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The Buzz

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Bank Automation News's podcast covers current trends and news in automation and and AI. Bank Automation News is at the forefront of tracking banking automation and AI. Automation is the next frontier of financial services technology. It transforms banking processes from customer experience to compliance, lending solutions and investment. This podcast charts that transformation.
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Episodes

Global Startup Cities: AI assists merchants on chargebacks

Listen as Justt’s Chief Risk Officer Roenen Ben-Ami discusses automating chargebacks and his experience as a founder in Tel Aviv, the startup capital of the Middle East and a global leader in cybersecurity innovation.

Jul 25, 202316 minEp. 237

Global Startup Cities: How stablecoins drive financial services innovation

Listen to the first installment of the Global Startup Cities podcast from “The Buzz,” as Num Finance’s co-founder Agustin Liserra and Mariano di Pietrantonio discuss their experience founding a fintech in Buenos Aires, a city brimming with innovation, where ever-changing economic conditions make resilience crucial.

Jul 18, 202321 minEp. 236

Payments innovation post-SVB

Listen as BlueSnap’s CEO Ralph Dangelmaier discusses payments innovation, lessons learned from collapsed banks and the state of global payments rails today.

Jun 20, 202314 minEp. 232

AI for risk mitigation

Listen as Coherent Chief Executive John Brisco discusses data model risk and how AI will play a role in risk mitigation at financial institutions.

Jun 13, 202313 minEp. 231

Preventing wire fraud with automation

Listen as CertifID CEO Tyler Adams discusses the growth of wire fraud through business email compromise and how automation can protect money movement.

Jun 06, 202319 minEp. 230

Moving to a modern, seamless tech stack

Listen as Zeta’s Gary Singh discusses how technology can provide transparency and solutions to create individualized loyalty program offerings.

May 30, 202324 minEp. 229

Adopting the digital wallet

The digital wallet market is saturated and has several established players, but this has not stopped new competitors from entering the space. Despite being one of the late arrivals to the space, Paze, a digital wallet being launched by a consortium of banks, including U.S. Bank, Truist, JPMorgan Chase and PNC, is coming to market in Q3, Peter Galvin, chief growth officer at payments fintech NMI told Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

May 23, 202313 minEp. 228

Credit unions, banks look to no-code solutions

Listen as Creatio Chief Growth Officer Andie Dovgan discusses how no-code solutions help smaller FIs achieve digitalization to compete with larger institutions.

May 16, 202314 minEp. 227

Fraudsters using AI to create synthetic identities

Generative AI has beneficial uses for financial institutions, but fraudsters have taken note, employing the technology to create thousands of fake identities. The emergence of generative AI has made rooting out fake users even more challenging for financial institutions (FIs), with cybercriminals harnessing it to deepfake a person’s appearance or replicate their speaking voice, Ajay Amlani, senior vice president and head of the Americas at biometric security company iProov, tells Bank Automation...

May 08, 202315 minEp. 226

How banks can address disconnects between automation and CX

Bridging the gap between customer experience and digital transformation is critical for financial institutions (FIs) to ensure customers stay engaged. Providing customers with options on transactions like automatic bill payments are just one way for banks to assure consumers that financial decisions are their own and making certain they are not blindsided, Shane Berry, head of customer experience (CX) at San Francisco-based card issuer Mission Lane, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of ...

May 04, 202314 minEp. 225

Financial institutions prep for FedNow July launch

Listen as Finastra’s Al Carpetto discusses the upcoming launch of FedNow and how the financial software provider is preparing its bank and credit union clients for the payments network.

Apr 13, 202316 minEp. 224

Deposit security through technology

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank has bank clients looking to financial institutions for deposit security, and banks must have the technology to bring peace of mind to clients. This loss of client trust combined with unnecessarily risky business practices were behind SVB’s failure, Robinson shared in a recent episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Apr 11, 202318 minEp. 223

Streamlining to avoid friction and other payments pain points

In a world of instant gratification, consumers expect this of payment processes — and technology can help. Bonita Springs, Fla.-based payments company ConnexPay addresses pain points in the payments world and works to reduce friction, Chief Executive Bob Kaufman tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Apr 06, 202314 minEp. 222

How FIs can address data management challenges

Proper data management is something all financial institutions strive for, but it is not easily achieved due to data siloes and drift. While the process of organizing and gathering the right data can set banks apart from their competitors, using the right tools to accomplish this is critical, and something all FIs need to address, Jocelyn Houle, senior director of data governance at Securiti.Ai tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Apr 04, 202310 minEp. 221

ChatGPT and the power of AI tech for banks

Listen as Sanat Rao , chief executive and head of software-as-a-service provider Infosys Finacle, discusses the evolution of AI and implications of ChatGPT for the financial institutions.

Mar 28, 202326 minEp. 220

The downfall of Silicon Valley Bank

The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has shaken the banking industry during the past two weeks. SVB engaged in risky lending practices and did not have the necessary safeguards in place, leading to a run on deposits that eventually sent the bank into receivership, Mike Sekits, co-founder and managing director of community bank partnership group BTech Consortium, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Mar 21, 202312 minEp. 218

How embedded banking can reduce fraud

Adoption of embedded banking by both businesses and customers is on the rise, and it is helping to reduce the risk of payment fraud along the way. For consumers, tokenizing user credentials for their protection is a benefit; meanwhile, businesses gain security by using integrated systems to accept payments safely, Bennie Pennington, vice president of embedded banking and integrated payments at $190 billion KeyBank, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Mar 14, 202310 minEp. 217

Building customer trust via embedded finance

Automation has grown at an exponential rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the decline of personal interface may leave some bank clients wanting more. Embedded finance can assist by building trust between banks and their customers, Antonio Soares, co-founder and chief executive at Brazilian payments platform Dock, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Mar 07, 202310 minEp. 216

ChatGPT at work

AI fintech Fairplay used ChatGPT to work through an internal software engineering problem. Listen as Fairplay’s Chief Executive Kareem Saleh explains the use case and potential opportunities for financial instututions.

Feb 16, 20232 minEp. 214

U.S. regulations for open banking, digital wallets

Digital wallet providers are creating customer-centric experiences as more clients desire open banking with control over their finances. Listen as Curve U.S. CEO Amanda Orson discusses the digital wallet and where regulations stand for open banking in the U.S. compared to Europe.

Feb 14, 202310 minEp. 213

Large banks partner to launch new digital wallet

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo are among seven banks teaming to launch a digital wallet in the second half of the year to rival Apple Pay. As the new digital wallet is rolled out in North America, customer experience should be at the forefront, as use of digital wallets is already high. Forty-three percent of North Americans are using digital wallets, Cecilia Tamez, chief strategy officer at cross-border payment platform Dandelion, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “...

Feb 07, 202313 minEp. 212

Using data to drive customer loyalty

Listen as James White, industry principal for banking at fintech Total Expert, discusses today’s macroeconomy, the rising rate environment, and how banks can use consumer data and automation to enhance their financial health.

Jan 31, 202316 minEp. 211

How banks can use ChatGPT to improve financial literacy

Banks are looking to use AI to improve their financial literacy following Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI and their ChatGPT technology. ChatGPT technology is “a forerunner and a new class of artificial intelligence that's basically composing written dialogues and could lead to endless possibilities for banks,” Joe Robinson, chief executive, and co-founder at customer relationship management platform Hummingbird, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Jan 24, 202312 minEp. 210

Direct deposits and the CFPB’s new open banking rule

The combination of today’s uncertain macroeconomic conditions and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new open banking rule coming this year has consumers wanting quick access to cash from their banks under the watchful eye of regulators. Listen as Kurt Lin, Pinwheel chief executive, and Raj Date, advisor at Pinwheel and former deputy director of the CFPB, discuss today’s macroeconomy and the importance of secure direct deposit offerings ahead of the CFPB’s new open banking policies.

Jan 18, 202327 minEp. 209

How FIs can combat synthetic accounts

Synthetic identity fraud remains a constant challenge for banks, with a growing number of fraudsters attacking demand deposit accounts since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, one in three accounts within fintech and retail banking are synthetic, Mike Cook, vice president of commercialization – fraud solutions at identify verification fintech Socure, tells Bank Automation News in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Jan 10, 202313 minEp. 208
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