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Weekly Wrap: Amazon CX inspires bankers, as digi-players target the underbanked

Bank Innovation

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, and Jake Martin, associate editor, discuss the following developments: At the Customer Experience in Financial Services conference in Boston this week, bank executives on several panels spoke […].

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Rethinking the Customer Experience: Themes from the 2017 Model Bank Submissions

Celent Banking

Customer experience initiatives are typically the most numerous. The standards of customer engagement are constantly changing, and banks are experimenting with new ways to drive increased satisfaction, higher revenue, and greater loyalty. Three themes stand out this year. I look forward to seeing you all there.

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Retail Pulse: Wayfair Opens Mall Store; Banana Republic Unveils Style Passport

PYMNTS

Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Wayfair , for instance, opened a store at the Natick Mall in suburban Boston, where consumers can experience products firsthand before making a purchase, after debuting a pop-up shop there last year.

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Amazon Pushes Retailers To Same-Day Delivery

PYMNTS

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. According to the “2017 Digital Commerce Benchmark Survey,” conducted by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), some 65 percent of retailers will offer same-day delivery within the next two years.

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AI/BOT: Is AI The Key To Retail’s Survival?

PYMNTS

Over the course of the last few years, eCommerce has sprung up and put the brick-and-mortar side of the retail industry on notice. With the opening of the Amazon Go grocery store and bookstore in Seattle, Amazon is breathing innovation into the stodgy brick-and-mortar experience. Increasing customer loyalty — 50 percent.

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How Innovative mPOS Is Paving The Way To A Self-Checkout Future

PYMNTS

To serve customers who want to shop in stores and online, retailers and solution providers are working to offer a unified retail experience across multiple channels. According to the latest PYMNTS mPOS Tracker , almost two thirds – or 63 percent – of retailers plan to offer this option within the next three years.

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LendingClub breaks ground with Radius Bank acquisition 

Bank Innovation

LendingClub, the publicly traded digital-lending marketplace, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Boston-based Radius Bank, which has $1.4 billion in assets and is partnered with several fintech companies. LendingClub will pay $185 million for the acquisition, which the company expects to pay for itself in less than two years.

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