BMO Harris Bank’s Ben Schack was the recent guest on Bank Innovation’s podcast, “Fintech Unfiltered” which first aired January 15, 2020. In this episode Schack, who leads US Digital Partnerships for BMO Financial Group, shares his experience working with startups, and in particular fintechs, to increase offerings at the bank.  The podcast focuses on what BMO looks for when engaging with fintechs, and how they are building out capacity to increase opportunities for innovation by collaborating with fintechs and other startups.

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“SpringFour has changed the way we are engaging with our customers who are kind of in a moment of truth in their financial life, and really changed the nature of that interaction and the way that we are engaging with them for the better.” 

-Ben Schack, Head US Digital Partnerships, BMO Financial Group

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When asked about fintechs that BMO is excited about and examples of partnerships in the past few years that went very well and are doing interesting things in Fintech, Ben had this to say, ”The best example to talk about is our partnership with SpringFour.” 

Ben went on to say that SpringFour “has changed the way we are engaging with our customers who are kind of in a moment of truth in their financial life and (SpringFour has) really changed the nature of that interaction and the way that we are engaging with them for the better.”

Tune in for great insights and of course to hear more specifics about how BMO Harris embraces fintech partnerships and specifically how BMO Harris has deployed SpringFour to bring benefits to its business and customers.

And a thank you to Bank Innovation for featuring this important topic of collaboration.

Katie Gottschall Donohue

Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement, SpringFour Inc.

SpringFour Co-Founder and CEO, Rochelle Gorey, had a chance to sit down with Dirk Van Velzen from the Prison Scholar Fund podcast.  The two had an engaging conversation discussing Rochelle’s journey to founding SpringFour, innovation in the financial services industry, and how changing the way we treat those living paycheck to paycheck can have a huge impact. Prison Scholar Fund provides education and employment assistance to help incarcerated people succeed and thrive in society. Their blog focuses on social impact and those individuals and companies that are making a difference.  Check out the podcast here.

Katie Gottschall Donohue

Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement, SpringFour Inc.

Building credit is an important piece of creating a healthy financial life. As consumers work to repair their credit and build a solid financial foundation through Self, Inc. and their Credit Builder Account, they are getting on the path to financial wellness.

This path is by no means always a straight shot, and unexpected expenses or financial difficulty can impede even the best of savers.  That’s why SpringFour is excited to announce our recent partnership with Self, Inc.  As Self CEO, James Garvey noted, “We recognize building credit isn’t the only financial challenge our customers face, nor their only financial goal, our customers have a drive to improve their overall financial situations and work towards goals like savings, owning a home, or managing their debt, to name a few examples. By partnering with SpringFour, we can help our customers achieve the financial wellness they seek.”   

With the addition of SpringFour to their website, Self is putting thousands of vetted, local financial wellness resources into the hands of their customers. These resources will help their customers, who are already working to build their credit, know where to turn for help to find local savings and achieve greater financial wellness. As SpringFour CEO, Rochelle Gorey, stated “We are excited to bring SpringFour to Self customers because we know that by offering targeted local resources to people when they need financial help, we can help get them back on track with their payments and create opportunities for savings.”  

 Want to learn more about how you can bring SpringFour resources to your customers or employees? Contact us to find out.

Katie Gottschall Donohue

Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement, SpringFour Inc.