Why This Digital Banker Wears a Hat: A Conversation with Christian Ruppe, VP of Digital Banking at Horicon Bank & Founder of Monotto
Horicon Bank, a 125-year-old bank based in Wisconsin, made a unique decision to acquire a fintech, Monotto, thereby acquiring its’ founder, Christian Ruppe, to become the bank’s innovation lightning rod. Travillian’s Head of Banking…
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Fintechs, From Founding to Funding, A Conversation with Cameron Peake, Partner at Financial Venture Studio
Fintech has only scratched the surface in terms of its capabilities, so it’s not surprising that the number of startups dedicated to this burgeoning space is growing. Travillian’s Keith Daly, Director…
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Are Fintech Credit Lenders About to Face Their First Real Test?
Over the last few months, things have changed quite a bit. Earlier in the year, the general sense was that while there were issues to contend with – like inflation…
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Banking Transformed: DeFi, Crypto, & Blockchain | A Q&A with Steven Duong – Director of Bank Partnerships at Figure Technologies
Keith Daly, Director – Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian, spoke with Steven Duong, Director of Bank Partnerships at Figure Technologies, to discuss the impact of Defi, Blockchain, Crypto and…
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Recent Tech-Forward Bank Stock Performance Suggests an Intriguing Risk/Reward Dynamic
VIEW TECH-FORWARD BANK INDEX LIST Tech-forward bank stocks significantly outperformed traditional banking, tech, and fintech stocks in 2021. In an article we published just last month, we noted the extraordinary…
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Saddle Up with FedFis & The Fintech Cowboys: A Conversation with Bobby Button, SVP, FinTegration Strategy & Sales at FedFis
Keith Daly, Director Banking & Fintech Search at Travillian throws on the cowboy hat and sits down with Bobby Button, SVP, FinTegration Strategy & Sales at FedFis. FedFis is a financial institutions data…
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Banking for Fintechs: A Conversation with Wenni Wu at Piermont Bank
Keith Daly, Director – Banking and Fintech Search at Travillian, sits down with Wenni Wu, Head of Customer Experience & Marketing at Piermont Bank. Speaking from Piermont’s headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, topics…
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Magic & Fintech in the Desert
As the plane descended into Las Vegas, I was amazed as a sea of lights simply appeared from the dark Nevada desert. It had been over 15 years since I…
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Community Banks & BaaS: How Synctera is Simplifying Fintech Partnerships
Keith Daly, Director – Banking & Fintech at Travillian, sits down virtually with Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder & CEO at Synctera & Kevin Herrington, President, CEO, Chairman at Lineage Bank. Topics Discussed: Synctera’s BaaS technology to…
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A Match Made in Digital: The Evolving Partnership of Fintechs & Community Banks
Travillian hosted two executive leaders in the evolution of banking: • Brian Johnson – President, CEO, & Director, Choice Financial Bank • Nikhil Lakhanpal – Co-Founder, Narmi Choice Financial Group • Headquartered in Fargo,…
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Are Tech/Fintech-Focused Investors Bidding Up “Tech-Forward” Bank Stocks?
On the one hand, pure technology and fintech-oriented stocks have been weak so far year-to-date… So far this year, and especially over the past month or so, it’s been interesting to…
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The Intersection of FinTech and Community Banking
A webinar hosted by Travillian yielded quite a few interesting takeaways. Last week, The Travillian Group hosted a webinar that I was fortunate to co-moderate along with Brian Love from Travillian. The topic…
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FinTech Strategy Check: Three Bank Executives Share Recipes for Success
Three trailblazing bank executives, Larry Mazza (CEO, MVB Financial), Eric Sprink (CEO, Coastal Financial Corporation) and Charles “Chuck” Shaffer (CEO and Director, Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida) have been ahead of the pack in their banks’…
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Introducing Travillian NEXT: An Original Web Series that Keeps Tabs on the Most Innovative Talent in the Banking and FinTech Space
Visionary leaders within Banking and FinTech are shaping the future of financial services by driving innovation and thinking differently about technology. Travillian NEXT is an original web series that profiles our insightful and engaging conversations with the…
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