite Technologies from inside a community bank to a product that is solving commercial money management issues for banks across the country. When Liberty Bank, based in Greater...
01.26.2021
New Growth Mindset
Community banks and credit unions face a continuous onslaught of noise surrounding the latest transformative digital solutions, but Nymbus has set a course to do business differently. Jeffery Kendall, appointed CEO of Nymbus in 2020, joined the podcast to talk...

What's The Financial Experience Podcast for Banks, Credit Unions, and Fintech about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Financial Experience Podcast for Banks, Credit Unions, and Fintech episodes:

Deepfakes and Deepening Relationships via Call Centers

An Engine To Drive Data and Digitalization in Banking

Making Payday, Every Day

Getting VIP Treatment from Your Credit Card

Fixing the 401k: More Personal, More Choice, More Control

The Next Wave of Embedded Finance

Enriching Customers' Financial Lives with Proactive (Not Reactive) Data

What Prompts the Power of AI?

Credit Worthiness Isn’t Worthy Without Better Data

The Buy Now, Pay Later Breakdown

How to Unify Experience in a Broken, Siloed, Multi-System Financial World

The Evolving Reality of Banking-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance

Inclusive and Human-Centered Design Unlocks Greater Financial Security.

The Wizest Investment Combines People and Tech

The Great (Digital) Transition in Banking

The Competing Credit Union

The Post-Pandemic Role of Accounts Receivable Financing

Financial Literacy Starts Early, In The Home

AMEX's Evolution Is A Data-Filled Journey

ABA Bank Marketing Conference 2022 Showcase

The Changing Credit Union from the CFO Chair

The Rise of Risk Intelligence

Making Data Visible

The Blockchain Bridge Builders Creating The Future of Money

Bridging the Alternatives Investment Gap

Smartening Up the Debit Card

Future-Ready Financial Organizations Start With Culture

Simplifying Investing With Super (Embedded) Apps

Finding Success as a Fintech Founder

On-Demand Pay Day

Mortgage's Future Is Analytical, But Still Human

The Digital-First Community Bank Experience

Trusting the Future

Small Business' New Data Story Starts With Normalized Accounting Data

The Launch, Test, Scale Strategy for Building Digital Banks

Digital Customer Service Is Now Table Stakes

Solving the "I'll Pay You Back" Rift

Wealth Tech for Main Street

Connecting the Chasm Between Banks and Fintech

Frich Makes Money Social and Accountable for Gen Z

Financial Wellness Grows Inside the Workplace

The Keys To Staying Independent

A De Novo For A New Era of Banking

A Shift To Niche

Clearing The Smoke Between Cannabis and Banks

Less Widgets, More Value Creation

The Foundations of Financial Literacy

New Paths To Credit

Tech Rising From Community Banking

New Growth Mindset