Social Assurance

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This time of year, we should be all packing our bags and prepping for travel to the ABA Bank Marketing Conference, but like most things in 2020, any plans you made all went out the window. The adjustments to a virtual conference were quite disappointing for me personally this year.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As technology and user experiences have evolved and competition has increased over the last decade, clients now have much more control, significantly influencing how product and offering teams go to market. With 23 consecutive years of leadership in U.S. Financial Markets homepage: www.ibm.com/industries/financialmarkets/.

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FICO

JANUARY 24, 2018

Two of today’s hottest tech topics — cybersecurity insurance and artificial intelligence (AI) — were well represented at recent conferences in insurance and banking, respectively: Advisen Cyber Risks Insights Conference and Bank AI Expo. Advisen: Barbican Takes a Leadership Stance on Cybersecurity Insurance. Here’s my take.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

percent in 2017, Taco Bell has been drawing in customers with new food items, a Live Más marketing campaign and new nacho fries for $1. billion in domestic sales — More and more McDonald’s markets are lovin’ it as the iconic American burger chains continues to expand its delivery efforts. Market Differentiation.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. GonzoBanker of the Year – Bank.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

But, as PYMNTS discussed yesterday (March 17), what was clear from the two-day, action-packed thought leadership event is that a year makes all the difference in the world. market, which one panelist estimated at costing anywhere between $6 billion and $8 billion, to heat up. Especially when your talking innovations in payments.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Leadership and board members. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets.

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Bussman Advisory

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

When it finally recedes, we can expect a fundamentally transformed market infrastructure to be left behind in its wake. Services tend to be splintered across multiple channels, making for a disjointed customer experience. Attending the Sibos conference in Toronto? By Falk Rieker and Oliver Bussmann. Image Source.

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Alex Jimenez

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As noted in a previous post, I attended IBM’s Think 2019 conference in San Francisco earlier this month. During the conference, IBM announced IBM Watson Anywhere. This quote from Rob Thomas, GM for IBM Data and AI was the viral quote of the conference. They found the platform to be flexible and very quick to market.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Maybe it is appropriate that this conference is in Vegas, since it’s a city based on one sole premise – moving money from your pocket to a casino’s pocket (a business model that appeared to be successfully applied to a large chunk of the attendees in the wee hours). Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. This was a terrific combination of two education-focused cooperatives across both Southern and Northern California markets. Best of luck in the next chapter, Chris! ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

As its marketing plan over the holidays powered customer engagement and a double-digit increase in new customer acquisition, Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass said the retailer enjoyed increased traffic over the period that was propelled, in part, by its Amazon Returns program. Active And Digital.

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FICO

MAY 17, 2023

These capabilities are market-leading, and our recent innovations further reinforce this position as well as our ability to effectively address transactional analytics across multiple use cases in financial services. Simulation To move fast with high confidence, organizations today need to simulate all aspects of their business.

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William Mills

JULY 19, 2018

While many of the industry’s premier conferences have come and gone, there are still many more to look forward to for the rest of 2018. However, some of the smaller, more intimate events may have more of an impact on your bottom line than the big, national conferences that are already on your radar. 5-7 in San Diego. 14-17 in D.C.

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Your Full Potential

AUGUST 20, 2015

I just wanted to tell the boss how impressed I was and that as a customer service training expert, I wanted permission to share this story with my blog readers and conference audiences. After my experience, I promised myself that from now on, I would look at Southwest first when looking to book business travel.

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PopularBank

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Trainees receive close mentorship from managers and advisors, participate in leadership and community activities and initiate specific projects and solutions for different business areas of the organization. We gathered financials, market data, figured out the workflow of the product and the areas of improvement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

The announcement was made by CEO of Worldwide Consumer Jeff Wilke on Wednesday (June 5) at the company’s “re:MARS” conference in Las Vegas. Drones, however, we not the only big automation news this week at the re:MARS conference: Amazon Robotics VP Brad Porter further announced that the company has 200,000 robotic drives around the globe.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

In addition to two great days of demos I’m looking forward to days 3 and 4 of conference content and a panel session I’m hosting on Friday. If you are here at the conference feel free to stop by at the breaks, I’m on the front row or email me at william@williammills.com. Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018. Key Executives.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Credit Union) – Spire Credit Union and Hiway Credit Union put 2+2 together to make a $4 billion institution in the Minnesota market. While Huntington is down like most bank stocks, the pain hasn’t been as severe, and Huntington doubled down on local markets in 2023 by consolidating business units.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

At the same time, most bank executives agreed that a 20%-25% increase in earnings from the tax break is being earmarked for investments in their franchises: market expansion, raises for employees and, of course, technology investments. Prosperity is now $22 billion with an unbelievable $5 billion market cap. 2: The Bulls.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? A wonderful franchise and team picked up by Guaranty in-market at a decent price. It’s time for banks to focus hard on marketing and the borrower experience. Merger of the Year – Hope Bancorp.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? A wonderful franchise and team picked up by Guaranty in-market at a decent price. It’s time for banks to focus hard on marketing and the borrower experience. Merger of the Year – Hope Bancorp.

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