Bankadelic: The colorful side of finance

This holiday, don't head to the picnic, the fireworks or the parade without us. Bankadelic brings you a stars-and-stripes studded cast to talk about banking life, liberty and the pusuit of happiness as only they can. Join ourJuly 4 freedom fighters as they sign the patriotic praises of banking nid-2026 style: Brian Bodell, CEO, Movemint Emily Call, CMO, Nuuvia John Gordon, CEO, ValidiFi Chris Poor...

While artificial intelligence promises an exciting future for financial services, the fact is that it’s very much a work in progress in the present. Jon Tvrdik, Founder and CEO of WaveCX, walks us through how his platform is driving smart audience engagement for financial institutions and their partners in a level-headed, direct way.

Depending on whose view you subscribe to, agentic AI is either the breakthrough banks have been waiting for in operations (and customer service), or the perennial solution in search of a problem. Join our three fintech rockstars as the get to the bottom of what agentic AI means in 2026—and whey the hype pits justification versus a lack of tech realization.

Every bank needs to pay attention to the balance sheet but what makes many happy returns possible? Energized employees in a thriving culture provide without a doubt the x-factor that allows a financial institution to succeed and outperform its less culture-centric peers. Anthony J. Labozzetta, President and CEO of Provident Financial Services and Provident Bank, discusses how his regional puts cul...

On this episode Sean Mallean, Head of Global Innovation at NCR Atleos, makes a strong case for how an older technology -- edge computing -- can team up with a mighty mini version of todays LLMs -- the small language model -- to produce better banking results for financial institutions. Add in biometrics to reduce friction and you're looking at a vision of banking that best serves customers and emp...

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It's hard to imagine (go ahead and try) a fintech veteran with as much combined common sense, wisdom and experience as Tom Shen. In this episode, the second of two parts, Tom sets us straight on how winning companies will treat AI as much more than a technology--and make the links to people and purpose as part of a savvy plan, not an afterthought. Check out Episode 228 for more of Tom's thoughts o...

Whether it was our 200th episode celebration, Valentine’s Day or japes at the expense of guests who didn’t deserve it, Bankadelic’s Not Ready for Prime Rate Players crashed many an episode under the pretense of providing humor to the proceedings. It’s all in the spirit of “the colourful side of finance,” and on this recap we hear from Mrs. Cockney, The Funk LLM All-Stars, Elmo the Gentleman Farmer...

Tom Shen may be the most knowldgeable fintech veteran out there; he's a successful entrepreneur who sits on the boards of three companies and has guided strategy with uncommon wosdom and humility. So what does this self-described "chief dabler monkey" name as the top priority for financial services in 2026? Tom wastes no time giving us the answer and defending it in depth. This is the first of a t...

While LLMs and AI have changed the financial services landscape for good, there’s not so much talk about how to improve the manageability of these resources so they can work better for banks. Titan AI founder and CEO Arjun Sirrah explains how his New York-based company has built its technology based on an effective three-prong model — security, explainability and domain specificity — that’s access...

Between the twin pillars of accelerating technology and talent challenges, banks that want to serve the small business community, especially on a local level, may think the challenges a bit overwhelming. Ricky Guillot, President and CEO of BAFS, explains how his company helps community financial institutions grow their commercial loan portfolios without adding staff or taking on extra risk.

The fact is that today, much of the small business lending world moves at horse and buggy speed. Old school applications? Check. Bank PDFs? Check. Four week decision times? Check. Time to cross off all those check marks and add a definitive game changer to the mix. On this episode, Casca CEO Lukas Haffer explains how he brought the financial pain points learned at Stanford into the real world, mak...

If you think the joke’s on you, you’d almost be correct: It’s on Lou, as he does his absolute best not to look like a dumbass in the presence of three guests who know their fintech, AI and then some. What were banks fooled by? Where do they get the last laugh? All that and more, with special appearances from three of Bankadelic’s Not Ready for Prime Rate Players: billionaire Worthington Bigbucks,...

The uncertain economic environment that has sent gas prices soaring and tossed the stock market topsy-turvy has created ripples felt throughout financial services, especially at the level where small businesses need to secure money to grow and function. Will Tumulty, the CEO at Rapid Finance, explains how small businesses can beat the odds, obtain funding the smart way and leverage advances in art...

As financial institutions grapple with some serious issues, from fraud to disconnected workflows, many are rushing — in some cases too fast — to enlist AI as the Bot in Shining Armor. Sriram Natarajan, President at Quinte Financial Technologies Inc., walks us through smart ways to think about AI and employ it as a tool to address challenges when given the right data, focus, and end-to-end visionin...

With 2026 set to be a record-breaking year on the IPO front, our guest Greg Martin, Founding Partner of Liquid Stock, weighs in on what he sees over a range of high-flying companies from SpaceX to OpenAI. He also discusses the pain point his company aims to solve: helping employees tap into their liquidity during the often long ramp-up to a business going public.

Jill Castilla of Citizens Bank of Edmond has been recognized time and again as one of the financial sevices industry’s leading lights. Kian Sarreshteh of InvestiFi has brainstormed how to bring digital investing inside traditional accounts. On this special episode of Bankadelic, Kian and Jill share how they’ve brought the InvestiFi platform to Citizens Bank account holders, giving them an easier w...

Who says you cabn't declare your bankiinglove twice in one week? In this second special Valentine's Day episodes, four Cupids of Coin gather to discuss their loves, loathes and hopes in banking. The goss in 2026 is whether AI is the white knight on a silicon stallion, or a two-timin' hallucinating player. Join us as we solve that mystery and many others in the relam of love and finance. Our guests...

In love with banking? Feeling jilted by AI? Is your fintech life a box of chocolates? Whatever the state of your financial attachments, Bankadelic invites you back to another two-part holiday special, featuring three fabulous guests sharing their views on the state of banking play in 2026. Resident Bankadelic tycoon Worthington Bigbucks also drops by to deliver a Shakesperean sonnet that shares th...

While many prospective homebuyers are living the American Dream Deferred, others are finding their way thanks to committed professionals who understand how to turn knowledge gaps into opportunities to educate and win customer loyalty. Jeremy Davis, President of Mortgage at Southern Bancorp, describes his successful business approach centered on consumer education and community involvement. His han...

Certificates of deposit have been around since the days of bank vacation clubs and paper passbooks. But they’ve caught up to the digital age, and then some, thanks to the vision and passion of a Seattle-based banker. John Blizzard, Founder of CD Valet, takes us through the ins and outs of an online destination that offers customers some 40,000 choices, likely making it the largest such marketplace...

So AI is on the rise for FIs: Tell us something we don't already know. But will agentic AI gain traction? Will banks hyperpersonalize with all that data or just muck about in the ones and zeroes? How will community banks and credit unions assert their relevance? The questions abound in 2026, and Bankadelic's got answers, based on interviews, McKinsey intelligence, statistics and more. Stick around...

As part of our ongoing series on the biggest tech breakthrough in history, Bankadelic's "AI 4" experts tackle the subject of hyper-personalization. The idea that every bank customer is different--and thus should be treated as an individual--is common sense. Yet too often, financial institutions rely on "spray and pray" emails and generic loan offers that have nothing to do with the person who gets...

As credit card APRs continue to soar, consumers remain addicted to the habit of putting everything on plastic, especially around the holidays. With the arrival of 2026, LendingClub Chief Customer Officer Mark Elliot walks us through how consumers can leverage debit cards to recover financial sanity, how banks can better promote financial wellness—and how his organization provides free tools such a...

It's that time of year again, when Banka Claus and his Bankadelic Elves come round to share holiday presents and cheer ... and four special guests offer their best banking insights: the highs, lows and hopes for the year ahead. They also dish about the holiday gifts that didn't quite work as we present the second annual Preetha Pulusani Leather Purse for Vegans Award, named in honor of DeepTarget'...