Jess Fongemie
Keeping you on the map in the evolution of money
As the competitive landscape shifts from traditional electronic transactions to modern digital engagement, and money merges with the...
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Jess Fongemie
Sep 16, 20224 min
Designing Digital Differentiation
“Blockchain technology is going to rewire all financial services.” [1] “The blockchain is the financial challenge of our time. It is...
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Jess Fongemie
Aug 12, 20224 min
Local FI’s ‘Trade Deadline’
If you’re a sports fan, you may know that Major League Baseball’s trade deadline just passed. Each season as the deadline approaches,...
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Jess Fongemie
Aug 4, 20224 min
Innovation doesn't sleep, and neither should your strategy!
While attention is diverted by the cost of cash at the Fed window, a truly existential threat remains closer to home. Peril is lurking at...
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Jess Fongemie
Jul 26, 20226 min
As the economy retrenches, will consumers’ expectations for innovation & digital services recede too
In a word: No! Alternative: ((Don’t hold your breath!)) or.. ((Not damn likely!) It’s no secret, our industry is being forced to innovate...
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Jess Fongemie
Jun 23, 20225 min
Remaining Relevant to the Core in the Revolution of Currency & Community
What do core data, core processing, your basic business operations, and your strategic plan have to do with digital currency and...
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Jess Fongemie
Jun 9, 20225 min
The Digital Revolution of Money has Arrived
“You’ve Got Mail.” Do you remember when electronic mail (email) became mainstream? In the 1990’s email was a novelty. Almost immediately,...
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Jess Fongemie
Mar 24, 20225 min
Capitalizing on Currency in your Community
Money is morphing and financial literacy now requires an increased understanding of the revolutionary, rapidly evolving terms and...
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Jess Fongemie
Jan 6, 20224 min
Metaverse—You’ve heard the word lately. What does it mean?
Is it just another tech buzzword? Marketing jargon? A new dimension of reality? Is metaverse relevant to community FIs? “The money...
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Jess Fongemie
Dec 14, 20214 min
Old Practice versus Next Practice
Relationship Building in the Digital Age As you’ve tuned into your favorite TV show, streaming service, or sports game recently, have you...
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dalandcuso
Nov 17, 20215 min
The Cryptocurrency Moment and Your Community FI
Is your community financial institution in the dollar business, or the money business? We’re curious, do you have a feverish case of...
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Jess Fongemie
Sep 21, 20214 min
Modern Strategy Planning & the Relevance Equation
Thanks to companies like Amazon and Venmo, delightful, frictionless consumer experiences are well-known and well-loved. These Big-Tech...
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Jon Ungerland - CIO, DaLand
Sep 21, 20205 min
Crypto Wallets, Savings Bonds, and the Community FI Desert In-Between ...
A recent breakfast conversation with my 8-year-old son made me wonder if he’ll ever have an account at any financial institution.
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dalandcuso
Aug 11, 20201 min
Your Community FI and the Digital Currency (Community) Renaissance
"Ours is a moment where twin disasters have converged: Aging economic policies have been compounded by a public health calamity". Matthew...
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dalandcuso
Jul 24, 20201 min
COVID: Digital Currency Going Mainstream?
We've been talking about the fact that Money is Morphing for years. We've known that the fringe movement of cryptocurrency would become...
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dalandcuso
Jun 29, 20202 min
Strategy, Trash Talking, and the Pursuit of Excellence
In his recent article, Reopening America, Jon Ungerland explores the conflation of the strategic and the operational. “If your financial...
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dalandcuso
Mar 25, 20203 min
Relevance in a Time of Coronavirus: The Death of the "Mobile First" Strategy
Maybe you missed the news about the Coronavirus Stimulus package; but it contained an epoch-ending announcement for our industry – money...
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Jon Ungerland - CIO, DaLand
Mar 24, 20205 min
Couple Trillion Reasons to Get Serious about Digital Currency and Control of Community/Consumer Data
So, you woke up to the news of the Coronavirus Stimulus Package, and you find yourself in one of four camps: (1) shocked by the news of...
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dalandcuso
Mar 23, 20202 min
COVID: Stimulus Via Consumer-Direct Fed Digital Wallet!?
Yesterday you were an essential player in an ancient economy of access to funds, creation and servicing of debt, and processing of...
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