Bai Banking Strategies

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we're joined by banking branch expert Jon Voorhees of Peak Performance Group about the closing, opening and evolution of bank branches. Voorhees reveals how banks can close branches and still experience low customer attrition rates.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Bennett Bradley of BB&T about his bank's new in-house initiative to identify prime areas for innovation, and champion for various bank divisions while partnering with fintechs. Bradley discusses how the ultimate goal of his team is to "surprise and delight" customers.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we're joined by payments expert Patricia Hewitt. Patricia shares with us her thoughts about how digital-social ecosystems such as China's messaging app WeChat represent natural payments hubs - allowing financial services organizations to serve consumers where they already live, work and play.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with British banking veteran Anne Boden, the founder of Starling Bank, the first mobile-only banking platform in the U.K. Boden shares what led her to leave the traditional banking world and how she sees the nimbleness of fintech companies leading to new opportunities for challenger banks.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we're joined by Chris Skinner, international fintech expert and author. Chris talks about the latest revolutions from the Internet of Things (IoT), with particular focus on how these technologies are shaking up the banking world.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we're joined by Miranda Hill, director, innovation and commerce strategy at ThoughtWorks in Seattle. Miranda discusses the key attributes that make for successful fintech innovation, as well as what she hopes to see from nominees for the BAI Global Innovations Awards.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies Podcast, we talk with Avril Castagnetta, senior manager at Ernst & Young. Castagnetta explains the fine points of social selling, which uses social media platforms such as LinkedIn to foster deep sales relationships, as well as how to set up a social selling platform in less than a week.

On the first episode of Season Two of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Don Campbell, president at RightCourse LLC and a contributor to the TAG Fintech 2017 report "Data Analytics: Big Data in Financial Services."

On the last episode of Season One of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Colin Carvey of TransUnion about synthetic fraud, where criminals create fake identities to land and steal from credit lines, at a great cost to banks. Carvey explains how financial institutions can fight this fraud in conjunction with credit bureaus.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Conny Dorrestijn , CEO of Shiraz Partners and based in the Netherlands. Conny talks about Europe's instant payments landscape, and how banking innovation leaders are divided into three categories: optimizers, transformers and disruptors.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Robb Gaynor, chief product officer at Malauzai Software in Austin, Texas. Robb outlines the current breakthroughs in AI. These include "conversational banking," where platforms such as Alexa and Google Home provide new levels of proactive assistance, and the Internet Bank of Things (IBOT), where devices to talk to each other to serve consumers.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Steve Ehrlich, lead analyst for emerging technologies at Spitzberg Partners LLC in New York. Ehrlich discusses the burgeoning world of blockchain, tracing the digital ledger from its bitcoin-related origins to its present promise to revolutionize the financial services industry.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies' podcast, we talk with CarrieAnne Cormier, digital banking strategist and retail banking officer with Avidia Bank in the Greater Boston area. Cormier talks about creating the "Avidia Smarties," a group of bank employees who use social media to engage and entertain audiences, while gaining Avidia national and international attention.

How will financial services organizations negotiate new and emerging technologies in a way that creates the best outcomes for customers and employees? On this episode of our BAI Banking Strategies podcast, we talk with Alex Jimenez, a digital banking and payments strategist with Zions Bancorporation, about the impact that high-tech innovations from artificial intelligence to implantables are having on the banking industry.

On this episode of the BAI Banking Strategies' podcast, we talk with Ian Schweid, senior vice president director of electronic services at Coconut Grove Bank. A member of the Federal Reserve's Faster Payments Task Force, Schweid discusses the task force's work, the rapid changes impacting financial services, and a payments future where driverless cars and appliances could take the lead in consumer interactions.

How do community banks and credit unions best cater to the needs of millennial consumers and business owners? We talk with Graham Seel, founder at BankTech Consulting, about the impact millennials and technology have on community-based financial services organizations.