Sponsored Solutions Sessions

Hear high-value presentations from leading fintechs, technology providers, and strategic partners, delivering actionable insights built specifically for banks and credit unions. Industry leaders will showcase real-world case studies, proven strategies, emerging technologies, and measurable results that tackle today’s largest roadblocks for growth.

Going Beyond Lifecycle Marketing to Deliver Real-World Value

Instructor: Marcell King, Partner and Head of Portfolio Company Strategies at Demopolis Equity Partners / Nuuvia

Core Themes: Lifecycle Marketing, Product Design, Customer Engagement, Growth Strategy

Why you should attend:

The traditional segmentation models used in financial marketing are failing. This session will show you how to design bespoke products around financial moments throughout the entire financial journey — not just broad demographics. See how this empathy-driven approach to product design transforms engagement into lifetime loyalty with demonstrable results.

You’ll learn a practical framework to design products around critical financial moments — how to co-create solutions, prioritize underserved segments, and quantify success through LTV vs. short-term vanity metrics.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to build engagement models that support multi-generational relationships
  • How to map products to life stages and intent rather than relying on generational stereotypes
  • Real-world case studies showing how community financial institutions are driving sustainable growth and competitive differentiation
  • A four-step process to increase engagement with underserved segments

Winning Digital Growth Without Enterprise Spend: Unifying AIO, Social & Advanced Tracking

Instructor: Kacey Kaderly, Director of Digital Strategy at image.works

Core Themes: Digital Marketing Strategy, AIO, Data Analytics, ROI Measurement

Why you should attend:

It doesn’t take a big bank’s budget to compete in search and social today. You just need the right strategy.

This session will uncover how community institutions are using Google’s AI inventory (Performance Max, DemandGen, AI Max for Search) alongside Meta and LinkedIn ads to capture attention — without overspending.

Attendees will gain practical, data-driven insights into what’s working now, how to get the most from every dollar, and how to confidently measure ROI. From signal-based targeting to compliance-friendly tracking, this session will help you turn your digital marketing into a growth engine.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to feed algorithms data signals to find accountholders and maximize visibility in the AI era
  • How to balance traditional organic SEO and AI optimization to dominate the results page in your local area
  • How to tap social media targeting tools to reach audiences effectively, with custom conversion tracking, tag signals and responsive ads that travels across devices
  • How to use full-funnel reporting to fine-tune your creative and target audiences for ongoing performance improvement

Hacking the Gen Z Mindset: A Playbook for Winning Lifelong Customers Now

Instructor: Abigail Rendin Sidawi, Managing Director at Olson Zaltman

Core Themes: Gen Z, Behavioral Science, Customer Acquisition, Brand Strategy

Why you should attend:

To grow Gen Z relationships, financial marketers must understand the emotional and unconscious factors driving their choices.

This session will use behavioral science to reveal how this generation truly thinks, what they value, and why they behave the way they do — specifically with respect to money and their financial lives. You’ll explore how brands tap into how Gen Z thinks to influence their behavior with actionable tips and tactics to create lifelong customers, including real-life examples showing exactly how these strategies work in practice.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to move beyond surface-level data to uncover the psychological drivers behind Gen Z’s financial behaviors
  • How to translate emotional insights into actionable strategies that improve acquisition, engagement, and long-term loyalty
  • How to design banking experiences that address Gen Z’s unique blend of digital confidence and financial uncertainty
  • How to communicate with Gen Z in ways that are authentic, relevant, and aligned with their values

Stop Losing Customers at Hello: Rewriting the Customer Journey

Instructor: Ted Brown, Cofounder at Digital Onboarding

Core Themes: Customer Journey, Onboarding, Retention, Engagement Strategy

Why you should attend:

Opening an account takes less than three minutes, but keeping that account active, engaged, and loyal is where the real challenge begins. As the friction of switching decreases, silent churn is becoming a growing risk for banks and credit unions.

This session challenges the traditional “onboarding” mindset and reimagines it as a continuous engagement journey, showing how a holistic strategy can drive long-term growth, retention, and deeper member relationships. You’ll see how leading community institutions are transforming early touch points into powerful relationship drivers by combining smarter communication, behavioral insights, and personalized education to gain lifelong advocates.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to use insights from transactional data to identify customer needs and deliver timely offers that actually convert
  • How to build trust with new customers as a foundation to creating lasting relationships
  • A framework for turning customer communications into measurable relationship growth
  • How to pivot from short-term acquisition tactics to strategies that deepen relationships from day one
  • Metrics and measurement strategies that inform leadership decisions

Cutting Through the Hype – Making A Real Difference on the Balance Sheet

Instructor: Dan Marks, President at Infusion Marketing Group

Core Themes: Data Analytics, ROI Measurement, Marketing Strategy, Balance Sheet Growth

Why you should attend:

Learn how data-driven FIs use benchmarking and robust attribution to pinpoint the precise impact their marketing activities are having in driving specific accounts, balances, and retention.

In this session, CMOs will share how they’re practically applying analytics to move the needle. You’ll hear how financial marketers are holding strategic, data-driven conversations with their CFOs and boards, with case studies revealing strategies that create true growth.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to build a marketing strategy that makes a real difference on the balance sheet
  • What analytics and benchmarks institutions use to ensure marketing drives true growth
  • How to attribute results across channels to measure and prove impact
  • How to turn marketing initiatives into predictable business outcomes

Successful Strategies to Turn Value-Add Services into Reliable Non-Interest Income

Instructor: Gabe Krajicek, CEO at Kasasa

Core Themes: Non-Interest Income, Product Strategy, Digital Banking, Customer Engagement

Why you should attend:

Community banks and credit unions are watching traditional fee income erode while their cost of funds has risen. The institutions that will win in this environment aren’t those that squeeze a few more dollars from overdraft or nuisance fees, but the ones that reimagine non-interest income as value-add subscription-style services people actually want.

In this session, you’ll learn how to pivot from transactional, penalty-based fees to modern, consumer-friendly revenue streams that deepen engagement and loyalty. We’ll explore real-world examples of bundled protections, rewards, and digital services that generate recurring non-interest income — without creating reputational or regulatory risk.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • How to identify the gaps in your current fee strategy, and design bundled service offerings for sustainable non-interest income
  • How to pivot from “junk fees” that create risk and resentment to value-based fees that consumers willingly pay for
  • How to integrate non-interest income solutions into online banking so they feel like part of your core offering — not an add-on upsell

The Power of Personalization: Leveraging Data to Deepen Banking Relationships

Instructor: David Acevedo, President at 360 View

Instructor: Chelsea Daniel, National Sales Representative at 360 View

Core Themes: Personalization, CRM, Data Strategy, Customer Experience

Why you should attend:

Today’s customers expect experiences that feel truly personalized — tailored, relevant, and intuitive. In this session, we’ll explore how financial institutions can transform everyday interactions into meaningful moments by using customer data more intelligently. You’ll learn practical strategies for delivering personalized experiences across marketing, onboarding, service, and relationship management — at scale and without adding operational burden.

We’ll also illustrate how modern CRM technology makes this attainable for institutions of all sizes, showing real examples of what personalization looks like in action. Join us to discover what personalization looks like in practice — and how your institution can streamline operations by automating workflows that support personalization at scale.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • The shifting customer expectations driving the need for true personalization
  • How to connect fragmented data to build a unified customer profile that fuels tailored experiences
  • How to design personalized journeys across marketing, onboarding, and relationship management
  • How to equip teams with insights that prompt proactive, high-impact customer interactions

From Clicks to Conversations: Digital Experience Design in the Age of AI

Instructor: Sai Rangachari, Chief Product Officer at Temenos

Core Themes: Digital Experience, AI, Core Modernization, Payments

Why you should attend:

The way digital experiences are built is fundamentally changing. AI is shifting design from static journeys to dynamic, personalized interactions that adapt in real time to user behavior and intent.

This session explores how organizations are rethinking digital experience design – moving beyond traditional UX models to AI-powered experiences that are faster to build, easier to scale, and more responsive to customer needs. Attendees will gain insight into what this shift means for product teams, marketers, and technology leaders.

This session will teach banking executives:

  • Core modernization strategies that enable continuous innovation
  • AI-driven digital experience design and personalization
  • Digital origination and onboarding built for speed and conversion
  • Modern payments capabilities supporting real-time, digital-first experiences
  • Aligning technology, marketing, and product teams for scalable transformation