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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. “I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.” ” – Hunter Thompson. Well, HST and Big Bird had it right. Everything.

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Lending Fintechs Acquire Analytics Fintechs: So What?

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On the other hand, bank and credit union cultures have struggled with analytics that have historically been supplied (culturally, pushed , often up hill) as infrastructure buys from cost centers. Recent acquisitions illustrate how data is driving fintech valuations. nCino recently announced. And it doesn’t appear to be hubris.

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The Eight Retail Stories That Shaped 2018

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However, an awful lot is in fact different at the dusk of 2018 than it was at the dawn. The year 2018 saw massive changes in where consumers shop, how they pay, and what goods and services they want in their carts. Yet, as 2018 was coming to a close, Facebook was hit with just a bit more bad news. The Facebook Follies.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

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Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths. Celeste Rowe’s Bright Paths Project: Grow Better.

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Payments PIN Network Mistakes That Cost Financial Institutions Big Bucks

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This new transaction type can start to cannibalize their signature volume, which has a trickle-down effect in that if there is a branding agreement in place with volume commitments with Mastercard or Visa, rebates will be impacted and penalties could be incurred. This is the number one mistake made by FIs, and we see it happen over and over.