The Secret to Winning

Bank executives have seen their world transform from a paper-based environment to an electronic age in which leaders increasingly recognize value in what they can glean from digital information.

But with so much digital data, the greatest challenge is in finding a way to distill it all down and extract real world insights that can produce tangible value. Read More from David Here: The Secret to Winning by David Wagstaff

Testing the Market

“Struggling companies and financial institutions alike are always looking for the “silver bullet” that will turn everything around. Mature marketers know that there is no silver bullet, but rather a target ahead that will take many focused shots and adjustments for key learnings, before hitting the bull’s-eye.”

To read more from this industry insight, click here: “Market Test To Perform The Best” by Tony Streeter

Obama urges small-business loans

President asks Congress to expand two lending programs

LANHAM, Md. – Seeking to create more jobs, President Barack Obama on Friday asked Congress to temporarily expand two lending programs for the owners of small businesses.

Obama said he wants to bolster the impact of the businesses that are the chief creators of new jobs in a struggling economy. Just hours before he spoke, the nation’s jobless rate finally dipped below 10 percent — to a still-stubbornly high 9.7 percent — in the latest government figures.

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