Ron Shevlin
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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
Looking for fresh, original, thought-provoking #fintech and #banking content and data? Check out my Observations from the Fintech Snark Tank column on Forbes: https://t.co/8QKllKtyaf
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Banks With The Best (And Worst) Credit Card Fraud Experience Card fraud is inevitable these days, but the resolution process doesn’t have to be painful. The best issuers provide a fast, transparent, and fair process. New #Fintech Snark Tank post: https://t.co/qWnKEAeuhp
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Card fraud is inevitable these days, but the dispute/resolution process doesn’t have to be painful. The best issuers provide a fast, transparent, and fair process.
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How Banks Can Help Gen Z And Millennials Up Their Credit Score Banks could recapture $110 billion in deposits and generate $1.7 billion in interchange fees by integrating credit reporting into checking accounts. New #Fintech Snark Tank post: https://t.co/fTv0BElNsc
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Banks could recapture $110 billion in deposits and generate $1.7 billion in interchange fees by integrating credit reporting into checking accounts.
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Primary FI status ain't what it used to be, but primacy still has its benefits. Join me, Emily Gessner, Michael Bernard, and Puneet Malhotra from @personetics on Oct 23 as we discuss the new primacy. Register: https://t.co/3YCBIO3KM2 Use code PERS1023 for free registration
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New #Fintech Snark Tank post: Show Me The Faster Money: Profiting From Instant Payments Just 11% of banks expect to monetize B2B instant payments in the next 3 years, and a mere 6% expect to generate revenue from retail faster payments. They're wrong. https://t.co/nhVJDEZpde
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Just 11% of banks expect to monetize B2B instant payments in the next 3 years, and a mere 6% expect to generate revenue from retail faster payments. They're wrong.
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#Fintech Snark Tank post: A Banker’s Guide To Trump’s Digital Finance Innovation Agenda Treasury's report on digital financial technology marks the start of a more coordinated strategy to modernize the financial system and promote American leadership. https://t.co/mcJojvb5kv
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The US Treasury's report on digital financial technology marks the start of a more coordinated strategy to modernize the financial system and promote American leadership.
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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. https://t.co/2Ce89nI29w
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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. https://t.co/mKwnANo85n
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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. https://t.co/NBSB1EJKZH
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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. https://t.co/qsqzhmPEVu
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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. https://t.co/qsqzhmPEVu
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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. https://t.co/RBpkKgvR4K
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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. https://t.co/SOgqfeODb3
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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. https://t.co/e765BDXmId
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Americans Will Put Money In Amazon And Walmart Stablecoins New #Fintech Snark Tank article on @Forbes
https://t.co/k4ucLLYNSr
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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. https://t.co/7NPYs9vdFK
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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. https://t.co/vJMkkk5xPJ
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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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Americans spent nearly $25 billion on #fintech fees and subscriptions in 2024, up 86% from 2021. See more in my new report 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨' 𝙈𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙨' 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 🔥 https://t.co/qf319FSOWL
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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: https://t.co/ea4WDzjqjz To get the report: https://t.co/BKvXSWyErN
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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
https://t.co/7fzJOgKstr
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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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