FinovateFall 2026 / Tyfone
Demo video will be available soon.
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Tyfone is a digital banking technology company based in Portland, Oregon, serving credit unions and community banks. Beyond nFinia digital banking and the Fathom AI layer, Tyfone offers account opening and lending, instant payments, and youth banking, giving institutions one connected platform instead of a patchwork of vendors. Tyfone’s mission is keeping community FIs competitive and trusted as banking becomes AI-first.
How they describe their product/innovation: Consumers are already linking their accounts through Plaid and asking ChatGPT questions about their own money. Fathom, built by Tyfone into nFinia digital banking, makes sure that conversation stays with the institution instead. It’s AI-native, not bolted on, and every response is grounded in real transaction data and the institution’s own policies. The financial institution stays at the center of the relationship, even as AI becomes the new front door for financial decisions.
Product distribution strategy: Through financial institutions
Credit Union/Community Bank Fit: Credit unions and community banks.
Contacts:
Bus. Dev. & Press: Josh DeTar (EVP, Evangelism), [email protected], 971-227-3705
Website: tyfone.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/tyfone
HQ: Portland, OR, USA
Founded: 2004
Product Demoed: Fathom
Metrics: Tyfone group of companies have raised over 100M in equity. The total book value of revenues is over 100M. Investors range from private individuals, public and private companies, customers, and private equity. We have over 150 partners in our ecosystem and over 130 community bank and credit union customers.
Presenters: Jimmy Miller, Sr. Solutions Consultant, Tyfone | Mitch Rosenbaum, SVP – Innovation, Tyfone
- Key Executives
Dr. Siva Narendra (Co-Founder & CEO), Prabhakar Tadepalli (President, Co-Founder & COO), Lakshman Prabu (CTO), Josh DeTar (EVP Evangelis), Mitch Rosenbaum (SVP Innovation)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Santa Cannone (Board Chair, Tampa Bay Wave; Former CPO, Open Solutions (Fiserv); Partner, Demopolis Equity Group), Tom Shen (Founder, Malauzai), Laurent Desmangles (Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Board Member, Fifth Third Bank)
- Key Investors
Private individuals, public and private companies, customers, and private equity.
- Key Advisory Board Members
KayCee Murray (CTO, Numerica CU), Sachin Kundra (CIO, Chevron FCU)
- Key Partners
Fiserv, Jack Henry, Corelation, and a host of 200+ integration parters
- Key Customers
Star One CU, Emprise Bank, Numerica CU, Chevron CU, Metro CU (Boston)