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Why Automation is Key to Chesapeake Bank’s Innovation Strategy for 2019

Bank Innovation

Automation is the theme that best describes Chesapeake Bank’s innovation roadmap for 2019, Kevin Wood, managing director of the state-chartered community bank’s business lending division, Cash Flow, told Bank Innovation. “One

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Finastra to help clients improve customer data management

Bank Innovation

Banking technology company Finastra is enhancing the rollout of its customer data strategy as clients face new competition. As part of this effort, the London-based company hired Lisa Fiondella as its first-ever chief data officer in November.

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Funding Circle surpasses $10b in loans, plans aggressive partnership strategy

Bank Innovation

The nine-year-old company plans to continue to develop its “partnership strategy,” Bernard Martinez, U.S. managing director at Funding Circle, told Bank Innovation. -based peer-to-peer lending platform, hit a $10 billion milestone in loans to small- to medium-sized (SME) businesses on Thursday. In the U.S.,

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Yoga classes and podcast studios: Behind Virgin Money’s community strategy

Bank Innovation

With its mixture of personal finance management tools, savings features and remodeled branches, Virgin Money is aiming for […]. The brand released a new current account for U.K. customers last week, the first product launched by the bank since it was acquired by CYBG in 2018.

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How Can Financial Services Institutions Better Support Women? – An International Women’s Day Blog

Perficient

Fortunately, most societies today don’t legally bar women from partaking in these tasks, but the ancient history of shutting doors on women seeking greater financial control has left an undeniable gender gap in the world of financial services and a lingering, detrimental attitude that money management is a man’s job. households.

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BNP Paribas Launches Global Investment Fund, Plans Five Investments Per Year

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Paris-based BNP Paribas announced this week that it has launched a startup investment fund, and called this move the final piece in its innovation strategy.

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Interview with Giorgi Kintsurashvili on the Bank of Georgia's digital innovation strategies

The Paypers

(The Paypers) As digital transformation has become the new norm for banks, Giorgi Kintsurashvili, Digital Banking Innovations Manager at Bank of Georgia talks about the bank’s innovative banking products and services

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