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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

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Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. The Banking Innovation Playbook – Step 1: Find a Niche Kim looked at the market and knew he needed traction in at least a single segment where he could create a brand and a following for Gentle Monster. Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction.

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7 Rules To Improve Total Experience Using the “Time-on-Task” Methodology

South State Correspondent

We don’t care if it is an ATM, a new branch design, a fraud database, a deposit account opening product, or a core system, time matters. Usually, speeding up technology comes down to intelligent design around a thoughtful process and using existing or third-party data to limit input time.

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Gonzo Goes to BAI Retail Delivery 2014: Sweet Home Chicago?

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Tom McGill of First Financial Bank led a session with our own Jim Burson where McGill pointed to the risks of single-service customers, the importance of customers advocating for your brand, and getting bank reporting accountability simplified across channels. The big theme was branch of the future. So, we get it. Online delivery?

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