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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

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Step 5: Create Experiences While most banks worry about their branch layout to optimize traffic flow, Gentle Monster took a whole different approach and optimized their branches for attention. Each store is closer to an art exhibit than a retail outlet. Gentle Monster employs 100 people just focused on store design.

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

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With a focus on digital banking and branch transformation, it was interesting to see the attendee list with lots of sexy new customer experience and analytics titles. After Retail Delivery had some mushy general sessions a few years ago, this is the second year in a row we have seen some provocative stuff on the main stage.

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

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BAI Retail Delivery was at the Venetian in Vegas this year, sharing conference space with a travel convention called IMEX, which made things interesting in between sessions. During a Fintech Forward panel, Zenbanx CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann talked about how to lend money to data because we don’t see the people anymore.