Financial institutions have been wrestling with integration challenges for decades — legacy cores, fragmented data, and costly point-to-point connections that slow everything down. But AI is starting to change the equation. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Jon Fancey, Chief Technology Officer at PortX, sits down to dig into what the integration problem really looks like on the ground, where AI is delivering measurable value today versus where it's still mostly hype, and why the foundation you build on now will determine whether your institution is ready for what's coming next.
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In this episode:
01:27 Get to know Jon
03:06 The challenges at the intersection of technology and business.
04:39 How the speed of technology is an inhibitor to modernization.
05:41 Where AI is delivering measurable value when it comes to integrations and data workflows.
07:55 How AI is impacting FIs ability to attract top tech talent.
12:35 What’s enabling the acceleration in AI-powered integration platforms?
18:49 How AI will influence future technology transformations.
20:54 How data fragmentation can limit AI development.
22:53 Using AI not just to store data, but to act on it with confidence.
24:12 The normalization of real-time data visibility.
27:03 One final message for FI leaders: Is the technology you’re using right now going to be suitable in five years?
