Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Houston-based Gulf Capital Bank recently completed a capital raise of $93 million. Bank CEO Ed Jones wants Gulf Capital to model community banking relationships, in which […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Fitness and wellness are helping to change the face of retail in 2020. Furthermore, consumers are always looking for variety, and for community — something a digital operation like ClassPass can help build in almost a social media-like way. Innovation is also taking place within retail brick-and-mortar pharmacies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Mostly, this means getting innovative with deposit and payment products. Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, New York, Austin, Denver, Orlando, Miami, and Nashville, many banks have not adjusted pricing or their credit appetite. Sectors like office, retail, and hospitality, are even worse. Develop a more innovative process.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Retail/Consumer Goods.

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