Clear Capital is a Reno, Nev.-based real estate valuation and analytics technology company that has served mortgage lenders since 2001. BankBeat spoke to Kenon Chen, executive vice president of corporate strategy, about what valuation analytics look like in a changing marketplace. [Continue]
In today’s uncertain workplace reality, C-suite executives at financial institutions seem to have an endless list of urgent priorities requiring their attention. Recent reports have shown that there is an urgent, evolving worry that financial institutions must confront: cybersecurity, and specifically, the threat of ransomware. [Continue]
Engage People is a fintech startup providing rewards programs that link together customers, small businesses and banks. Len Covello, chief technology officer of the global technology provider, explains how reaching people with technology changes during and after the events currently shaking the world. [Continue]
Community banks by definition are traditionally bound by geography that cloud banking deems irrelevant. Now foreign tech firms are reaching into the United States and jumping into the increasingly competitive field of all-things-cloud. [Continue]
Practifi is a Chicago startup developing business management tools for financial institutions and wealth advisors. Adrian Johnstone and Glenn Elliott, Practifi’s co-founders, explain how customer relationship management tools might be applied to functions beyond the advisory realm. [Continue]
Colin Walsh is on the cusp of accomplishing the audacious goal he set for himself four years ago: To open the first FDIC-insured fintech bank. Walsh, founder of Varo Money, Inc., just received FDIC approval for Varo Bank, N.A. The OCC will soon finalize the preliminary approval it gave the venture 18 months ago; by the end of this month, Varo plans to file for a holding company charter from the Federal Reserve. [Continue]
Neocova is a St. Louis-based fintech startup that has dropped in to the core provider market for community banks. BankBeat spoke with its founder and CEO, Sultan Meghji, about how a bank’s core can be improved. [Continue]
Chatbots tend to be simpler to use than apps, are more visual and intuitive, solve a specific problem, and are typically built as an add-on to an existing application. Since we are more likely to send payments to people with whom we have regular contact, it would be helpful to combine a payment service with a messaging app. [Continue]
Computer Service Professionals, Inc., Jefferson City, Mo., has been serving up tech solutions to community banks since 1988. We talked with Kurt Luebbering, CSPI’s director of operations, about longevity in the rapidly changing tech world. [Continue]
Community bankers suddenly have a lot of tech to choose from when it comes to lending platforms. We talked to Snehal Fulzele, senior vice president and general manager for Cloud Lending, a Q2 company based in Austin, Texas, about what makes its digital lending platform a fit for community banks, and got his take on cybersecurity challenges. [Continue]