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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. Goes to Allison Netzer and Liz High for their provocative tome, Think Like a Brand, Not a Bank. In January, we were discussing crypto and the need to formulate customer crypto strategies.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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“You want to get into as many use cases as possible,” said Greg Weed, director of card performance research at Phoenix Marketing International. It lacks brand recognition and requires consumers to take the extra step of transferring Canadian dollars into MintChips. All of this stuff builds transactions. .”

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Under Stuart’s leadership over the past 17 years, OnPoint has gone from under $2 billion in assets to knocking on the door of $10 billion, all while becoming the most recognized financial brand in the Portland market and achieving some of the industry’s best profitability in 2023. Oh, and along the way, OnPoint will provide an amazing $2.5

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system. Sweet Deal for the Acquiree) Award –Goes to Honey Science Corporation for its $4 billion acquisition by PayPal with Honey keeping its brand and HQ. Overpriced Unicorn (a.k.a.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award. Credit Union: Gulps may have occurred when $3 billion Desert Schools Federal Credit Union signed with recent new technology entrant Corelation , but this San Diego-based core provider and Phoenix area credit union made it happen. Financial Brand Forum. Colonel Klink Award.

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Finovate Spring 2018 – Day 2

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What if improving security was rewarding for consumers and super simple to do – while the payments ecosystem saw reduced fraud and new revenue opportunities? We license the technology to HW vendors and brands. Looks like they are based in Phoenix. ^WM. Its flagship product is called CFO – Cash Flow Outlook.