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Brad M. Bolton: Educating future leaders

Independent Banker

In community banking, we’re not ones to rest on our laurels. We’re always raising the bar for ourselves, our teams and our communities to ensure we provide the best possible services to our customers. Brad Bolton is president and CEO of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala. I am a firm believer in education. We teach them.

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What is the ROI of a Banking Conference?

Jeff For Banks

Getting much needed capital into the hands of small businesses that can lead their economies forward. I still find this to be a challenge at community banks. So the engineering firm ends up at "Big Bank", and the community bank wonders why. They want to grow small business deposits. What a great succession planning tool!

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

The catalyst was likely a panel led by the CEO of Taktile (AI Underwriting), a Partner from Bain Capital, a partner for Andreessen Horowitz, the chief data scientist from Branch International (digital banking fintech for India and Africa), and a tech correspondent for CNBC. You have never heard so many intelligent people sound not so smart.

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Tech Center: Microsoft In Montreal, Puerto Rico’s Entrepreneurism

PYMNTS

It looks as though Montreal, Canada’s robust AI community has left a good impression on tech giant Microsoft. Microsoft is excited to engage with faculties, students and the broader tech community in Montreal, which is becoming a global hub for AI research and innovation,” Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said in a statement.

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RegTech: How investment trends are impacting the industry—and how the ecosystem can work with the regulator

Accenture

We’re lucky to have Jason Boud—who is pulling together a strong community in London—with us in the Labs. It’s relevant not just in banking, but capital markets, wealth management and insurance. I wanted to explore how investment trends in this area are impacting the industry and how the ecosystem can work with the regulator.

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RegTech: How investment trends are impacting the industry—and how the ecosystem can work with the regulator

Accenture

We’re lucky to have Jason Boud—who is pulling together a strong community in London—with us in the Labs. It’s relevant not just in banking, but capital markets, wealth management and insurance. I wanted to explore how investment trends in this area are impacting the industry and how the ecosystem can work with the regulator.

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5 Ways Credit Unions Can Be More Resilient with AI and Analytics

FICO

This COVID pandemic aftershock is about to hit the financial services industry, which means that credit unions need to pay close attention to their capital, asset quality, earnings, and liquidity. A credit union’s strengths lie in its members, its service, its community involvement, and the community’s trust.