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3 Ways Sourcing Professionals Can Proactively Address Risk

Sarah Holliman

According to Resilinc’s Eventwatch report , nearly 2,000 supply chain events took place in 2017, representing a 30 percent increase over 2016. In order to be proactive and prepared, smart sourcing leaders will scenario plan not only for the “big” events, but also for those that may be lower impact, yet occur with more frequency.

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Disruptive Questions in an Exponential World

Sarah Holliman

In 2013, Gartner predicted that by 2017 smart phones would, in fact be smarter than humans. In a year and a half that number grew to 135 and by the end of Q2 2017, it had developed 15,000 skills. Kearney, Sarah was in business development at one of the largest commercial banks in the country. . Talk about exponential growth!

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Future-proofing Insurance: Embracing Sustainability in Insurance for a Resilient Future | Blog

Everest Group

A growing number of consumers, about 25%, are now willing to pay a premium for environmentally friendly products, such as electric vehicles and sustainably sourced clothing, expecting that the companies they patronize uphold similar ethical standards. Watch the webinar, What’s Next in Financial Services?

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Cash versus digital payments: How to achieve financial inclusion

IBM Services

One of the more complex challenges banks must solve is to make payments more efficient. The service launch means that if a bank or wallet participates in Alipay+, customers can make real-time payments simply by scanning the QR code using DuitNow in Malaysia. The reasoning for the D.C.

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How Are Leading Financial Institutions Navigating the Cryptocurrency Market? 4 Highlights From 2021

Perficient Digital Transformation

Outlined below are some leading financial institutions’ current outlooks regarding their hand in cryptocurrency: Bank of America. In 2019, Bank of America’s chief executive, Brian Moynihan, prohibited the company’s wealth managers from putting any client money into cryptocurrency-related investments. Bank of New York Mellon.

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Organizational Transformation Begins with You

Sarah Holliman

At Singularity University’s 2017 Summit, David Roberts, award-winning CEO and serial entrepreneur shared the idea that authentic (or in his words “exponential”) leaders have a butterfly effect—they change people by changing themselves. Kearney, Sarah was in business development at one of the largest commercial banks in the country.

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The Distributed Agile Paradox: How To Overcome The Challenges

Neo Group

*The most commonly outsourced functions by IT leaders worldwide as of 2017 are software application (64%) and software application maintenance (51%) Source: Statista. ** As of 2018, the Agile adoption rates are as follows High Tech 74%, Discreet Manufacturing 74%, Banking & Finance 65%, and Retail 63%. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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