Bank Innovation Expert JP Nicols
Bank innovation expert JP Nicols has been internationally recognized as a leading voice for innovation, strategy and leadership for the future of financial services, and his work has been featured in leading publications and conferences worldwide.
JP is a trusted advisor to companies from startups to the Fortune 500, a popular writer, a top rated speaker, and is often quoted in the press on video and in print. He has been named to several lists as an influential thought leader in financial services, including theFinServ 25: The Most Influential Voices in Banking, and others:
- The Best FinTech Influencers with Awesome Blogs (#3)
- Top FinTech Influencers in the United States of America (#5)
- Fintech influencers to Follow in 2018 (#12)
- Top Payment Influencers to Follow on Twitter 2018 (#13)
- Fintech influencers you should be following in 2017 (#15)
- Fintech influencers you should be following in 2016
- The 100 Most Influential Fintech Leaders in 2016
- 25 Must-Read Financial IT Blogs
- 20 Finserv Marketing Influencers You Should Be Following
- 33 Most Followed Fintech Persons
- 20 Finance Technology Influencers You Need to Follow
- 8 FinTech Leaders You Need to Follow
- The Absolute Ultimate Guide of Who’s Who in FinTech
- Top Ten Wealth Management Thought Leaders
- Nine online influencers that shape the future of payments
- Top 25 leading influencers in financial services
- Top 5 Financial Services Thought Leaders
JP’s work has been featured in some of the industry’s top publications, including American Banker, The Financial Brand, BAI Banking Strategies, Investment News, Bank Innovation and many others. See examples here.
Bio
After spending 20 years as a part of the leadership team growing a $6B regional bank into an industry leader with over $400B in assets, JP has been a bank innovation expert working at the intersection of fintech, innovation and financial services to help others turn potential into performance.
He is Managing Director of FinTech Forge, which helps financial institutions build and leverage their innovation capacity through strategic fintech partnerships and investments. He was also a founder of the Bank Innovators Council, which is now as a part of Next Money, a global community committed to reinventing finance through design, innovation and entrepreneurship.
He has served in past leadership and innovation roles at top financial institutions, including as the first Chief Private Banking Officer for a top five U.S. bank. He is a highly rated instructor on fintech and innovation at the Pacific Coast Banking School graduate school of business held at the University of Washington,Graduate School of Banking at Wisconsin, and the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.
He is also cohost of Breaking Banks, the world’s #1 global fintech radio show and podcast, and the flagship program for Provoke.fm. With more than 5.5 million listeners from over 170 countries, it is the #1 business show on VoiceAmerica World Talk Radio. In 2017 he launched his own show on Provoke.fm, Serial Intrapreneur, which tells the stories of leaders who battle the status quo inside their own companies to innovate and drive change.
As a bank innovation expert, JP has also been advisor to numerous early stage fintech companies and currently serves on the advisory board of Advizr. He previously served on the advisory board of Balance Financial and as Vice Chair of the board of Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart.
From JP:
Unless reposted or otherwise noted, everything here is my own work and my own opinion, and it is copyrighted with all rights reserved. The thing I love most about being a bank innovation consultant is helping individuals and organizations move from potential to performance. I love helping great people build great businesses.
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Disclosures: This blog is free, and I write about things that I think will have value to my readers, period. Sometimes I am paid to attend an event or write about the activities of a company, but I try to make that clear, and I always maintain final editorial control. I do not post sponsored content created by others, and I do not sell my subscriber lists.
I generally have no financial interest in the companies or products I mention, and if I do I try to make that transparent. I or my companies, including, but not limited to Next Money and The FinTech Forge may do business, or seek to do business in the future with any person or company mentioned here. I usually use affiliate links for any books that I recommend. This means I may earn a small commission if you decide to buy the book, but I am not paid to promote any specific books.
My recommended reading list:
- Blue Ocean Strategy
- Breaking Banks
- Business Model Generation
- Crossing the Chasm
- Escape Velocity
- The Discipline of Market Leaders
- The Innovator’s Dilemma
- The Innovator’s DNA
- Jumping the S Curve
- Smarter Bank
- Value Proposition Design
- Value Web
- The Wide Lens
- Zone to Win
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