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Digital Banking with Alkami: A Partnership Rooted in Trust & Collaboration

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Building the Future of Digital Banking Solutions, Together

In a competitive market, the implementation of digital banking solutions is just the starting point. To truly thrive, banks and credit unions need more than just a service provider – they need a partner who is deeply invested in their long-term success. At Alkami, we take pride in going beyond the standard vendor-customer relationship, offering a collaborative partnership that’s built on shared goals and mutual trust to ensure you’re equipped to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

We understand that each financial institution faces unique challenges, from vendor and risk management to customer or member engagement and evolving technological demands. That’s why we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs, ensuring that our solution not only addresses your immediate concerns but positions you for future growth and continuous innovation. We also back our digital banking platform with support, offering expert guidance and resources to help our customers maximize the value of their investment.

By no means, do we claim to know it all. Digital banking technology is always evolving, and as a TechFin, there’s always more to learn and innovate. We approach our partnerships with humility, recognizing that our greatest strength lies in our willingness to listen, learn, and grow to better support our customers.

Listening First, Leading Together

We believe that successful partnerships start with great listening. Listening isn’t just about hearing words – it’s about fully understanding the challenges, goals, and aspirations of the banks and credit unions we serve. At Alkami, we make it a priority to truly understand our customer’s priorities to uncover areas of improvement where we can show up as a better partner. We don’t come to the table with a one-size-fits-all mindset. Instead, we listen to your needs and collaborate with you to deliver digital banking solutions that drive real value for your institution.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Transparency is at the core of how we operate. We believe in being open and honest about what we know, what we’re learning, and where we’re heading. When you partner with Alkami, you can expect clear communication, candid discussions, and a commitment to keeping you informed every step of the way. We’re not afraid to admit when we’re facing a challenge, and we’ll work together to find the best path forward, tapping into our collective expertise.

Amplifying the Voice of Our Customers

The Customer is our North Star is a value deeply ingrained in Alkami’s culture. We understand that switching to a new digital banking platform can be daunting, which is why our dedicated team of experts and leadership are available to assist with any questions or challenges that may arise. Our support team is designed to minimize disruptions, allowing you to focus on exceptional service for your customers or members.

Our reputation as a trusted and innovative partner in digital banking is backed by a proven track record of successful implementations and satisfied customers. We offer a well-structured implementation methodology that ensures a seamless migration to our platform. This includes comprehensive training and resources available in Alkami University to help your staff become proficient with the new platform, ensuring users are able to easily adopt the new digital banking solutions and realize immediate enhancements. By focusing on customer success, Alkami empowers your institution to achieve its goals and maintain a competitive edge in the evolving digital banking landscape.

Fostering Connection in our Client Community

Community is at the heart of Alkami. Just as banks and credit unions cultivate a sense of community with their account holders, Alkami has worked to foster that same feeling of connectedness among our customers.

We’ve cultivated a vibrant digital community to strengthen our customers’ success. The Alkami Community serves as a hub for networking and knowledge sharing, offering our customers access to exclusive forums, events, user groups, product release information, and our product roadmap. Through these peer interactions and growing library of resources, financial institutions can gain valuable insights into emerging trends and innovative strategies that can be leveraged to enhance their digital banking solutions. Additionally, the community provides a space for clients to ask questions and exchange feedback and product ideas directly with Alkami’s Product team, ensuring that our platform continues to evolve in line with the needs of our customers.

To bring the digital engagement created in the Alkami Community to life, we host our customers, prospects, partners, consultants, and industry experts at Alkami Co:lab, our annual conference where we explore trends and topics shaping financial services. Our event is designed to empower our customers with insights and impactful strategies that will help them succeed and maximize their digital banking platform investment. We aim to foster collaboration and connection whether that be through our breakout sessions, Hackathon, Women in Banking session, partner exhibit hall, peer meetups, or keynotes around our product strategy, customer experience vision, technology investments, and more. Continue reading about Alkami Co:lab 2024.

Treating Our Customers’ Success as a Discipline

At Alkami Co:lab 2023, we asked for our customers’ feedback – the good and the bad. We wanted to know where we had room for improvement. Since then, we’ve dedicated ourselves to improving release quality, application support, and customer change requests; while communicating progress updates on each initiative. In 2024, we went back to our customers to get a pulse check. We found that overall our customers were satisfied with our ability to act on their feedback and have more detailed conversations around where we can alleviate challenges. While there is always room for improvement, our customers made it a point to share how they appreciated our zero downtime deployments and 1:1 support conversations.

At Alkami Co:lab 2024, we asked our customers for their feedback; looking for areas where we could show up as a better partner.

Our Client Experience Group is focused on enabling our customers with the ability to keep moving and succeed at their preferred pace. We’ve reimagined how our customers have historically interacted with us to ensure that financial institution teams using Alkami’s digital banking solutions are empowered to get the support they need through quick answers across diverse channels. This year, we’ve rolled out the Concierge Success Team for answers to simple questions, Ask Me Anything bimonthly events with subject matter experts, best practices workshops, Frequently Asked Question guides, user group events, regional meetups, and quarterly strategic conversations with members of Alkami’s Executive Leadership Team.

Empowering Your Institution with a True Partnership

At Alkami, we’re not just providing a platform—we’re committed to helping our customers grow at scale and deliver exceptional digital banking solutions to their account holders and communities. By offering tools that personalize banking interactions, ensure security, and stay ahead of the technology curve, we help our clients build stronger, more engaging relationships with their customers and members.

We pride ourselves on our ability and commitment to learn from you, grow with you, and build a brighter future together. As your trusted partner, we’re in this together and are dedicated to helping your institution thrive in an ever-changing world.

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Molly Irelan Product Marketing Manager
Molly Irelan is a Product Marketing Manager at Alkami who specializes in digital banking, account opening, card management, and financial wellness solutions. Molly is focused on content creation, go-to-market strategies, and product positioning in the financial services market. In her role, Molly creates value-based materials for financial institutions and helps execute Alkami’s annual client conference, Co:lab, by curating content and project managing the event’s breakout sessions.
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