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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

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. Find the gap in one segment and build success from there.

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Healthcare Tech Company Truepill Raises $75M To Expand

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Truepill , an online pharmacy powering delivery for direct-to-consumer healthcare brands, announced Wednesday (Sept. Also participating were existing investors Boston-based Optum Ventures, which offers capital and strategic guidance to startups; TI Platform Management LLC., 9) that it closed on a $75 million Series C funding round.

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SaaS Platform Kount Partners With Verifi To Help Firms Minimize Disputes, Fraud

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Kount , the Boise, Idaho-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to simplify fraud detection and improve profitability, announced it has partnered with Verifi , the payment protection and management company. In June, Visa signed an acquisition agreement with Verifi.

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Amazon Eyes Airports For Amazon Go Expansion

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“The lead for Amazon Go requested a meeting,” said a June 27 email from a technology adviser who supports Los Angeles International to a concessions official, reported Reuters. Think about how you can expose your brand,” the person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Interested?” “Yes. the concessions official replied.

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The Untapped Power of Brand in Banking

Jeff For Banks

And so were the Uber cars in my recent trips to Los Angeles and Nashville. So, if you are asking, “what does brand get you?”, Ask the Experts My firm is not a marketing or branding firm. Tim had great insights for banks on brand. For Netflix, Forbes estimates the brand value at $11.5 Is brand worth it?

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Online Car Buying Co Carvana Adds New Financing Option

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When someone goes to the auto center section of the Regions Bank website, they’ll be routed to a new, co-branded site from the two companies. . The ways people search for and purchase a vehicle continue to change,” said Tom Lazenby, auto lending manager for Regions Bank. There are car vending machines in 21 cities in the U.S.,

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Glossier Brings Shops To Nordstrom

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The brand will only sell its “Glossier You” fragrance, which has become one of the top-rated products on Glossier.com since rolling out in October 2017, CNBC reported. A Nordstrom partnership should help Glossier reach more shoppers who don’t reside close to its Los Angeles and New York stores, per the report.