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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. In a recent survey from Javelin Research, 56% of SMEs indicated a desire for better digital banking tools. They estimate that online lenders will constitute nearly a fifth of the total SME lending market by then.

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6 Digital Strategies, and Why Some Work Better than Others

Harvard Business Review

Digital technology has been roiling markets and disrupting companies for more than two decades, but despite that lengthy history, incumbents are still struggling to enact and deliver on digital transformations. In effect, incumbents are losing because they’re playing defense.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. . Fostering innovation.