{"podcast":{"title":"Banking Transformed with Jim Marous","slug":"banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931","podcast_index_feed_id":343931,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/bankingtransformed","website_url":"https://thefinancialbrand.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/aaf96f8e-b6fb-11ea-89a5-3756e924605b/image/BT_Rock_Jim_Square_Logo_5-28-23_REV_300_dpi.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Jim Marous","episode_count":523,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T22:19:03.307110+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931"},"episode":{"title":"2026 Mid-Year Review with Ron Shevlin","slug":"2026-mid-year-review-with-ron-shevlin","published_at":"2026-07-14T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931/2026-mid-year-review-with-ron-shevlin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931","url":"https://thefinancialbrand.com/banking-podcasts","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/A27C8C/traffic.megaphone.fm/PLAS8968677223.mp3","summary":"What actually mattered in banking during the first half of 2026 — and what was just noise? Jim Marous welcomes Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors, back to Banking Transformed for a mid-year review that cuts through the hype. The conversation covers why agentic AI is both overweighted and underweighted by banks and credit unions; Ron Shevlin’s three-part framework for AI’s impact, and the pivotal question of how work gets done versus who does the work; the stablecoin and tokenized-deposit debate, and the evolving role of core providers including Fiserv, FIS, and Jack Henry. They also discuss bank and credit union consolidation driven by capabilities and digital maturity rather than geography, and the fintechs Ron is watching most closely — SoFi, Robinhood, and Coinbase. At the heart of the episode is the decline of primacy: why a single “primary bank” no longer exists for consumers under 40, and why direct deposit no longer signals a growing relationship. The episode closes with each guest’s top priority for the second half of 2026. Ron Shevlin publishes the Fintech Snark Tank on Substack (ronshevlin.substack.com) and LinkedIn. Hosted by Jim Marous, co-publisher of The Financial Brand and Owner and Publisher of the Digital Banking Report.","meta_description":"What actually mattered in banking during the first half of 2026 — and what was just noise? Jim Marous welcomes Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer at Corn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2952,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931/episodes/2026-mid-year-review-with-ron-shevlin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banking-transformed-with-jim-marous-343931/2026-mid-year-review-with-ron-shevlin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}