If I Ran the Bank

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 Chaois Executive Vice President in charge ofCity 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 Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Sage 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 bank innovation, venture firms, and revenue-based financial loans!

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 discusshow 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, including with 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.