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Offering Wider Support At Food Banks Can Reduce Poverty

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study conducted by the University of East Anglia highlights a potential solution for alleviating poverty by incorporating comprehensive support services within food banks. This innovative program involved placing representatives from Citizens Advice and Shelter within the food bank facilities. ”

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Virtual reality in banking. How are we going to visit the bank in the future?

Strategy Driven

Perfect examples of the implementation of these visionary ideas are virtual and augmented reality. The possibilities that arise when we put on the VR goggles seem almost endless, which, for example, museums make great use of. Virtual reality in a banking version. When and if we visit the bank wearing VR goggles?

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Can AI Help Us Understand Whether To Bail Out Banks?

The Horizons Tracker

The decision to bail out banks en masse in 2009 was widely adopted yet far from uncontroversial. Research from UCL explores whether AI can help governments to decide whether to bail out a bank in crisis or not. This short-term cost is justified to the taxpayer because the long-term costs of bank defaults would be more harmful.

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How Supermarket Donations To Food Banks Help Their Bottom Line

The Horizons Tracker

Most supermarkets today promote the charitable work they do in terms of donations to community food banks. The authors explain that supermarkets will often send edible, yet otherwise unsaleable products, to the food bank. Food banks are therefore a crucial part of the food supply chain, albeit a part that is often overlooked.

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Leadership Lessons from the Banking Upheaval

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Jean-Marc Laouchez , Hay Group: “Banking is no longer somewhere that you go, it’s something that you do.” - Brett King, Banking 3.0. When was the last time you visited a bank branch? In Africa, some telecoms providers have bypassed traditional banks completely. My kids have never seen the inside of one.

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Countries Hurt Themselves When They Deny Immigrants Access To Banking

The Horizons Tracker

For example, a major ceiling on the economic potential of undocumented immigrants is their lack of access to the banking system to obtain credit and mortgages,” the authors continue. The post Countries Hurt Themselves When They Deny Immigrants Access To Banking first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

We can see many of these examples on the market; some even developed with Chief Innovation, Chief Impact, and Chief Sustainability Officer roles on their executive boards. The leading example, a 150-year-old American investment bank, Goldman Sachs, has diversified its business through a proactive M&A strategy.

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