Fintech Nexus Newsletter (November 27, 2023): The Saga of the OCC and its First Chief Fintech Officer

On Black Friday as most of us were contemplating shopping bargains or metabolizing a big Thanksgiving meal a bombshell dropped about the OCC and its Office of Financial Technology.  The Information released their story while Jason Mikula’s Fintech Business Weekly published an investigative piece on the same day (he first brought this to our attention in September) and Penny Crosman at […]

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#462: Loyalty in the Philippines – Telecom Giant Shares its Globe Rewards Successes

Today’s episode is available as audio as well as video on Loyalty TV.  This episode features loyalty in the telecommunications sector.  Today’s guest, Jerome G Patalud joins us from the ⁠Philippines⁠ where he is the Director and Product Owner for Globe Rewards, the loyalty proposition from Globe Telecom, Inc, a major provider of ⁠telecommunications⁠ services there, where it operates the largest mobile network in […]

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Marketers on Fire Roundup: CMOs at MetLife, Dickies, Walgreens, UScellular and Anywhere Real Estate

CM’s “Marketers on Fire” editorial series highlights the people and campaigns that are shaping, pushing and disrupting the marketing industry. The profiles offer insights from executives at the top of their game, spotlight innovative programs and erudite thinking, and provide career advice to those with C-suite aspirations. Here’s a look back at the last five […]

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#459 – United Airline’s Luc Bondar Shares “Mileage Plus” Success Driving Loyalty

Today’s episode is available in both audio and also video format on ⁠www.Loyalty TV⁠. ⁠United⁠ is now the largest airline in the world as measured by available seat miles, and its marketing is led by the inspirational tagline “Good Leads the Way”. According to its latest quarterly earnings report at the time of recording, United achieved its […]

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Relationship-based services as a customer attraction and retention tool

Banks use relationship-based services to attract and retain customers in these times of higher interest rates. SunTec Business Solutions President Amit Dua said if these services are correctly deployed, they benefit both the bank and the customer. Sometimes, banks launch campaigns offering high deposit rates in their search for new customers. If that is the […]

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Editorial Cartoon for November 22, 2023

Matt Bodkin Matt is a seasoned editorial cartoonist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Long Island University. He brings a strong background in the newspaper industry and skills in arts and design to his work. He aims to distill complex issues into funny doodles that resonate with readers. View all posts .pp-multiple-authors-boxes-wrapper.box-post-id-45383.pp-multiple-authors-layout-boxed.multiple-authors-target-shortcode.box-instance-id-1 .box-header-title { […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (November 22, 2023): CZ Out as Binance Chief, Pleads Guilty

So much for a slow news week this Thanksgiving. The fast-moving cluster that was the OpenAI leadership battle appears to have been resolved with Sam Altman returning as CEO. Shoutout to our cartoonist Matt Bodkin who I thought captured the last five days at OpenAi well (see below). But the OpenAI story was eclipsed yesterday by monumental news in […]

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Laura Kornhauser, CEO and Co-Founder of Stratyfy on advanced AI models for underwriting

Enjoying our podcasts? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! Laura Kornhauser, Co-Founder & CEO, Stratyfy The use of machine learning models in underwriting for consumer loans has been around for more than a […]

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Sundogs and Newfangled Studios launch new partnership to help  brands supercharge human creativity with AI

The new creative partnership comes at a time when brands are currently spending over $200 billion annually on ineffective ads BOSTON, NOV. 15, 2023: How can brands unleash human creativity and supercharge it with AI? That’s exactly the question Sundogs founder Ben Jones, who also founded Unskippable Labs at Google, and Macaela VanderMost, Owner/Executive Creative Director at Newfangled […]

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Capillary Technologies Grows 4x in the USA; Set to Dominate the Loyalty Technology Market with its SaaS offering

100% YoY organic growth in the USA; outside of the acquisitions Disrupting the agency-led loyalty market with its SaaS offering 50-75% incremental tech investment towards AI every year Capillary Technologies, a global loyalty technology solutions company announced a 4X growth in the last three years in the US market. The loyalty management market is worth […]

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