The power paradox and open finance
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Amber Buker
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Special Report: Why Women Innovate
The banks leading the Alloy Labs Alliance are special in a lot of ways. They’re innovative; they know how to collaborate; and they’re led...
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Amber Buker
- Jan 21
- 3 min
What marketers need on the frontlines of sales
For over a decade now, customers have decided to bank with an institution before — and often without ever — setting foot in a branch....
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Amber Buker
- Jan 15
- 2 min
Introducing Lab Notes: A newsletter for curious bankers.
Alloy Labs is joining the modern content fray. That’s right, we’re starting a newsletter. And we’re doing it for one totally selfish...
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Amber Buker
- Dec 1, 2020
- 5 min
Banking on Relationships: It's All in the Family
Most banks are ignoring a crucial aspect of their customers' financial lives: their families. Among family members, there are complex...
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Amber Buker
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Getting A Seat at the Table with Ag Banking Clients
Banks provide about half of all loans to the agriculture sector, and about a third of all banks claim to specialize in lending to ag...
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Jason Henrichs
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Why we partnered (and invested) in MANTL
New York, September 24, 2020 – Alloy Labs, a consortium of community and mid sized banks across the United States, announced its...
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JP Nicols
- Aug 20, 2020
- 5 min
3 Moves to Make in Your Bank's Budget Right Now
We are entering another strategic planning and budgeting season, this one amid more unpredictable circumstances than ever before. An...
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Jason Henrichs
- Jul 1, 2020
- 4 min
Bargaining Power of Suppliers, Part II: Regulatory Relationships
There is another critical link in the supply chain: regulators. It is easy to overlook since it isn’t a primary component of the typical...
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Jason Henrichs
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Bargaining Power of Suppliers
Quarantine time for the past few months has given me plenty of time to reflect on bargaining power quite a bit. Between two toddlers...
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Jason Henrichs
- Jun 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Misunderstood Threat of Substitutes
Three of Michael Porter's Five Forces deal with competition: 1) industry rivalry, 2) threat of new entrants, and 3) threat of...
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Jason Henrichs
- May 27, 2020
- 6 min
The Fintechs Are Coming! The Fintechs Are Coming!
Welcome back for part II in this series on Michael Porter's Five Forces for community banking. This article will cover the second of five...
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Jason Henrichs
- May 20, 2020
- 6 min
The New Face of Industry Rivalry in Community Banking
As a member of the banking industry, there are two pivotal questions you should be asking yourself regularly: 1) Who do you compete with?...
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Jason Henrichs
- Mar 27, 2020
- 7 min
The Black Swan Opportunity for Innovation
It’s officially been a(nother) black swan week and will likely be even more of them to follow. If you’re not familiar, the term “black...
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JP Nicols
- Mar 21, 2020
- 5 min
Banking's Apollo 13 Moment
For more than a decade now, I have been trying to convince bankers that innovation is not optional, and that organizations that were not...
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Jason Henrichs
- Jan 23, 2020
- 10 min
Welcome to 2020 (Sailing Into the Storm)
The future has arrived! Every major consulting firm, futurist, influencer and market research firm worth their salt changed their...
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JP Nicols
- Dec 9, 2019
- 4 min
Prioritizing Your Innovation Portfolio
Part 4 in a series Read Part 1: A Portfolio Approach to Strategic Planning Read Part 2: Plotting the Growth Vectors of Your Strategy Read...
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Jason Henrichs
- Jun 13, 2019
- 4 min
Do You Have an Innovation Capital Deficit?
I was listening to the HBR Ideacast on my bike ride into the office. The guest was Nathan Furr, Assistant Professor at INSEAD, author of...
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JP Nicols
- May 13, 2019
- 4 min
Building Your Innovation Portfolio
Part 3 of a series Read Part 1: A Portfolio Approach to Strategic Planning Read Part 2: Plotting the Growth Vectors of Your Strategy...
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Jason Henrichs
- Apr 23, 2019
- 4 min
Plotting the Growth Vectors of Your Strategy
Part 2 of a series Part 1: A Portfolio Approach to Strategic Planning In its essence, the purpose and value of a strategy is to create a...
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