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The BIG EASY
Elevate brings together forward-thinking financial leaders who are transforming their institutions through digital innovation. Learn how your peers balance cutting-edge technology with community values, setting the stage for growth and deeper client relationships.
Why Attend
Connect
Join an exclusive group of credit union & community banking leaders who truly understand your challenges. Learn from peers who've cracked the code on leveraging digital to deepen community ties while driving growth.
Learn
Get unfiltered insights into digital strategies that drive deposit growth. Plus, help shape Bankjoy's product roadmap to give your institution a competitive edge.
Explore
Experience New Orleans with insider access to the iconic Ritz-Carlton and unforgettable gatherings at some of the city’s most legendary landmarks. This is the Big Easy as it’s meant to be experienced.
Speakers
CEO & Co-founder, Bankjoy
COO & Co-founder Bankjoy
VP of Platform Bankjoy
Managing Director
Cornerstone Advisors
Product Manager
Bankjoy
Tech Product Manager
Bankjoy
Product Manager
Bankjoy
CEO
CU*Answers
Agenda
Welcome Cocktail Reception
What’s real, once the mask comes off?
Breakfast & Registration
Opening Remarks "Unmasking the Future of Digital Banking"
In 1985, your best teller knew every family by name. Then banking disappeared behind a screen. Mike opens Elevate with the story of three eras of banking and a bold claim: the agentic era doesn’t add another interface. It brings the banker back, made of software, working for every account holder. The mask you made on Night 1? By Friday, it comes off.
Keynote Session
One of the industry’s sharpest (and most entertaining) analysts takes the stage to separate what’s real from what’s hype in banking right now. Expect data, contrarian takes, and at least one sacred cow tipped over.
Coffee Break
The Illusion of Financial Health: What's Actually Real
Most “financial wellness” programs are a checkbox. This session shows what real looks like: JoyCompass results from live credit unions, a demo of what’s shipping now, and a major announcement about the next generation of members that you’ll want to be in the room for.
Table Top Session 1
Lunch
Unmasking the Threat: What FraudSense Sees
Fraudsters wear masks too. See the real attack patterns FraudSense caught across our network last year, what they have in common, and what we’re building next to catch them faster — with the numbers to back it up.
Vendor Spotlight Lafayette Room Foyer
Two hand-picked partners, fifteen minutes each, showing what they’ve built for community financial institutions.
Break
Business Banking: Physical Branch, or an Illusion?
Is the branch renaissance real, or the industry’s most expensive comfort blanket? Bankers who run branch networks debate the analyst who called the hype — live, unscripted, and with real numbers on the table.
Day 1: Closing Remarks
French Quarter Trolley Tour (to JAMNOLA)
Night of Food, Beverages & Entertainment at JAMNOLA
Breakfast
Agentic AI: Meet What's Really Behind the AI Agent
Everyone is selling an “AI agent.” Almost nobody shows you how one actually works. Day 2 opens with a look under the hood: what Bankjoy’s agent can do for your members today, what it will do next, and how to tell a real agent from a chatbot in a costume.
Table Top Session 2
The highest-rated part of last year’s conference is back: small-group tables matched by badge so you’re sitting with peers facing the same decisions you are. Bring your questions; leave with their playbooks.
Coffee Break
Client Spotlight & Renewal Stage
Your peers, on the big screen: real credit unions and banks sharing what they built, the community impact behind it, and — from every client renewing in 2026 — why they chose to keep building with Bankjoy
Product Roadmap Session
Every session dropped pieces of the roadmap onto your Bingo card. Weiwei puts the whole picture together: where the platform is headed, with a deep look at business banking, account acquisition, data analytics for cross-selling, and JoySight360. Bingo winners crowned live.
Closing Remarks
Special Closing Event
Our Sponsors
Thank you to our amazing sponsors for making Elevate awesome! It wouldn't be the same without you. We still have some sponsorship opportunities available, fill out the sponsorship form below for details!
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Interested in sponsoring the event? We offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities designed to put your brand in front of our audience of credit union and banking leaders. Fill out the form to download the sponsorship prospectus and learn how you can get involved.
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The RItz Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans sits in the heart of the French Quarter on Canal Street, occupying a beautifully restored Beaux-Arts building that blends historic Louisiana grandeur with refined Southern hospitality. The hotel features spacious, light-filled guest rooms, an award-winning full-service spa, and acclaimed dining that draws from New Orleans' rich Creole and contemporary culinary traditions, along with a signature jazz lounge where live music plays nightly. Just steps from Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, and the Mississippi Riverfront, the property offers the perfect home base for Elevate 2026!
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