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Branch Banking Going Digital-First For Safety And Relevance

PYMNTS

Banking At The Speed Of Life’. As CarrieAnne Cormier, senior vice president of retail operations and strategy at Massachusetts-based Avidia Bank, recently told PYMNTS , “You hear a lot about the new normal … but I really see it as banking at the speed of life. Interactive Tellers (ITMs) accommodate this and more.

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Avidia Bank On The Digital Approach To Meeting Customers', Businesses' Needs

PYMNTS

FIs around the world have accelerated the deployment of digital banking programs to cope with social distancing orders, and bank branches that remained open took steps like offering appointment-only visits to reduce transmission risks. . Corporate banking was a different story, however. . “We billion in assets.

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Credit Union Helps US Marijuana Businesses Put Down Roots

PYMNTS

On October 4, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) issued its final four recreational marijuana licenses to businesses, meaning legal marijuana will soon be available for purchase. Massachusetts joins a handful of states, including Colorado, Washington and Maine, that have taken steps to legalize recreational marijuana.

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Stimulus Relief: Less Spending, More Saving

PYMNTS

And in those cases, Jonathan Parker, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the Boston Globe , the attempt was pretty successful. According to data from digital bank Current on early stimulus receivers, about 45 percent of the funds have been spent, and food was the preferred spending category.

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Google Exec To Lead Aussie Bank’s Digital Shakeup

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Google’s Australia and New Zealand managing director, Maile Carnegie, was poached by ANZ Banking Group to act in its newly created group executive digital banking role starting in July, Reuters reported Tuesday (March 1).

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Charles Potts: Fueling growth through innovation

Independent Banker

Take its partnership with Surfly, which uses technology to personalize and innovate digital interactions in real-time cut call times from 30 to 60 minutes down to five minutes per call. Agent IQ offers a platform designed to integrate with a bank’s digital banking platform to deepen customer relationships through increased engagement.

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How Spend Tools Feed Food Banks’ Need For Accountability

PYMNTS

Tide , a digital banking solutions provider, issued several updates intended to help SMBs use optical character recognition (OCR) to automatically match receipts with individual transactions. Yordex offers virtual cards as well, which can be used to manage online business expenses, such as recurring subscription charges.

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