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Sep 10, 2024

Glen speaks with Managing Director Deidre Campbell about the Edelman Trust Barometer and its insights on consumer attitudes, with impact for financial institutions and beyond. We then detour into regenerative farming as Fintech South Innovation Challenge winner Alex Edquist discusses how her startup Good Agriculture empowers small farms. Also- banking’s version of the Tide Pod Challenge?
 
Links related to this episode:
 
The Edelman Trust Barometer: https://www.edelmansmithfield.com/2024-edelman-trust-barometer/supplemental-report-insights-financial-services
Trust at Work: https://www.edelman.com/trust/2024/trust-barometer/special-report-trust-at-work 
Good Agriculture: https://goodagriculture.com/ 
Fintech South: https://www.fintechsouth.com/
Hypepotamus’ overview of the ten Innovation Challenge participants: https://hypepotamus.com/companies/b2b/meet-the-10-semifinalist-startups-for-the-fintech-south-innovation-challenge/  
The Chase ATM TikTok fiasco (a/k/a Check Fraud): https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/business/chase-tiktok-trend/index.html 
Consolidation of the Virginia Credit Union League and League of Southeastern Credit Unions: https://www.vacul.org/news/lscu-and-vacul-announce-intent-to-consolidate 

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