Credit unions say yes to financial literacy in a bid to engage the next generation now

Banking, SMB Finance

Building bridges: How foundational tech investments can shape a more connected banking ecosystem, feat. U.S. Bank’s Scott Beyer

• How can FIs step in with solutions that allow SMBs to concentrate on growing their businesses while relegating banking to the background?
• During Tearsheet’s The Big Bank Theory Conference, Scott Beyer, U.S. Bank’s Head of Business Banking Digital Experiences, outlined three crucial steps that banks can take to capitalize on opportunities and minimize gaps in the SMB landscape.

New banks, Path to growth

How Grasshopper uses team building and customer acquisition strategies to catalyze its growth

• Grasshopper has recently grown its talent pool by bringing on four new executives to fill key roles in startup banking, embedded finance, product management, and SMB/SBA lending.
• We look at how team building is intertwined with Grasshopper’s growth strategy and its growth trajectory two years post-relaunch.

Banking, The People Starting Things

On fighting the boys club and building role models in financial services

• Three women leaders from the industry dive into their experiences with bias and lack of representation of women in tech in the financial services industry.
• An exploration of how lack of representation impacts communities and how organizations can do better.

Banking, Making better partnerships, Path to growth, Podcasts

How are emerging community banks building effective tech partnerships? 

• This episode builds on the de novo community banking theme, exploring the origin, growth, and technology paths of two community banks: RockPointBank in Tennessee and Moultrie Bank in Georgia. 
• Both banks are young, having been founded during the pandemic, and while they share some commonalities like limited budgets and staffing, they each have unique markets and growth strategies. The variety of perspectives on the same challenges is what makes their story interesting.

Banking, Making better partnerships, Path to growth, Podcasts

‘Banks use about 35% of their available technology, and we didn’t want to be that bank’: Craft Bank CEO, Ross Mynatt, on evolving tech preferences among community banks

• Hey, I'm Tearsheet's Sara Khairi, kicking off as your new host of the Tearsheet Podcast alongside our editor-in-chief, Zack Miller. Ready to shake things up, I'm excited to bring you some episodes of my own. My very first episode takes you to Atlanta, where we explore the growth and tech preferences of Craft Bank.
• Ross Mynatt, CEO of Craft Bank joins us to discuss his journey as a first-time CEO, the choice of Jack Henry as their core tech partner, and the strategies behind Craft Bank’s $250 million asset growth in just under 4 years.