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Career commercial lender with an entrepreneurial take on life that has looked for additional opportunities beyond just W-2 employment.

Three Finance Leaders. 77 Years. One Truth About AI Adoption
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April 21, 2026

Three Finance Leaders. 77 Years. One Truth About AI Adoption

Three financial services leaders. 77 combined years across fintech, insurance, and commercial banking. They have never met, never compared notes, and never coordinated a message. And they all arrived at the same conclusion: AI adoption in financial services fails when governance, people, and experience are treated as afterthoughts. In this compilation episode of Pivoting to Technology Adoption, host Donna P. Mitchell brings together the sharpest moments from three conversations that independentl...
AI Won't Replace Commercial Lenders — Here's Why | Walt Postlewait
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Feb. 10, 2026

AI Won't Replace Commercial Lenders — Here's Why | Walt Postlewait

AI reduced FinTech development from 125 hours to 25 hours. But it will never replace commercial lenders. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell speaks with Walt Postlewait — 30-year commercial banking veteran, CDFI leader who deployed $600M+ to underserved communities, and co-founder of Portfolio Watch — about why AI will transform some lending but never replace the human judgment required for commercial credit decisions. TOPICS COVERED: Vibe coding: how AI cut development from 125 hours to 25 hours...