Glen interviews Fintech Sandbox co-founder Sarah Biller about agentic AI's "leapfrog moment," and Allon Advisors' Dan Murphy offers a perspective on how agentic AI could reset the entire Open Banking debate. Also- dispatches from the Atlanta and Boston Fintech Weeks, and a preview of industry events still on the fall docket.

Links related to this episode:

Allon Advisors: https://www.allonadvisors.com/

Fintech Sandbox: https://www.fintechsandbox.org/

Atlanta Fintech Week: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlanta-fintech-week/posts/

DC Fintech Week October 13-16: https://dcfintechweek.org/

VentureTech, November 16-18 in Fort Worth, Texas: https://myventuretech.com/

FinovateFall's 72 demo videos are now available: https://finovate.com//videos/

Part 2 of our FinovateFall coverage, including Glen's Best of Show ballot and an interview with Go.AI, which recently completed an $85 million Series A funding round: https://www.big-fintech.com/a-fintech-by-any-other-name-2/

Go.AI's press release regarding its Series A funding: https://go.ai/company/press/series-a-funding


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Glen speaks with Tony Hernandez about the power of CU Unplugged's "un-conference" model, why he couldn't wait a full year to rev up its collaborative engine again, and how a BOGGSAT can deliver impressive results. Fresh from the Innovation Club, Velir's Cory Caplette and Josh Hover share insights on retooling websites for agentic traffic, the risk of "AI invisibility," and the offsetting opportunity to gain mindshare. Also- X Money expands (but leans on the fine print).

Links related to this episode:

CU Unplugged, November 18-20 in Fort Worth, Texas: https://www.cu-unplugged.com/

VentureTech, November 16-18 at the same site: https://myventuretech.com/ (DISCOUNT AVAILABLE for those attending both events)

Velir x Brooklyn Data: https://www.velir.com/

Our recent interviews with Finovate standouts Go.AI https://www.big-fintech.com/a-fintech-by-any-other-name-2/ and Tweezr https://www.big-fintech.com/putting-an-accent-on-identity-code-modernization-and-fraud/ as discussed at BIG's recent Innovation Club.

Also, both startups' 7-minute demo videos:
https://finovate.com/videos/finovatefall-2026-go-ai/
https://finovate.com/videos/finovatefall-2026-tweezr/


We recently held a very productive semi-annual in-person meeting of the Innovation Club- a curated group of credit union tech, data and strategy leaders. We also meet virtually each month to extend R&D budgets by collaborating on tangible solutions to real world challenges. Sound like your kind of thing? See if you're a fit and if so, request a guest pass to an upcoming session: https://www.big-fintech.com/innovation-club/