In this episode, we speak with Larry Pruss, SRM's in-house expert on all things digital assets and stablecoins. Larry has over 30 years of experience as a trusted adviser, strategist, author, speaker, and futurist. The topic of the day is stablecoins and the GENIUS Act passed this summer in Washington. We discuss both the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead for traditional FIs in the age of stablecoins.

In this episode, we’re joined by Steven Van Belleghem, Customer Experience expert, author, and keynote speaker, as well as the co-founder of nexxworks in Belgium. Steven is also a member of the SRM International Advisory Board, and on this episode we discuss ways established corporations – notably banking institutions – can think like startups to remove friction for their customers and empower their employees to succeed.

In this episode, we speak with Dean Nolan, SRM's Managing Director of Commercial Payments. Dean brings 25+ years of experience in payments and financial services to SRM, having held leadership positions in payments strategy, innovation, product management, and product sales at Fifth Third Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, First Data, and MasterCard. He is a frequent speaker on Instant Payments and Fintech and API workgroup chair at the US Faster Payments Council. The topic of the day is commercial payments, and specifically what headwinds in 2024 are transforming the landscape. This includes the impact of fraud, instant payments, infrastructure upgrades, Banking as a Service, and overall transformation initiatives.