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5 Innovation Trends of 2018 that will Disrupt the Corporate Landscape in 2019

Qmarkets

Companies across multiple sectors have launched collaborative efforts to gather disruptive new ideas, harness new technologies, and achieve greater sustainability. It’s important to get a sense of how the tectonic plates of the innovation landscape are shifting in order to anticipate the new opportunities of 2019. Let’s dive in!

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#1,582 – The Coolest Ideas of 2019

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Banks’ fictional neural laces to fruition. Not only can others hear your conversations but the mere act of constantly engaging with them is disruptive to those around you. 2019 was brimming with cool ideas. Fortunately, Microsoft has been working on a solution: a way to silently interact with our virtual friends by whispering.

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Uncertain Times.

100%Open

We wish you a productive and fulfilling 2019. We’re delighted that 100%Open had its best year ever in 2018 and we’re looking forward to exciting new clients, countries and challenges in 2019. We’re happy to welcome back old clients such as Crisis and several new clients whom we’ll announce when we’ve done the paperwork.

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As education choice grows, expect more school unbundling, but no great unbundling

Christensen Institute

Like a bank account, they can use the money in a variety of ways. As a result, new disruptive innovations emerge that are more modular, and customers become less willing to pay for things such as raw functionality and increased reliability. They use the voucher to get access to a school, and then it’s done.

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When Pundits Say That Robots Will Take Our Jobs, Remember These 4 Things

Innovation Excellence

A 2019 study by the Brookings Institution found that over 61% of jobs will be affected by automation. The number of bank tellers has doubled since ATMs were introduced. In a similar way we don’t expect bank tellers to process transactions any more, but to help us with things that we can’t do at an ATM.

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Consumers Driving Technological Change in the Financial Industry

Daniel Burrus

In yet another twist to a modern tale, it was recently revealed that it was consumers who were leading yet another round of disruption in the banking and insurance sectors. A fifth of respondents also said they would consider obtaining banking or insurance services from potential disruptors such as Google, Amazon or Facebook. .

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Embracing the Power of Blockchain Technology

Daniel Burrus

But does this technology disruptor have the power to transform our traditional banking system? As this system has grown in popularity, the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings, Blythe Masters , has her sights set on changing the way banks trade loans and bonds in a way that could dramatically change the way we look at both business and banking.