We sat down with Martyn Wallen, Executive Director & Co-Founder, and Gino Brenzini, Executive Director & COO of Quantum Six. Their team helps banks, credit unions, and fintech’s modernize core systems and maximize technology investments through ecosystem strategies—driving agility and long-term value in a landscape shaped by cloud, AI, and composable architectures.

We explore key banking trends in the UK versus the US, uncover lessons learned by European banks, and share actionable insights for U.S. financial institutions navigating digital transformation.

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John Blizzard, CEO and President of Seattle Bank and founder of CD Valet discusses what banks should consider ahead of potential rate cuts, why CDs bad rap as 'hot money' is undeserved, and how digital marketing and pricing strategies can level the playing field.

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Scott Hildenbrand, Managing Director at Piper Sandler joins us as we review discussions bank boards should be having as they enter budget and strategic planning season. We discuss raising capital and taking balance sheet losses as strategic moves to improve future earnings.

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John Doherty, Principal at Wolf and Company discusses the implications of the Big, Beautiful Bill that was signed on July 4th for bankers and their commercial and retail customers. We spend some time in this episode discussing President Trump’s Executive Order to open defined contribution retirement plans to alternative investments like crypto currency and private equity investments.

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In today’s episode we talk with the new CEO of Northfield Savings Bank in Vermont, Joe Bator. We discussed various sales strategies, including what works well for his institution and any crossover insights from other industries. Joe’s background is a unique blend of experience at both large institutions and startup banks, each with successful growth roadmaps. It was insightful to hear how he’s applying some of those proven methods to the community banking space today. Sales is often a copycat game—when something works, it’s worth considering how to adapt and apply those successful tactics.

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Join our discussion with Keith Riddle, General Manager of Payfinia, about Digital Wallets and the important costs and considerations. Are digital wallets a threat to interchange revenue? What are the pros and cons of an FI-supplied digital wallet vs. pushing customers to Apple Pay? What are the revenue opportunities in this space for community FIs to meet customer expectations and build revenue? We dive into all this and more.

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We sat down with Matt Potere, CEO of Happy Money, to discuss the staggering $17.5 trillion of consumer debt in the US, and Happy Money’s recent Credit Check-In study which analyzed consumer financial stress. The high percentage of consumer credit card debt creates an opportunity for FIs to alleviate consumer stress through personal loans. We deep dive into how this asset base builds long-term customers for FIs.

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Peter Stenehjem joins BankTalk to share First International Bank and Trust’s history and explain his experience as the 4th generation leader of the bank. Peter touches upon the family discussions for his path to CEO, FIBT’s concentration in the mineral industry and how they’ve built their Kotapay technology with Kavinu platform to be a high performing bank.

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