Ron Shevlin
@rshevlin
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Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors. Senior Contributor at Forbes where I publish the Fintech Snark Tank blog.
Boston, MA
Joined October 2007
JPMorgan Chase Is Right To Charge Fintechs For Data Access. Chase’s decision to charge fintechs isn’t a data rights issues, it won’t hold back innovation, and it isn’t going to harm families the financial system is meant to serve.
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Chase’s decision to charge fintechs isn’t a data rights issues, it won’t hold back innovation, and it isn’t going to harm families the financial system is meant to serve.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post: Why VCs Are Betting Big On Tradecraft AI. The next wave of AI innovation won’t come from general-purpose tools, but from tradecraft AI—highly specialized apps designed that embed expertise into workflows.
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The next wave of AI innovation won’t come from general-purpose tools, but from tradecraft AI—highly specialized applications designed that embed expertise into workflows.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post: Generative AI As Infrastructure: A Productivity Playbook For Banks. Just as cloud computing is now a part of modern IT architecture, the same will soon be true for #GenAI. Generative AI is infrastructure—not a tool.
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Just as cloud computing is now a part of modern IT architecture, the same will soon be true for generative AI. Generative AI is infrastructure—not a tool.
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Why The Grok Disaster Should Scare Every Bank Using AI. The Grok debacle isn't just a tech ethics story. It’s a business, legal, and reputational risk story—one that businesses in nearly every industry shouldn’t ignore.
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The Grok debacle isn't just a tech ethics story. It’s a business, legal, and reputational risk story—one that businesses in nearly every industry shouldn’t ignore.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post: When AI Goes Off The Rails: Lessons From The Grok Debacle. The #Grok debacle isn't just a tech ethics story. It’s a business, legal, and reputational risk story—that businesses in nearly every industry shouldn’t ignore.
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The Grok debacle isn't just a tech ethics story. It’s a business, legal, and reputational risk story—one that businesses in nearly every industry shouldn’t ignore.
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New Fintech Snark Tank post: How Banks Can Be The Anti-Robinhood And Reverse Deposit Displacement. Deposit displacement is pummeling banks and credit unions. They can reclaim trillions in lost funds by integrating investing services.
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Deposit displacement is pummeling banks and credit unions. They can reclaim trillions in lost funds by integrating investing services and becoming the Anti-Robinhood.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗚𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. New report from @CstoneAdvisors and @Q2_Software defines the future of digital banking.
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The digital banking revolution is over. Digital banking has become little more than a delivery channel for checking account access, not a platform for innovation.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post on @Forbes:. The New Trend In Personal Finance: Revenge Saving. Revenge spending—the pent-up consumption as COVID lockdowns eased—is giving way to a new, equally impactful trend: revenge saving.
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Revenge spending—the pent-up consumption as COVID lockdowns eased—is giving way to a new, equally impactful trend: revenge saving.
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Americans Will Put Money In Amazon And Walmart Stablecoins. New #Fintech Snark Tank article on @Forbes .
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The GENIUS Act offers banks, fintechs, merchants, and retailers an entry ramp into stablecoins. Banks who act can limit the threat of Amazon and Walmart stablecoins.
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The Charlie Javice Verdict: A Wake-Up Call For Fintechs And Banking. Javice’s conviction is sending shockwaves through fintech and banking. The case exposes vulnerabilities in fintech acquisitions. But the real hit is on trust in fintechs.
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Javice’s conviction is sending shockwaves through fintech and banking. The case exposes vulnerabilities in fintech acquisitions. But the real hit is on trust in fintechs.
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What Are Banks’ And Fintechs’ Real Customer Acquisition Costs?. Are you overpaying for new customers? A new study gives banks and fintechs solid, reliable customer acquisition cost benchmarks.
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Are you overpaying for new customers? A new study gives banks and fintechs solid, reliable customer acquisition cost benchmarks.
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Just a reminder that the 2025 What's Going On In Banking World Gala Event (formerly known as "webinar") is 2 weeks from today. To register: To get the report:
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Finally. The position is open. I'm sitting by my phone eagerly awaiting the call from the President asking me to serve (which, of course, is a stupid comment because I can take my phone with me where ever I go).
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Why Fintechs Are Beating The Banks In New Checking Accounts. Digital banks and fintechs dominate new checking account opening. They have a problem looming on the horizon, however. New #Fintech Snark Tank post on @Forbes .
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Digital banks and fintechs dominate new checking account opening. They have a problem looming on the horizon, however.
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New #Fintech Snark Tank article:. Trump Should Remake The CFPB Into The Consumer Fraud Protection Bureau.
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The root of the CFPB’s ineffectiveness is that it believes regulation is the way to fix the banking industry’s problems. To be effective, it must innovate, not regulate.
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Gig Work And Side Hustles Are Turning Gen Z Into ‘Bizumers’. The growth in gig work and side hustles is creating“Bizumers”—half consumer, half small business owner—with unique money management challenges.
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A new rule from the CFPB aims to empower consumers by granting them control over their financial data. But that assumes we have the ability to do that. Bad assumption.
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The new hot customer segment in banking? #BabyBoomer not #GenZ. New #Fintech Snark Tank post (and report) out on the new banking opportunities for aging #Boomers.
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#Apple says #GenerativeAI isn’t good at math (but Tim Cook is) :) . A new Apple study should make consumers rethink using Gen AI to get financial advice and temper banks' plans to use #AI to offer advice and guidance. New Fintech Snark Tank post: .
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