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Digital Banking Pioneer Shares Secrets of Success

How do you combine tech and analytics (and innovation) in banking in an efficient and feasible way? Nicole Lorch, president and chief operating officer of First Internet Bank, has the insights you need.

Published on September 2021 in Data Analytics

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FEATURING: Nicole Lorch, president and COO of First Internet Bank

What can legacy financial institutions learn from the first online-only bank? Founded in 1999, First Internet Bank reimagined the traditional banking model as the first state-chartered, FDIC-insured institution to operate entirely online.

What makes First Internet Bank different than other competitors that were established at about the same time, but were later either shuttered or absorbed by other entities?

To understand what makes First Internet Bank unique, and how complex services can be offered by a bank with no branches, we have Nicole Lorch, the president and COO of First Internet Bank on the Banking Transformed podcast. Nicole shares her perspective on how to combine technology, analytics, innovation and a challenger mindset for long-term success.


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About the Banking Transformed Podcast

In each Banking Transformed podcast, host Jim Marous has candid conversations with the world’s foremost leaders on what it takes to transform financial institutions during an age of digital disruption. His guests discuss technology, channels, innovation, customer experience, leadership, culture and competitive forces that are changing the banking industry faster than ever before.

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Jim Marous Profile PictureNamed as one of the most influential people in banking, Jim Marous is an internationally recognized financial industry strategist, co-publisher of The Financial Brand and the owner and CEO of the Digital Banking Report. The Digital Banking Report is a subscription-based publication that provides deep insights into the digitization of banking, with over 150 reports in the digital archive available to subscribers.

As a sought after keynote speaker, author and recognized authority on disruption in the financial services industry, Marous has been featured by CNBC and CNN, Cheddar, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Financial Times, The Economist, The American Banker and has spoken to audiences worldwide. Jim has also advised the White House on banking policy.

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