CU versus Bank | Can’t we all just get along…maybe so

Bank. Credit Union. Customer. Member. Not-for-profit. Profit. Taxed. Not Taxed. Twiddle-dee. Twiddle-dum.
Sure, there are differences but really at the end of the day? People are still people, banks and credit unions, operationally, work in many of the same ways, and their IT systems are damn near identical from one another. So why not try to [...]

One of those (big) weeks…

As most of you know, our company has been putting alot of time and effort into a community that we’re building for the financial services industry.
After going through a semi-private beta and then the release of Banktastic on April 1st we’ve seen some great progress. We always wanted the product to [...]

I am passionate about financial services!

Couple of real good blog posts have come across my feeds lately and felt like I wanted to comment on both but figured it made more sense to put them in one concise post here.
Both posts talk about examples of other companies being passionate about their products and how they look for employees that have [...]

Banking Executives - Stop being stupid about technology.

This post is for the executives of the financial world. Please feel free to forward on to the appropriate people.
It’s no surprise to hear that many banking executives still do not understand the value of the IT department. They still see it as only a cost center and generally don’t try to not [...]

Banktastic.com Major Announcement!

Today, Banktastic made a big announcement. We are going into the hardware business. The water cooler hardware business! We feel strongly that this is going to revolutionize the way way and news are consumed. Prepare to be amazed!

Hehe, in all honesty we did release a complete redesign and added many new features [...]

Hire Good People Everytime!

How do you hire good people each and everytime? It isn’t an exact science but I’ve gotten better at it.
The process of hiring, in all honesty, is a total beat down to me. Going through the websites and posting the job you’re trying to fill whips me to no end. Tangent: [...]

Coveritlive.com - Live Blogging the Cowboys/Giants Playoff Game

Coveritlive.com came across my feed reader today and it intrigued me in the fact that this might be a cool way to have a direct contact with a lot of people that ‘follow’ me and I could use this as a mechanism during events I’m at whether it be conferences, speeches, interviews, whatever! So [...]