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Arkansas Banking Solutions Accelerator

The Arkansas Banking Solutions Accelerator, in partnership with the Arkansas Bankers Association, is a specialized program designed to connect banks with innovative financial technology companies. The accelerator focuses on helping banks discover cutting-edge technologies that enhance customer experience, streamline operations, and introduce new products.

Accelerator Programs
At the core of the program are 1:1 demo sessions with the bank solution providers, where bank representatives meet startup founders for 30-minute focused interactions. These sessions allow the banks to directly engage with solutions selected by your banking peers tailored to the specific needs of Arkansas banks, ask questions, and explore real-time demonstrations of the innovations. By connecting banks with startup founders, the program encourages collaboration and rapid adoption of tech-driven solutions. In essence, this accelerator allows your team to do a year’s worth of research and development work in a day with these curated companies.

The accelerator fosters a dynamic learning environment for both banks and startup companies, helping the banking industry adapt to the fast-evolving financial landscape while offering founders the chance to directly present their solutions to decision-makers.
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If you’re ready to book your visit, click the link above to choose a date via Calendly. All sessions start at 9:30 AM, and once you pick a date, you’ll receive a calendar invite with a Zoom link and we will update the invite with an agenda so you know when each company is presenting.

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The Arkansas Banking Solutions Accelerator founding companies:

Company Name
About
Vertical
Cohort
Cirrus Secure
People over Paperwork: Cirrus orchestrates documents for the financial enterprise.
  • Website: https://www.cirrussecure.com/
  • Email: db@cirrussecure.com
  • Key contacts: COO, SVP Operations, VP of Loan Operations
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Coverbase
    Coverbase uses generative AI to automate third-party vendor assessments.
  • Website: https://www.coverbase.com/
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  • Email: clarence@coverbase.ai
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  • Key contacts: Chief Risk Officer, CISO, CIO
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Graphio
    An insights-driven employee scoring designed to track flight risk, future leaders, and engagement.
  • Website: https://graphio.ai/
  • Email: dn@graphio.ai
  • Key contacts: Head of HR, CFO, COO, CIO
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Grounded
    Grounded is a marketplace that allows large depositors to move their cash into community financial institutions.
  • Website: https://www.groundedft.com/
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  • Email: ​​danae@groundedft.com
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  • Key contacts: Head of Liquidity, Head of Commercial, CFO, Head of Deposits, Head of FIG
    •      		2024 ABSA
    LendingFront
    LendingFront is an embedded cross-sell platform that helps banks build more effective relationships with their hard-to-reach SMB customers.
  • Website: https://lendingfront.com/
  • Email: jorge@lendingfront.com
  • Key contacts: Head of Retail Banking, Head of Small Business Banking, Head of Commercial Banking, Customer Engagement
    		•  2024 ABSA
    LexAlign
    LexAlign boosts treasury customer fraud prevention, retention, sales and deposits.
  • Website: https://lexalign.com/
  • Email: trevor@lexalign.com
  • Key contacts: Treasury, Operations, Risk
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Lumio
    Lumio Insight helps banks maximize ROI on their data assets.
  • Website: https://lumioinsight.com/
  • Email: Jeff.fink@lumioinsight.com
  • Key contacts: CFO, CTO, Chief Lending Officer, Chief Data Officer, Head of Retail Banking
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Posh AI
    Posh AI assistants empower frontline staff and transform customer interactions.
  • Website: https://www.posh.ai/
  • Email: martin.barbee@posh.tech
  • Key contacts: COO, CIO, Customer Engagement
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Revio
    Customer insights solution for banks that uncover deposit and revenue growth opportunities.
  • Website: https://revioinsight.com/
  • Email: brian@getrevio.ai
  • Key contacts: Chief Deposit Officer, Chief Treasury Officer, Chief Commercial Officer
    		•  2024 ABSA
    Smart Eye Technology
    Smart Eye Technology prevents unauthorized access with continuous facial recognition.
  • Website: https://getsmarteye.com/
  • Email: dexter@getsmarteye.com
  • Key contacts: CISO, IT, Risk
    		•  2024 ABSA

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