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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. Being months away from bankruptcy, Kim launched a bold five-step plan driven by a strategy around innovation.

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

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” John Mackey of Whole Foods encouraged the crowd to look outside their own business model for innovations as WF looks at the restaurant and tech sectors for many of its ideas, not just competitors. Innovation Showcase & Global Innovation Awards. Bank’s Dominic Venturo’s session on innovation rocked.

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4 Gonzo Takeaways from BAI Retail Delivery ’15: Viva Las Vegas?

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I gave my teams 8% of their budgets to blow [on innovation] and we talked about what we learned every week.”. Oracle’s Innovation Lounge. The societal benefit of financing our communities has to beat sugar water, right? And, MX (the artist formerly known as Money Desktop) was the BAI Innovation Showcase award winner.