Elevate 2025: A Heartfelt Thank-You (And a Look Back at an Unforgettable Week)

What a week. From the first cups of coffee to the last handshake, Elevate 2025 reminded us why this community is so special. Thank you to our clients, prospects, sponsors, and the Bankjoy team for showing up with ideas, energy, and generosity.

We gathered September 21–23 at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville—a fitting stage for big conversations about the future of community banking. The cityscape in the background of our conference stage showed off major bank headquarters– but as Mike Duncan stated so fittingly in his closing remarks “Guaranteed there is more innovation happening in this room right now than in all of those boardrooms combined.”

Conference Highlights

• Talks & panels: Leaders shared what’s working now—from deposit growth and activation to personalization, AI, and partnerships that actually move the needle.
  
  
• Live demos & the Demo Lab: Hands-on walk-throughs, real questions, and new ideas.
  
  
• Connections: Some of the best insights happened between sessions and out at our social events—thank you for the thoughtful questions, candid stories and having so much fun with us. We truly made new friends here.
  
  

Evenings to Remember

• Opening reception at Barlines: A high-energy kickoff with plenty of new introductions and old friends.
  
  
• Category 10 line dancing (sponsored by CU*Answers): A packed floor, live band, and dance instruction made for some serious smiles.
  
  
• Private songwriter workshop at the Bluebird Cafe: A uniquely Nashville sendoff—intimate, inspiring, and a perfect final note.
  
  

Deep Gratitude

To our sponsors—with a special shoutout to our Platinum sponsors LenderPay, InvestiFi, Finalytics.AI, Gold sponsors SavvyMoney, Pinwheel, Bronze sponsors Larky, Verifi, Urban FT and CU*Answers who sponsored our line dancing event—thank you for fueling the conversations and momentum. We’re grateful for your support and collaboration. To our speakers and moderators, thank you for bringing real-world experience and substance. To our clients and prospects, thank you for trusting us with your questions and ambitions. And to our staff: your planning, hosting, and behind-the-scenes magic made everything seamless.

Photo Gallery

We captured hundreds of moments—big stages, small conversations, and everything in between. Browse the Elevate 2025 photos and feel free to download and share your favorites (please tag @Bankjoy and use #BankjoyElevate so we can reshare).

Have photos of your own? Post them with #BankjoyElevate and tag @Bankjoy or email them our way—we’d love to include them in the community album.

What’s Next

We’re already gathering feedback and ideas for what comes next. If you joined us this year, keep an eye out for the post-event survey and session resources. If you couldn’t make it, we’d still love to connect—there’s plenty we can share from the sessions and demos.

Thank you—truly—for making Elevate 2025 more than a conference. It was a community in action. Here’s to carrying this momentum into the months ahead.