Minority banks and the technology stack

Podcasts

Minority banks and the technology stack

Fintech Beat, Ep. 114

Minority and community banks, known as MDI’s, provide essential funding for people for minority communities. (Stephen Zenner/AFP via Getty Images)

Posted November 2, 2021 at 4:00am

Nicole Elam, CEO of the National Bankers Association, and Larry Parks, co-founder of Forethought Advisors, discuss what digital transformation looks like for minority-owned and rural banks.

More podcast content

Show Notes:

China’s Mu Changchun on the digital yuan
Why does crypto love Twitter?
Black and brown perspectives on crypto and inclusion
Innovating the gig economy
The bill to bring crypto clarity?

Recent Stories

The Capitol dome is seen through a window in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda in May.

Congress’ wide age gap comes into focus

Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., has indicated that he will fight to undo the Senate bill's hemp provision.

Stopgap funding bill’s hemp troubles aren’t over

Former White House aide Dan Koh, accompanied by his daughter, talks with Lily Holzman, right, and Dorothy Lubas during an Aug. 15 meet-and-greet hosted by the Peabody Democratic City Committee in Peabody, Mass., for candidates running for Massachusetts' 6th District. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

A Massachusetts primary tests Democrats’ appetite to ‘change the culture’

A worker stocks Angus beef top sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2025.

Trump creates beef with ranchers over new import plan

Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 20, 2026.

White House ballroom construction can proceed, SCOTUS says

A child is vaccinated during an immunization event at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Community Resource Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 24, 2025.