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Innovative Start-Ups Founded by Women

Destination Innovation

Anne Boden is the Founder and CEO of Starling Bank , a digital challenger bank offering current and business accounts. Boden, who was previously COO of Allied Irish Banks, founded the mobile-based bank in 2014 in order she says, “to offer people a fairer, smarter and more human alternative to the banks of the past.”

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Could a high street Bank challenge Apple?

Matthew Griffin

Initiatives like Level 39, Finance Innovate and Fintech50 have helped position the UK as a Fintech powerhouse and the new UK Government has made it clear that it wants the UK to be at the forefront of Financial Services innovation and enabling more innovation around bank data is one way to ensure that that happens. Conclusion.

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My fridge can disrupt your Bank

Matthew Griffin

For banks one of the first potential opportunities comes not from some fantastically complicated financial instrument but from the common a garden fridge. . The Internet of Things might not immediately look like a banks dream trend but with a little bit of lateral thinking it could be the biggest market you’ve ever played in.

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AI Has Taken the Boardroom by Storm. Here’s What You Must Know.

Planview

Amazon in retail, Uber in transportation, and ANT Financial in banking are examples of companies that have leveraged the digital operating model to grow exponentially. Founded in 2014, ANT was built on modern digital operating policies and technologies. bank with 750 million customers and 9,000 employees. Consider ANT Financial.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

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Marc Dellaert

Innovation 360 Group

Since 2014 Marc is Managing Director at the Centre for Creative Leadership (www.ccl.org) supervising all operations Russia, the CIS Region, Ukraine and Turkey. He served as Marketing Director with Absolut Bank in Russia, turning retail and SME banking from a product focused into a customer-focused organization.

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Listen to Employees When Evaluating Leadership

Adam Hartung

A Banks jumped onto the list as #4 in 2013. Family Dollar also appeared on the list in 2014 (#9,) only to be embroiled in a takeover battle with Dollar General, and finally aquired by Dollar Tree within 7 months. And, of course, Radio Shack made the list in 2012 (#3,) 2013 (#5) and 2014 (#11) only to file bankruptcy in 2015.