BAI Banking Strategies

BAI Global Innovation Awards Lead Judge Amy Radin and Vice President & Portfolio Head - Strategic Accounts, Financial Services of Infosys Raghav Agarwal join the BAI Banking Strategies podcast to share recent industry innovation trends and how banks can position themselves as leaders focused on customers, data, and collaboration.

In today's fiercely competitive environment, marketers are feeling the pressure to drive engagement, strengthen loyalty, and achieve deposit growth. Robert Ropars from Vericast joins us to share his perspective on how financial institutions can drive customer acquisition, increase retention and develop attribution strategies in the digital marketing space.

Brian Keefe from NICE Actimize joins on the BAI Banking Strategies podcast to talk about heightened volume and patterns of fraud during the holidays, and what banks can do about it.

Marc Salinas and Eric Campbell from Bottomline Technologies join us to share how recent industry events create an opportunity for financial institutions to position themselves as a valued resource for their business banking and commercial clients and win the battle for primary ownership of the customer relationship.

FedNow is officially live. With the launch comes the potential for financial institutions to expand and provide different products and services that they are just touching on today. Brian Keefe from NICE Actimize joins us to tell us more about how FedNow can be safe and efficient, all while allowing for a wider range of innovative instant payment services in the near future.

Greg Kanevski of ServiceNow joins the BAI Banking Strategies podcast to discuss the impact of increased fraud on financial institutions and how they can better protect themselves and their customers in their fight against fraudsters.

Mark Majeske of Alacriti joins the BAI Banking Strategies podcast to dissect and debunk some of the top myths regarding fraud and faster payments.

Payments are a central focus in digital banking for retail customers. This is less the case when it comes to businesses. Layne Kight from Deluxe is with us to share ideas on how banks and credit unions can create a better payments experience for their business customers.

Val Srinivas from Deloitte joins us to share his firm’s recent research into the difficulties people with disabilities encounter while banking, and how banks can make things easier.

The stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other banks in early 2023 has reframed how the industry is thinking about risk. Joan McGowan and Tom French from SAS join us to offer advice to banks and credit unions on how to better address the many risks they face.

American families dislike talking about money – a recent Wells Fargo survey found that 40% of people would rather talk to their parents about their funeral plans than about their financial plans. Michael Liersch, head of advice and planning for Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management, joins us with insights on how banks can help families build more open relationships about money, and why it’s in the banks’ interests to do so.

Banking is getting more complex, and that greater complexity is creating more uncertainties and more risks. Sam Savage from Probability Management joins us to make a case for why banking institutions should change the way they think about and deal with uncertainties.

The visual images of natural disasters tend to highlight damage to property, but the real lasting damage is done to people. Kate Bulger from Money Management International joins us to talk about their BAI Global Innovation Award-winning program to help low and moderate income people deal with their finances after a disaster.

As banks work toward deeper and longer-lasting connections with their customers, their choice of language matters. Beth Johnson, chief experience officer at Citizens Bank, is our guest to talk about how her bank is rethinking how it uses words.

Mobile bank branches have been around for years, but its versatility is giving it a growing role at some institutions. Todd Barnhart and Chris Hill from PNC Bank join us on the BAI Banking Strategies podcast to discuss how they’re taking to the road to reach underserved communities.

The world of real-time payments is about to have a new heavyweight contender as the Federal Reserve rolls out its FedNow Service in 2023. Brian Keefe from NICE Actimize joins us to tell us more about FedNow and how the new service stands to benefit smaller banking institutions.

While many in the financial world are running away from crypto and its perceived dangers, there are others who see lots of opportunity. Gene Grant, CEO at LevelField Financial in Houston, joins us to talk about what his new bank wants to do in the crypto space, and why now is the right time to do it.

Millennials and Gen Z are starting to inherit money in what will end up as the greatest transfer of wealth in history. Steven Ramirez from Beyond the Arc is our guest to discuss the scale of this transfer, and how banking institutions can position themselves to attract some of those assets.

Because banking institutions are in the money business – their customers’ and their own – they are also in the risk business. Keith Pearson, head of financial services at ServiceNow, joins us to discuss how banks and credit unions can improve their security by digitalizing their risk management.

Banking continues its digital makeover, both to gain efficiencies and to meet customer desires for faster, easier and more convenient. BAI’s Debbie Bianucci and Dennis Gada from Infosys join us to discuss the trends and priorities they’re seeing in the industry’s digital transformation.