What's Going On In Banking cuts through the noise to bring you the latest in banking, finance, and fintech. Hosted by Cornerstone Advisors' Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer, and Stacey Bryant, Director of Client Development, each episode delivers breaking news, industry insights, and unfiltered commentary from two industry experts who aren't afraid to say what they're really thinking. Expect honest opinions, practical takeaways, and just enough snark to keep things interesting.
Would You Let an Agent Be Your Muse? Or the Other Way Around?
Would you let an AI agent be your financial muse, or could it influence you more than you influence it? Ron Shevlin and Stacey Bryant debate Meta’s Muse, the warning that AI agents could accelerate bank runs, and whether anyone would pay $20 a month to move $200 from an account earning 1% to one earning 3%. They also explore how AI helped raise $2.3 million in deposits, what happens when software can open an account for you, and whether an agent can understand trust, community, and personal r...
24 Sept 2026
What AI Still Can’t Do: Two Big Banking Narratives Get Tested
What AI still can't do is at the center of two of the biggest debates in banking right now. Stacey shares a standout Finovate takeaway: a story about a janitorial company that uncovered a business opportunity no AI agent would have spotted. Meanwhile, new research suggests 8 in 10 businesses would consider switching to a financial institution built specifically for their industry. Maybe the future belongs to whoever asks the best questions. Ron and Stacey debate why human curiosity may ...
10 Sept 2026
Stop Calling Banking's AI Adoption a Frozen Middle
Banking’s AI adoption isn’t frozen. It’s early, uneven, and a lot more complicated than handing everyone a ChatGPT license and calling it transformation. Ron Shevlin and Stacey Bryant take apart the “frozen middle” narrative, explain why banks need to fund the less flashy stuff like APIs, data access, infrastructure, and process redesign, and warn that giving 500 employees AI tools could create 500 undocumented ways of working. Because apparently “let everyone run amok” is not an AI strategy....
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