During our time in the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator, we met with and presented to many leaders of community banks. While we received many compliments on our solution, we received one piece of feedback time and time again after presenting - "This is great, but I wish that our lenders had access to this in the field."
Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the Teach Children To Save (TCTS) program sponsored by the American Bankers Association (ABA) Foundation. TCTS is a free, banker-driven national program that is focused on teaching kids primarily in grades K-8 about banking careers, interest, money savings, and more.
Founder and CEO, Joe Ehrhardt presented last week at the ICBA ThinkTECH Demo Day hosted by the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub. Also presenting were cohorts Adlumin, Agora, Botdoc, CRiskCo, KapitalWise, MK Decision, and Sou Sou.
Establishing and maintaining healthy financial habits is an important part of daily life. Various studies and surveys had found that kids, teenagers, and young adults were not being taught how to manage personal finances, credit cards, retirement funds, debt, etc. by parents or the educational systems.[1] Given that, the US Senate felt it was important to establish a month dedicated to promoting financial literacy and generally raise awareness to the importance of financial education.[1] Initially, the US Senate designated April as Financial Literacy for Youth Month in 2003 and established the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, supported by the Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury.[1] However in March of 2004, Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii proposed a resolution to designate April more generally as Financial Literacy Month.[1] The resolution passed unanimously and without amendment during the 108th Congress.[1]
Were you unable to make it to ICBA Live 2019? Not able to make it to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub in Little Rock today to see us present for the ICBA ThinkTECH Demo Day?
CEO and Founder Joe Ehrhardt was interviewed at ICBA Live 2019 by Barret School of Banking's Byron Earnheart for the Main Street Banking Podcast. Listen to the interview on your Apple or Android device.
On the final day of ICBA Live 2019, we had the pleasure of meeting with Wayne Miller, Executive Director, and Brian Bauer, Managing Director of The Venture Center. This brief yet insightful visit provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on our shared mission of supporting community banks with technology that enhances efficiency, compliance, and customer engagement. The Venture Center has helped connect Teslar with industry leaders and support our ongoing innovation through their involvement in the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program.
We are extraordinarily proud to announce that Teslar Software won the Banker's Choice Award for the most impactful solution presented at the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator Presentation session at ICBA Live in Nashville.
Our CEO and Founder, Joe Ehrhardt will be presenting today at ICBA Live 2019. He will be presenting during the 12:30-2:30 ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator presentation session in Room #205. He will be available immediately after the presentations during the mixer in the same room.
