ICBA LIVE 2026 Showcase Delivers Community Bank Innovations in AI, Digital Investing, and More

San Diego, Calif. (March 6, 2026) - The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) hosted its ThinkTECH Showcase during ICBA's national convention, ICBA LIVE. This year's event, held in San Diego, Calif., unveiled new community bank-specific technologies addressing artificial intelligence (AI), digital investing, and more.

"Innovation speaks not to a singular momentary shift but to a continuous drive toward the future," ICBA President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey said. "By investing in programs that address what's next in community banking and drawing together community bank and bank technology leaders to create thoughtful solutions, we chart the course ahead and ensure community banks can meet and exceed emerging customer demands."

Specifically, the ThinkTECH Showcase highlighted fintech solutions representing a wide range of offerings, including small business client acquisition, compliance automation, digital investment opportunities, commercial account transitions, SBA lending efficiencies, and real-time fraud monitoring. Presenting companies from the latest cohort included:

• Crux Analytics - Uses agentic business development workflows to support small business client acquisition, engagement, and retention.

• Flatirons AI - Leverages generative artificial intelligence to support bank operations to improve the bank's overall compliance posture.

• InvestiFi - Provides digital investment services directly from the account holder's checking account, bypassing third-party payment rails.

• Onsetto - Delivers a white label, AI powered platform that simplifies commercial account transitions to migrate accounts payments, receivables, and payroll systems.

• Parlay - Offers a loan intelligence system designed to eliminate manual-intensive processes associated with small business and SBA lending intake.

• Socratix AI - Builds secure, enterprise-grade AI agents that help fraud and risk teams investigate alerts in real-time and deliver structured insights.

ICBA LIVE also honored several cohort participants, with Onsetto receiving the Banker's Choice Award, which attendees voted as the most promising solution. This award was presented onstage during the general session. In addition, during the showcase, InvestiFi was recognized with the Most Valuable Participant (MVP) Award for the most evolved offering based on program engagement and alignment with community bank business priorities, and Crux founder and CEO Jacob Bennett received the All-Heart Award, sponsored by Wipfli LLP, which honors individuals whose actions demonstrate a genuine commitment to others and whose presence leaves a meaningful, positive impact on their peers, their organizations, and our industry.

"Through ICBA Innovation programs like the ThinkTECH Accelerator, community banks gain access to cutting-edge concepts and practical solutions tailored to the needs of their customers," ICBA Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Wayne Miller said. "More than 70 companies have participated in the accelerator, and the engagement between community bankers, industry leaders, and fintech innovators continue to inspire the next generation of community bank technology."

As ICBA LIVE 2026 concludes this week, community banks will leave with new strategies, connections, and technologies to support innovation in today's dynamic financial services landscape. ICBA continues to invest in supporting a continuous cycle of community bank innovation and proudly joins its sponsors BankTech Ventures, Fiserv MasterCard, Ncontracts and Wipfli to make this possible.

For more information on the ICBA Innovation and ThinkTECH Accelerator program, including how interested bank technology companies can apply for future innovation programming, please visit icba.org/innovation.

About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America® has one mission: to create and promote an environment where community banks flourish. We power the potential of the nation's community banks through effective advocacy, education, and innovation.

As local and trusted sources of credit, America's community banks leverage their relationship-based business model and innovative offerings to channel deposits into the neighborhoods they serve, creating jobs, fostering economic prosperity, and fueling their customers' financial goals and dreams. For more information, visit ICBA's website at icba.org.