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Justin Bakst

Justin Bakst

Executive Director – Products & Solutions at Darling Consulting Group (DCG), leading analytics products like Deposits360° and a frequent speaker on bank deposits and risk management.

Oct 22, 2026

4:27
I mean, is it a pricing story, technology payments? Is it something more fundamental? You know, how do you kind of view the same question that we ask you?
4:35
Yeah, I think it's fundamental, but this is more of an evolution rather than a revolution, is what I would say.
4:44
Things are changing rapidly from a technology perspective.
4:49
And some of the factors that Kia laid out, artificial intelligence and tokenized deposits, stablecoin, as well as this really large generational wealth transfer.
5:01
And so when we're kind of thinking about these changes, one thing that really comes to my mind is clearly technology is going to play a huge role.
5:13
The digital experience, fraud is going to be a number one concern for business and consumers.
5:21
But I still think there's some things that are going to stay the same, and that's important when we think about this evolution.

12 MINS LATER

17:33
I'm like, why am I at the bank I'm at? But anyways, Justin, on the other side of that equation, could you shed a little more light on this DRI and what it means, what it's representing, and kind of how to think about it if you're a banker right now?
ZachHOST
5:48
I mean, is, is it a pricing story, technology, payments? I mean, is it something more fundamental? You know, how do you kind of view the same, um, question that we a- asked Kia?
5:56
Yeah, I, I think it's fundamental, but this is more of an evolution rather than a revolution is what I would say.
6:04
You know, it's not Things are changing rapidly from a technology perspective.
6:11
And some of the factors that Kia laid out, artificial intelligence and tokenized deposits, stablecoin, uh, as well as this really large generational wealth transfer.
6:22
And so when we're kind of thinking about these changes, one thing that really comes to my mind is clearly technology and...
6:33
I- is gonna play a huge role.
6:35
The digital experience, fraud is gonna be a number one concern for, for business and consumers.

12 MINS LATER

VinHOST
18:54
I'm like, "Why am I at the bank I'm at?" But anyways, Justin, on the other side of that equation, could, could you shed a little more light on this DRI and what it means, what it's representing, and kind of how to think about it if you're a banker right now?

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