ICBA Names New ThinkTECH Accelerator Cohort to Help Community Banks Tackle Innovation Priorities

Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced the selected companies for its 11^th ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator program (AP11). Running May 18 - July 24, the cohort reflects feedback from ICBA’s ThinkTECH Selection and Advisory Committee and targets priority areas for community bank innovation, including fraud mitigation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, customer experiences and payments.

“Community banks are navigating a complex and evolving financial landscape with new threats and opportunities shaped by shifting customer expectations, rapid technology advancements, and ongoing regulatory requirements,” ICBA EVP and Chief Innovation Officer Wayne Miller said. “This cohort delivers solutions that are practical, scalable and leveraged to support greater security, data-driven decisioning and next generation payment offerings, while preserving the key tenets of relationship banking.”

The following companies chosen for AP11 include:

• Clox AI detects AI‑generated and manipulated documents while automating workflow to identify tampering, forgery, and deepfakes.
• FinGoal  offers an insights platform that enriches transaction data to build user profiles and deliver personalized, transaction-based calls to action.
• Payman AI embeds consumer, small business, and commercial AI agents directly into digital banking to safely initiate payments and execute workflows with policy controls, approvals, and audit trails.
• Swaystack offers a gamified onboarding platform that helps activate new accounts by driving funding, direct deposit, bill pay adoption, and more to win primary relationship status.
• VaultRight modernizes branch operations with a secure, mobile‑ and web‑based platform that replaces paper processes and strengthens audit readiness.
• Warrant offers an AI-powered marketing compliance and digital asset management system that automates regulatory checks, approval flows, and provides full audit trails.

Sign up here if interested in attending a virtual session for CBA member banks on the afternoon of June 11. Banks are able to schedule a private session if they prefer.