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Oct 23, 2023

BAI has named ten financial services companies from around the world as winners of the 2023 BAI Global Innovation Awards. For 13 years, the BAI awards have become known as the financial services industry’s leading honor celebrating achievements in innovation including advancing customer experience, implementing new technologies and improving the lives of employees, customers, and communities. BAI also honored ten individuals and two teams with a BAI Rising Star Award. 

Oct 2, 2023

BAI announced the finalists for the 13th Annual BAI Global Innovation Awards, the financial services industry’s leading innovation honor, celebrating organizational achievements. These 22 inspiring companies have successfully designed and delivered unique innovations that positively improved customer and business relationships, drove organizational changes and served their communities. This year’s finalists developed innovations covering digital transformation, fraud prevention, financial inclusion, instant payments, ESG investing, and artificial intelligence.

Jul 19, 2023

BAI (Bank Administration Institute) and RMA (Risk Management Association) have executed a letter of intent to merge in a move that will join organizations with rich histories of serving the financial services industry and its professionals. The merger is expected to become effective in December 2023.

May 26, 2023

BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights, has opened nominations for the 13th Annual BAI Global Innovation Awards. The awards are the premier innovation honor for the financial services industry, putting the boldest, smartest and most transformational work center stage. Innovations honored range from powerful new technologies to groundbreaking ways to leverage digital insights, and from customer and employee experience advances to community enrichment initiatives.

Dec 8, 2022

BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the most actionable insights in financial services, has named ten organizational winners and one honorable mention for the 2022 BAI Global Innovation Awards. Ten individuals were also named BAI Rising Stars....

Nov 17, 2022

BAI announced the finalists for the 12th Annual BAI Global Innovation Awards, the financial services industry’s leading innovation honor, celebrating organizational achievements. These 27 global trailblazers have successfully designed and delivered innovations that positively improved customer relationships, fostered organizational changes and served their communities. In addition to innovations related to retail and commercial products, digital transformation, community, and organization processes, the finalists represent current themes related to fraud and security, HR and talent development, diversity and inclusion, and ESG.

Oct 13, 2022

CU Insight

Find a fintech partner that’s committed to collaboration, never stops learning and adapting and makes your needs a priority. Then, together, you’ll be able to serve your members no matter what the future holds.

Aug 25, 2022

CUToday

In a recent survey of financial services leaders and consumers, BAI found that fraud continues to be a significant digital banking concern for all age groups. While financial services leaders have long been focused on fraud reduction, their efforts continue to increase. According to the survey, 60% of financial services leaders have increased their fraud reduction efforts this year.

Jul 28, 2022

Credit Union Times

BAI recently released research on the trends and interests of Gen Z. “A Look at Gen Z Banking Habits and Attitudes” provides insights to understand generational banking attitudes and expectations. The research uncovered that, unlike older age groups, Gen Z does not feel as tethered to traditional financial service providers and is less likely to bank with only one financial services organization.

Jul 28, 2022

Yahoo Money

A recent report from the Bank Administration Institute (BAI) found that less than half of Gen Z and millennials used the same financial institution as their parents in 2021. That's a significant drop compared to 61% of Gen Z and 54% of millennials in 2020. With younger customers fully aware of their wealth of options — and valuing very different things than their parents — big banks will need to catch up to remain relevant.

Jul 28, 2022

Cubroadcast

BAI’s Managing Director Karl Dahlgren joined Cubroadcast on the show to share findings from BAI’s latest small business banking study, surveying more than 600 small businesses at $20 million and below.

May 4, 2022

Banking Exchange

Online neo-banks are increasingly attracting the business of small companies ahead of larger, more established banks, according to new research by BAI.

Apr 29, 2022

The Financial Brand

Gen Z and Millennials still express a strong level of trust for banks and credit unions, but trust doesn't lead to loyalty anymore. Younger consumers are increasingly looking to fintechs for superior digital capabilities and cryptocurrency access. They're also quite willing to leave banks that don’t meet their standards for sustainability and diversity.

Apr 21, 2022

BAI, a non-profit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights, released new BAI Banking Outlook research addressing small business banking insights and trends. In a survey of 600 business owners under $20 million in annual revenue, 60% said a large bank was their primary financial services provider.

Mar 30, 2022

BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights, released new research addressing the top priorities and changing consumer attitudes of Gen Z banking consumers.

Mar 9, 2022

Recognizing the importance of providing powerful data and analytics in business banking, BAI, a nonprofit independent organization that delivers the financial services industry’s most actionable insights, and BrightQuery (“BQ”), the leading experts in sourcing, organizing and analyzing government-filed company and employment data, announced a strategic alliance.

Mar 4, 2022

The Financial Brand

Bank Branches to Drive Relationship Building. BAI research indicates that branches will not go away completely. Leaders may be reducing their footprints or reconfiguring their purpose, but there will be a real need for the foreseeable future for branches — and for the sake of consumers that have proven to be misunderstood.

Jan 14, 2022

CUBroadcast

BAI Managing Director Karl Dahlgren joined CUbroadcast to share the latest insights gained from their “BAI Banking Outlook: Are you prepared for 2022?”