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Welcome to the 2026 D Bank Connect Miami.

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I am with the Cheryl Tibs. No other introduction is needed.

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Always a pleasure.

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Yeah, same here. Same here.

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So tell me what's new in your world?

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Ai, of course. Um, building systems, doing all things ai.

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How do we feel about it?

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Are we letting it in? We're resisting.

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Um, there is some resistance.

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And then those brokers who are on the front, they know

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that it's time to get in. Yeah.

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Is it, is it hard to sell it?

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Like, are we having to sell it a little bit more

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because people are a little hesitant?

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I think so. Um, I build a lot of FinTech systems,

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so the systems that I build are for brokers.

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Having 30 years of being in the business, I kind of know

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what our industry needs.

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Yeah. So just being able to build those systems

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that brokers can use every day.

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They're opening up and warming up to it.

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We need that. They have

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to warm up a little bit, you know, these suits.

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Oh yeah. Oh yeah. But so as much as we're relying on AI

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and software, it's still so important to come

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to events like this and be in person.

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What do you think about that? Oh,

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Absolutely. When

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I speak at three o'clock, one of the things

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that I'm gonna talk about is the importance of relationships

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and building relationships with the vendors

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and the, the, the funders and the lenders who are here.

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That personal touch is still necessary.

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Do you think that's what makes D Bank events so unique

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and important to come to?

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Absolutely. Absolutely.

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There's no networking without vendor and, you know, funder

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and broker connections.

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It's all what it's about. Absolutely.

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Always. So great to see you. You too.

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Looking forward to your discussion later. Thank you.

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And there's still more to come from de banked Connect.