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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. How Banks Can Leverage: Niche markets abound in banking, and community banks are in the perfect position to create a following on a national level should they desire.

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

Gonzobanker

The big theme was branch of the future. As many as 20-30 vendors were displaying interactive video, next-gen cash dispensers with sportscar names like TellerInfinity and 9900, branch design/configuration solutions and services, and all things branch re-invention. So, isn’t retail delivery about consumer lending?

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

Gonzobanker

The societal benefit of financing our communities has to beat sugar water, right? can make analog more valuable if we drive community interest in branch facilities to learn from one another instead of another investments seminar-lecture. Washington Financial’s Betty Guerrieri and Jamie Anders with Eric Weikart.