Pathward’s Will Sowell Shares Insights on Bank-Fintech Partnerships at American Banker’s Digital Banking Conference

Will Sowell (far left) joined other industry experts for a panel discussion at the American Banker Digital Banking Conference, held June 1-4, in Boca Raton, Florida.

Pathward’s Divisional President of Partner Solutions, Will Sowell, weighed in on digital assets and other timely banking topics during the panel discussion, The Future of Bank-Fintech Collaboration. The panel took place at the American Banker Digital Banking Conference, held June 1-4, in Boca Raton, Florida.

KeyBank’s Senior Vice President of Product, Embedded Banking, Bennie Pennington, also joined the panel moderated by Ingo Payments CEO, Drew Edwards. The three discussed bank and fintech partnerships, regulations and the evolution of digital finance.

Sowell shared his perspective on how regulators view bank-fintech relationships, “Our sole purpose on the payment side is to go to market as a sponsoring entity. As such, we have to know our fintechs really well, and we have to know what the regulatory expectations are with our interactions with them.”

Watch the recorded panel discussion at AmericanBanker.com.

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