The Intelligent FI is a banking podcast for leaders of credit unions, community banks, regional banks, and financial institutions.
Each episode explores AI in banking, lending innovation, data, automation, digital transformation, governance, and leadership with CEOs, chief lending officers, technology executives, and industry experts.
Practical conversations for financial institution leaders building faster, smarter, relationship-led organizations for the future.
Hosted by Gopal Swamy and co-host John Janclaes, alongside industry leaders from organizations including All In Credit Union, GHS Federal Credit Union, WSECU, and other respected voices across financial services.
If you're interested in AI, lending, digital transformation, banking technology, data, leadership, and the future of relationship-led financial institutions, this is where the conversation begins… Listen in!
Meet Your Hosts
Gopal Swamy
Gopal is a fintech and technology leader with 15+ years of experience at American Express, Booz Allen Hamilton, Akamai, and data-focused startups in the lending, enterprise, and edtech verticals. He co-founded multiple companies and has one successful exit. Gopal led global software implementations for multiple fortune 100 companies and recovered over $200M for a top 5 lender. Gopal holds a BA in Economics from Brandeis University, has spoken at numerous entrepreneurship-focused events at MIT Sloan and Product School, and loves founding B2B startups.
John Janclaes
John is Founder of The CEO Corner, an executive coaching and advisory practice he established in 2014 to help leaders and organizations improve performance. He previously served for 17 years as President & CEO of Partners Federal Credit Union, propelling the institution from the bottom to the top deciles of peer performance, a ranking it maintained for more than a decade, while growing assets under management fivefold. Most recently, he spent five years as President of Nymbus CUSO and Chief Growth Officer of Nymbus, Inc., and earlier in his career held executive roles at Logix Credit Union spanning sales, operations, lending, wealth management, and insurance.
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