Post-Conference Reflections: Unveiling Insights from CBA Live ..read more

Unveiling the Future of Banking: Insights from the Fintech Meetup Conference ..read more

After years of slow momentum, open banking has gained its first significant regulation since GDPR. Introduced in October 2023 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Personal Financial Data Rights rule requires banks to make consumer data available in a structured and consistent way, enabling them to share it with other institutions offering better products and services.  Doing so creates an incredibly powerful data set for the financial institutions savvy enough to ingest it.  ..read more

Welcome back to our postgame wrap-up of the 'Acquire or Be Acquired' conference ..read more

You don’t need a crystal ball to predict what the SMB lending world will look like in 2024. You now have two years’ worth of interest rate hikes and post-pandemic trends to learn from, and taking a quick look back will help you look forward with confidence. And there is certainly reason to be confident in SMB lending’s potential. Banks are starting to realize is that SMB lending offers a major opportunity for growth, and these four key insights will help you capitalize on it ..read more

As the only event of its kind dedicated solely to banking that supports small businesses, the American Banker Small Biz Banking Conference is a must-attend for our team every year, and 2023 was no different. Our three days in Nashville were jam-packed with insights, conversations, and ideas to help Amount’s banking customers gain their Performance Advantage with a group that’s ripe with opportunities. Inflation, high-interest rates, regulatory headwinds, and tougher lending criteria have all added up to a tough year for small business owners. Unsurprisingly, October’s NFIB Small Business Opti ..read more

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies has already transformed business operations across the globe. From customer service chat-bots to adaptive cybersecurity, the applications of AI are nearly limitless. When properly designed, AI can help minimize paperwork, reduce costs and drive better business decisions by increasing the predictive accuracy of future outcomes and mitigating cognitive biases inherent in human decision making ..read more

The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) Live is one of those conferences that we pencil in early each year - it's one of the best retail banking conferences and does a heck of a good job attracting bankers from around the country.  ..read more

  At PSCU23, Scott P. Young, MVP, Emerging Services, PSCU; Kate Rogers, SVP, Digital and Payments/Chief Innovation Officer, University of Illinois Community Credit Union; and Adam Hughes, CEO, Amount stopped by for a standing interview to highlight their conference session: "Digital Lending -- The Power of Instant." Hear what they had to say by clicking on the video above. Here's a quick description of the session: Your members want and expect financial services to be instant and on-demand. So how do you deliver on those expectations? Industry experts discuss trends in instant lending ..read more

Fintech Meetup made its live debut this March after a couple of years connecting fintech aficionados via pandemic-era video chat and, I'll be honest, I wasn't sure how it would translate. Take 600 1:1 discussions and have them start simultaneously in the same grand ballroom - chaos must ensue, right? While a skeptic at first, it somehow really worked.  ..read more