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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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Fintech Unfiltered: Inside HSBC Bank USA’s Lofty Innovation Strategy for 2018 [Podcast]

Bank Innovation

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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Fifth Third’s Fintech Efforts Seen Generating $100 Million of Annual Revenue

Bank Innovation

PREMIUM - The digital and innovation strategy behind Fifth Third, one the largest regional banks in the country, is simple: build, buy, partner. That strategy has worked well for the bank.The company told Bank Innovation that it has invested $100 million in fintech over the past 22 months and that it expects to make about […].

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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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Acorns CEO Noah Kerner Attributes Growth to Keeping Things Simple

Bank Innovation

If there’s one word that describes the abiding value of investment platform Acorns’ innovation strategy, that’s the word, according to its CEO Noah Kerner, who is currently gearing up to launch Acorns Later in the coming weeks. EXCLUSIVE- Simplicity.

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Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions

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POWDR chose to partner with Square because they help elevate the guest experience from enabling fast, secure, contactless payments to integrated online-ordering solutions,” Justin Sibley , co-president of POWDR, said in the release. She said that many retailers are continuing to innovate, with some posting QR codes in shop windows.

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

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As part of the initiative, Goldman Sachs developed a free online business education program available to women globally. The program has 10 courses in topics including business finance, digital marketing, and innovation strategy.