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Black Swans Are The Sandbox Of New Innovations

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Jim McCarthy, i2c president, says disasters often breed innovation. Black Swans Are the Sandbox of New Innovations. At the time of the black swans in 2001 and 2008, it was hard to tell anything positive was coming out of them. While it may take years, these good, innovative ideas often resurface when the time is right.

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Searching for the Priceline of Fintech after Lending Market Meltdown Week

Bank Innovation

You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. From then until 2008, you had some appreciation, but not much. Then the stock shot up above $1,000 (as of writing it is $1,261). Yes that is 100x return from Read More.

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Green Dot CEO: 20 Years Of Innovating ‘Banking For The Masses’

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By 2001, sales were good enough that Streit was able to persuade CVS and Walgreens to get in on the action. Streit also acknowledged how thinking that way, and doing things differently, has risks — and it’s easy to shy away from real innovation in favor of iterations on products that are already working.

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Announcing Artificial Intelligence (AI) week on Daily Fintech

Bank Innovation

Clarke wrote about geostationary satellites in 1945 and it became reality 20 years later, but Clarke’s work was more grounded in science than the Kubrick classic 2001 featuring the Hal AI computer. That was released in 1968 – 48 years ago. It is… Read more Announcing Artificial Intelligence (AI) week on Daily Fintech.

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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

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We are actively following the country’s Belt and Road Initiative to empower Chinese businesses through innovation in the cross-border ecosystem,” said Luo in a statement. Luxembourg had already passed a bill to legally issue “dematerialized securities” in April 2013 through an amendment to a 2001 securities law.

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Shake Shack On Tapping AI And Other Tools To Optimize The Customer Experience

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This pressure to innovate is affecting QSRs of all sizes, from independent eateries serving loyal local followings to national or even international behemoths reaching millions of customers each year. Following customers’ lead on rolling out innovative ordering options and services has also been critical to keeping them engaged, So explained.

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

The bank that will be around in the next 50 years will be one that develops the ability to build infrastructure now that allows for efficient innovation in the future. Innovation Is More Than Technology Another great lesson in setting your strategic horizon comes from Polaroid. Few companies were more innovative.