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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

and about an 80%+ return spent on reducing customer churn, increasing lifetime value and/or helping cross-sell. In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground.

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With New Microsoft Partnership, Is Kroger Digging In Against Amazon?

PYMNTS

Kroger is seeking to bring new customer experiences to market faster, drive personalization with insights and help store associates become more productive. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the companies would “redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers at both Kroger and other retailers around the world.”.

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Small businesses favor traditional banks over fintech lenders

NCR

Some people believe that the emergence of this new breed of companies will be a threat to established banking institutions, while others see opportunities for innovation and cooperation. By comparison, credit unions had a satisfaction score of 78 percent while large banks scored 61 percent.

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Bank IT Spending – Use These Metrics to Improve Performance

South State Correspondent

The good news is that for many other areas, budgets are lower at banks compared to last year, and the fact that IT is still positive underscores the strategic imperative that banks face to digitize traditional operations, reduce costs, gain scale, and improve the customer experience. Technology-forward banks spend as much as 16.4%

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Analyzing The Private Market Investment Strategies of P&C Insurers

CB Insights

XL Innovate. K2, for example, is providing customized threat intelligence for AIG’s CyberEdge product. In alternative distribution, AmFam Ventures has focused on the personal P&C and SMB spaces with investments in insurance comparison firm CoverHound , and contract-related insurance startup Bunker. American Family Ventures.

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Analyzing The Private Market Investment Strategies of P&C Insurers

CB Insights

XL Innovate. K2, for example, is providing customized threat intelligence for AIG’s CyberEdge product. In alternative distribution, AmFam Ventures has focused on the personal P&C and SMB spaces with investments in insurance comparison firm CoverHound , and contract-related insurance startup Bunker. Allianz Ventures.

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The rise of Monzo, Revolut, and Starling and a comparison of Facebook and Whatsapp

Lex Sokolin

The first was a dissatisfaction with British banks, whose customer experiences were poor and expensive (while being seen as prestigious). To a venture capital investor, the embedded option is more attractive given a portfolio structure that requires unicorns. Neobanks grew up out of three themes. This led to the Web 2.0