In the this episode of our commercial banking takeover, Peter Tapling of PTap Advisory joins guest host Alex Jimenez to explore the intersection of faster payments, fraud risk, and trust in commercial banking. Learn how to balance the adoption of new rails like FedNow with client education, fraud prevention, and smart execution strategies. If you’re leading modernization efforts, this episode is essential listening.

In this episode of our commercial banking takeover, Alan Koenigsberg, founder of Koenigsberg Insights and former Global Head at Visa, sits down with guest host Alex Jimenez to share how banks can modernize working capital, embedded finance, and B2B infrastructure. This episode is packed with insight into scaling safely, transforming legacy systems, and building operational models that last.

En un mundo donde la tecnología avanza más rápido que las regulaciones y los hábitos de los usuarios, la banca enfrenta un desafío decisivo: cómo conectar con las personas en la era digital. Hoy, la inteligencia artificial y el Engagement Banking están redefiniendo la forma en que los bancos se relacionan con sus clientes, impulsando la inclusión financiera y, al mismo tiempo, mejorando la rentabilidad.

En este episodio de Helvic Talks, conversamos con Alex Jimenez, Lead Principal Strategy Consultant en Backbase, una de las voces más influyentes en estrategia bancaria y transformación digital.

In the fourth episode of our commercial banking takeover, Jessika Wood, SVP of Commercial Payment Products at Fifth Third Bank, joins guest host Alex Jimenez to explore how banks can simplify complexity and scale growth through smarter commercial payments. With insights from fintech and traditional banking, Jessika shares what it takes to move from siloed services to integrated money movement ecosystems.

In the third episode of our commercial banking takeover, Jack Hubbard of The Modern Banker joins guest host Alex Jimenez to talk about modernizing the commercial banking sales playbook. From trust-based selling and power questions to effective second meetings and blended outreach strategies, this episode is a masterclass in how to sell through conversation, not pressure.

In the second episode of our commercial banking takeover, Jennifer Wilson, former Chief Digital Officer at Western Alliance Bank, shares how commercial banking teams can use UX and digital strategy to drive measurable acquisition and retention. Guest host Alex Jimenez guides a conversation on design thinking, reducing friction, and what real transformation looks like when banks focus on customer needs instead of internal assumptions.

In this first episode of our commercial banking takeover, J.P. Nicols of Alloy Labs joins guest host Alex Jimenez to explain how commercial banks can move beyond superficial innovation efforts and start delivering real business outcomes.

In this episode of the FinWise EYE ON: podcast, host Sarah Grotta is joined by Alex Jimenez, Lead Principal Strategy Consultant at Backbase, to discuss the trends and future of corporate payments. They delve into the lag in user experience for corporate payments compared to consumer-side innovations, and explore the current state and challenges in the industry. Topics covered include the role of real-time payments, the complexity of implementing digital solutions for businesses, and the potential impact of technologies like stable coins and AI. Alex shares insights from his experience and recent conversations with business leaders, offering a grounded perspective on the future of financial solutions in the corporate sector.

Recorded live at Backbase ENGAGE Americas, Episode 61 of Banking Reinvented is a panel discussion that deep-dives into mergers and acquisitions, which aren’t just accelerating — they’re becoming a defining feature of the modern financial landscape.

In this episode, moderator Alex Jimenez is joined by an all-star panel of M&A experts, including Carla Higgins (CNB Bank), Sumeet Grover (UFCU), Osman Ulhaq (OneAZ Credit Union), and Nate Porter (West Monroe). Together, they discuss everything from recent trends to customer/member impact and ways to balance the promise of growth with the complexity of integration.

In this episode, we chat with Alex Jimenez, a banking and fintech expert with years of experience working with big banks and startups. Alex shares how banks can truly change with tech and how many are just pretending.

Generative artificial intelligence is driving significant innovation in data analytics, which, in turn, is accelerating business outcomes and mitigating risk in banking and financial services. It's also changing how customers interact with and benefit from their banking relationships. This expert panel will delve into the evolving use cases of GenAI within banking and provide a roadmap for success.

We’re joined on the Banking Transformed podcast by Alex Jimenez, Lead Principal Consultant at Backbase. Alex helps us understand the critical differences between consumer, small business, commercial, and wealth solutions – and why a one-size-fits-all approach fails in today’s competitive landscape.

Alex Jimenez from Backbase discusses the evolving landscape of digital banking, highlighting the growing demand for personalized and seamless user experiences across all banking sectors.

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Alex Jimenez, Lead Principal Consultant at Backbase, joins Megan Weis to break down why traditional digital transformation approaches need rethinking, what digital transformation really means for banks, and why we should drop the word "digital" altogether.

In this lively conversation, Duena Blomstrom and Alex Jimenez, both members of the "FinTech Mafia ThinkTank," offer an insider's perspective on the fascinating journey of the fintech industry. They dive into its early beginnings, the struggles of driving innovation in traditional banking, and envision an exciting future where banking becomes truly personalized and consumer-centric.

Alex Jimenez, Lead Principal Consultant at Backbase, explores how digital transformation is playing a crucial role in supporting and modernizing the banking industry. Jimenez breaks down the ways banks are leveraging digital tools to improve customer experience, streamline operations, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

According to S&P Global, credit unions acquiring bank assets are at an all-time high, with the number of deals totaling over $7 billion as of June this year (2024). That said, Alex addressed why there has been a lot of M&A activity from credit unions over the past year -- especially with banks.

Alex also shared his perspective on the challenges credit unions face in acquiring banks, as well as other ways credit unions can achieve expansion without focusing on M&A with a bank.

Lastly, Alex talked about some of the key takeaways that credit unions should consider before determining the best way to grow.

Liz Lumley sits down with Alex Jimenez, strategist, fintech influencer, writer, speaker, and currently principal consultant at Backbase, to discuss what happened to the pandemic-driven acceleration we were all promised and what non-finance-related event you should attend next.

This episode of The Human Code, hosted by Don Finley, features a conversation with Alex Jimenez from Backbase. They delve into how technology, especially in the realm of banking and finance, intersects with human ingenuity and shapes our future.

Corporate finance may seem more like the technology department lately, as digitalisation and AI transform accounting, risk management and overall strategy. Finance leaders needs to harmonize multiple tools and innovations while making sense of more data than ever before, with implications beyond financial decisions. Institutions are stepping up to meet the needs of today’s finance teams – banking and investment services IT spending is forecast to rise 8% in 2023 – while applying an ecosystem approach to customer experience. But as technology permeates financial decision-making, is it driving better performance? In this session, we’ll explore the increasingly complex world of finance leaders and how human-centered models can harness technology for results.
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