Banking Transformed with Jim Marous

Updated: 02 Dec 2025 • 452 episodes
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Are you prepared to embrace change, take risks and disrupt yourself in response to the digital disruption in banking? If not, this podcast is for you. Hosted by top 5 banking and fintech influencer, Jim Marous, Banking Transformed highlights the leadership and cultural challenges facing the banking industry. Featuring interviews with some of the top minds in business, this podcast explores how financial institutions can prepare for the future of banking.

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Today on Banking Transformed, I sit down with someone who never holds back – Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank. We recorded this conversation live at the Catalyst Strategic Summit in Austin, where Kevin and I explored one of the biggest questions facing the industry today: What is the real future of retail banking—and wher

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The secret to breakthrough innovation isn't having more resources. It's all about learning faster. SpaceX went from near-bankruptcy to reshaping a $400 billion industry by compressing learning loops from years to weeks. This isn't just a space story. It's a blueprint for any regulated industry. If you change the speed

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In this episode of Banking Transformed, Jim Marous exposes why digital transformation in banking is still more myth than reality. Despite massive investment and ambitious strategies, only 7% of banks achieve their intended digital outcomes. Drawing on insights from the 2025 Retail Banking Trends and Priorities Report s

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Fraud is no longer just a downstream cleanup issue. It’s a direct result of cyber incidents that outpace our organizational structures. Siloed teams still overlook weak signals, coordinated attacks manage to get through, and losses grow across different channels. That’s why banking leaders need a new strategy: one that

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Today, I’m excited to welcome Colton Pond and Simon Taylor, the visionary co-founders of Fintech NerdCon to the Banking Transformed podcast. Fintech NerdCon is an event with no meetings, no sales booths … just top-tier networking with fintech operators and builders. It’s what happens when a fintech passion, Comic-Con e

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Today, we're exploring one of banking's most vital yet often overlooked functions: corporate banking account analysis. Though it might not seem glamorous, this is where billions of dollars in revenue are gained or lost, and where the gap between a loyal corporate client and a frustrated one is often decided. Joining us

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