Banking Trends
Articles, webinars, podcasts, and reports about the latest trends and strategies in banking, with insights and research senior executive bank management teams need to build their strategic plans.
Articles

Will a Fintech’s Acquisition of a Chicago Bank Restart the Race for Charters?
SmartBiz’s recent bank acquisition could herald a coming wave of fintech-bank combinations in a friendlier regulatory environment.

The Survival Playbook: Hard Truths of Building Resilience in Banking
Success in fintech isn’t about luck or brilliance — but mastering unglamorous work with precision and deliberate resource allocation.

New Banking Innovation Freedom Comes at a Cost: Rethinking Risk Management
Innovation has a green light now. Take careful advantage by realistically assessing risk.

Your Silent Competition Is Winning: Are You Even in the Game?
Timid and tired responses to aggressive newcomers is costing community banks and credit unions their customers — and many don’t even know it.

Five Ways to Strengthen Your Institution for a Falling Rate Cycle
As interest rates decline, banks face familiar challenges. Learn five strategies to navigate this cycle while strengthening customer relationships.

How Three Banks Are Fighting Back Against App Consolidation
App consolidation is a challenge for banks who want to maintain engagement, but it’s also an opportunity to drive better results.
Webinars, Podcasts, Reports

Banking’s Next Chapter: M&A, Technology, and Building the Future
As banks embrace digital transformation through AI, cloud adoption, and open banking, they face heightened cybersecurity risks, regulatory complexities, and operational challenges.

Banking 2025: Industry Experts Map the Path Forward
Industry experts Brett King and Ron Shevlin discuss how tech advancements, changing consumer behavior and market forces are reshaping banking.

What’s the Community Bank Advantage?
Brian McEvoy, Chief Retail Banking Officer at Webster Five Savings Bank share his unique insights into building successful community banking organizations in today’s digital age.

Banking’s Next Chapter: 5th Anniversary Special (Part 2)
Leah Haslage and Jim Marous discuss the journey of the Banking Transformed podcast, the evolution of the banking industry, and insights into the future of financial services in this second episode.

Banking’s Next Chapter: 5th Anniversary Special (Part 1)
Leah Haslage and Jim Marous discuss the journey of Banking Transformed, the evolution of the banking industry, and insights into the future of financial services.

The High Interest Rate Environment and its Impact on Consumers and Financial Institutions
The 2024 Alkami Telemetry Data Report provides multiyear trends of key deposit, loan and payment products, based on an aggregated panel of more than 2.5 million account holders.