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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2026 · 30 MIN

A Single Point of Failure Is Never A Good Strategy

from Grow Your Credit Union

Read the show notes and full transcript on our site: growyourcreditunion.com A 77-year-old credit union did the due diligence, picked a solid vendor, and built a whole strategy on it. Then the vendor went under and took the credit union with it. The lesson isn't about that vendor. It's about what happens when your entire plan has a single point of failure and no way out. In this episode: How credit unions can stand out when every institution has the same AI tools What a collapsed cannabis-banking strategy really teaches about vendor risk Whether stablecoins are the deposit threat everyone fears Plus we talk with Jack Smith, CEO and Co-founder of Pure IT, about CU Intersect, the credit union event actually worth your January. A huge thanks to Pure IT for sponsoring this episode. Learn more at pureitcuso.com. Links from this episode: CU Intersect (January 25-27, 2027, New Orleans): cuintersect.com Host: Joshua Barclay Co-host: Becky Reed Guest: Andrew Mattingly, Chief Operating Officer, FORUM Credit Unions

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