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Commoditization, Optimization or Transformation: What’s in Your Core Wallet?

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My colleague Steve Williams observed in What’s Going On In Banking 2021: Rebounding from the Pandemic , “Many banks that were taking an incremental approach to digital were shocked into reality during 2020, and executives realized greater investment and faster transformation is needed to stay relevant.”. At least, not right now.

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The 2014 GonzoBanker Awards

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A keen industry mind who banks the highest tweets-per-minute ratio of anyone out there, Bradley departed his VP digital strategy position at California’s $3B Mechanics Bank to be North American head of innovation for $77B and Top 20 worldwide bank Santander. Risk Management. ??? That’s one helluva move up.