About the Author

John Waupsh is a renowned speaker at top fintech and banking conferences. With one hand in community banking and the other in fintech, he is well‐regarded for balancing straight‐talk consultation with research‐backed ideation.

John is Chief Innovation Officer at Kasasa®, the company formerly known as BancVue®. Waupsh has pioneered integrated fintech and financial marketing solutions for over a decade, including Kasasa, the first national brand of financial products offered exclusively at hundreds of community financial institutions around the United States.

John is Austin Chapter Lead of Next Money, a global fintech networking organization, and a mentor with Bank Innovation's global fintech accelerator, INV.

His work has helped Kasasa grab three Finovate “Best of Show” titles, recognition in Fast Company's “10 Most Innovative Companies in Finance,” standing in the FinTech Top 100, as well as numerous MarCom Awards.

In his spare time, Waupsh runs a music conservancy called The Preservation Project, which discovers, restores, and releases previously unpublished music from the 1920s through the 1970s. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two children.

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