If I Ran the Bank: Recent Episodes
Clayton Weir
If I Ran the Bank is a podcast hosted by Clayton Weir, Co-Founder and CEO at FISPAN, a FinTech that is enabling banks to provide contextualized, consumer-like experiences to their business clients.
Clayton is a renowned thought leader in financial innovation and hits on the hottest topics in banking and finance and the future of payments, and he wants to know: if you ran the bank, what’s the one thing you’d go all in on?
Joe Maxwell, Managing Partner at FINTOP Capital joined FISPAN’s CEO and Co-Founder, Clayton Weir, on Season Two of If I Ran The Bank podcast. In the episode, Joe and Clayton discuss the currents of change in financial services, ERP movement to the cloud, how banks can enable digital transformation, and considerations for compliance and bank regulators.
Sue Britton and Jeet Bhatti, Co-Founders of Fahtom4Sight, join FISPAN's CEO Clayton Weir and discuss financial innovation in Canada and the need for banks to evolve with their customer's expectations.
Patricia Tripar is an experienced leader in digital banking and payments services, most recently at Santander Bank. Patricia joined FISPAN’s CEO Clayton Weir on the Season Two Premiere of If I Ran The Bank Podcast, where they discussed shifting consumer expectations amidst digital transformation, how to complement treasury management tools instead of competing with them and the growing importance of the banks-FinTech partnership.
Wilson D’Souza, CTO at Akoya, joined FISPAN’s Clayton Weir on the If I Ran the Bank podcast where they discussed the role Akoya plays in the financial industry, the importance of consumer-permissioned data and the need for API adoption.
Natalie Luu is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners where she leads investments in early-stage and scaling startups, with a focus on Enterprise and FinTech. Natalie joined FISPAN’s Clayton Weir on the If I Ran the Bank Podcast where they discussed emerging trends and the FinTech disrupting the financial industry.
Reed Luhtanen is Executive Director of the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC). Reed joined FISPAN’s Clayton Weir on this episode to discuss the US Faster Payments Council and how they are working towards a future of ubiquitous instant payments.
Verna Grayce Chao is Executive Vice President in charge of City National Bank’s Treasury Management Solutions and serves on the bank’s Executive Committee. On this episode of If I Ran the Bank, Clayton and Verna Grayce discuss CNB’s entertainment payment ecosystem, being client obsessed, and how she would run the bank like a technology company.
Kerry Agiasotis is the President of The Access Group Asia-Pacific. With over 25 years of senior leadership, business management, sales and consulting experience, Kerry Agiasotis brings us in-depth insights into the world of accounting systems and the convergence of the software and financial industries and how that affects the future of accounting systems and business banking.
Melissa Widner is the CEO of Lighter Capital and former Ventures Managing Director at National Australia Bank (NAB). With many years of experience in the financial industry as an entrepreneur, founder, CEO, and investor, Melissa Widner brings global insight to the most recent episode of the If I Ran the Bank podcast where they discuss how venture capital firms and revenue-based financial loans can boost innovation!
Lou Towchik has over 38 years of experience in the financial industry in various management roles at multiple financial institutions including Mellon Bank, PNC Bank and Huntington Bank. In his most recent role, Towchik managed Treasury Management payables products including ACH, ARP, Commercial Card, Controlled Disbursement, Positive Pay, Real-Time Payments and Wire Transfer. Lou joined FISPAN’s Clayton Weir in this episode of If I Ran the Bank to discuss the implications and possibilities of real-time payments, ISO 20022 and moving away from paper checks.
Sandra Horvath is a technology industry business development leader and consultant with a background in business software and payment systems. Sandra joins Clayton on this week’s episode to discuss how banks can provide a better payments experience to their small business clients.
Ben Isaacson is SVP Product Strategy at The Clearing House who is responsible for its Connected Banking initiatives and possesses over 20 years of experience in banking and payments, with companies such as MasterCard, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Cross River Bank. In this episode, Clayton and Paul discuss The Clearing House’s recent announcement that will change the way due diligence is conducted across the financial industry.
Paul Margarites is an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Chase who founded and led the Treasury Ignition program and possesses over 12 years of experience driving digital transformation at global investment banks and management consulting firms. In this episode, Clayton and Paul discuss data security, blockchain in financial services, and the power of the information exchange.
Mike Sigal is an entrepreneur, startup investor, and strategic advisor who channels his expertise in innovation and business development across the financial services industry. As the Founder and CEO of 20022 Labs, Mike joins Clayton on this week’s episode to discuss B2B payment rails and infrastructure, embedded banking as a service for corporates, and the pace of innovation in financial services as a whole.
Dharmesh Mistry is the CEO of AskHomey and carries with him a 30-year track record for delivering transformational innovation across the financial services industry. In this episode, Clayton and Dharmesh discuss how cloud technology is shifting the nature of core banking, the future of open banking, and understanding your customer base.
Dave Pike has over eleven years of experience with Commonwealth Bank, leading payments development and strategy. Specializing in real time payments, online business banking, and payments innovation, Dave is now the Head of APIs and New Flows at eftpos Payments Australia. In this episode of If I Ran the Bank, Clayton sits down with Dave to discuss how banks can solve real customer business banking problems (like payroll) through embedded banking.
Peter Burridge is a senior investor, board member, and strategic executive and carries over 30 years of management and leadership experience in the enterprise software and financial technology sector. In this episode, we discuss transactional banking, bank licenses, and regulation.
In this episode, Jake Tyler, Co-Founder and CEO of Finn AI, sits down with FISPAN’s Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Clayton Weir, to discuss the emergence of virtual assistants in retail banking. Jake explains how a personalized virtual banker can benefit the consumer, through a simpler, more intuitive user experience.
In this episode, Clayton sits down with Erin McMcune, a Partner at Glenbrook, to discuss her three-step plan to replace checks for small businesses. Erin outlines her plan to replace checks with request to pay ACH payments and describes how it would benefit both banks and their small business customers.
In this episode, Clayton sits down with Justin Ferrabee, an authority on finance and leadership with specialized expertise in payments and FinTech, to discuss his ideas around Canadian banks and their relationships with small businesses. He explains how, at this moment in time, policy makers and banks have a real opportunity to make a profound impact on financial services which will benefit all Canadians - but we need to capitalize on it quickly, or else wealth will be created outside our borders.
In this episode, Clayton sits down with Andrew Obee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ficanex, to discuss his ideas around tiger teams, credit unions, and innovation at the bank. Andrew discusses how FI's need to embrace open banking to make it easier for customers to make their own choices, while maintaining their focus on trust. He talks about lessons learned throughout his career, starting from flipping burgers to being a top executive - and why it's never a good idea to fake a sick day!
Lisa Shields is the founder of and Chief Executive Officer at FISPAN. An engineer by trade and an entrepreneur at heart, she founded FISPAN after years spent listening to the pain points banks were experiencing with their business customers. In this episode, we discuss embedded experiences, data security, personalization, and how to put an emphasis on the bank-customer relationship.