Board Seats, AI Clones, and Stablecoins: What the Headlines Keep Getting Wrong

What are the headlines getting wrong about banking right now? In this episode of What’s Going On in Banking, Ron Shevlin and Stacey Bryant take on three big debates: whether Gen Z belongs in the boardroom, why AI executive clones may be more illusion than innovation, and why SoFi’s stablecoin story is really about Galileo’s B2B infrastructure play, not just consumer crypto hype.

From credit union branding and board diversity to executive judgment, authenticity, tokenized money, and stablecoin strategy, this episode cuts through the surface-level takes and gets to what financial institutions should actually be paying attention to.

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Show Notes:

• AI Clones in the C-Suite: A Productivity Solution to the Wrong Problem
• SoFiUSD Is the Bait, Galileo Is the Hook
• Ron's Substack Account

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Chapters
[0:00] Intro: Knicks Energy, Boston Betrayal & Banking Banter
[3:24] Stacey’s Conference Aha Moment
[4:08] A Gen Z Board Member at a $2B Credit Union
[5:44] Should Credit Unions Drop the “Credit Union” Name?
[6:39] Ron’s Pushback: Gen Z Isn’t a Board Strategy
[9:30] Representation vs. Real Board Expertise
[11:46] Diversity of Thought or Market Research?
[13:25] Ron’s Substack Era Begins
[14:32] AI Clones in the C-Suite
[16:20] Why AI Can’t Replace Executive Judgment
[17:10] Authenticity, Trust & the “Real Slim Shady” Test
[20:20] When AI Clones Actually Make Sense
[24:20] SoFi’s Stablecoin Story: The Headlines Got It Wrong
[26:20] Why Galileo Is the Real Stablecoin Play
[28:21] Stablecoin Strategy: Rails, Role & Reach

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