Wed.Jan 03, 2024

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New York enacts surcharge law

Payments Dive

The state’s new law will force merchants to limit credit card surcharges and more clearly disclose them to consumers. If the businesses don’t, they could face a $500 penalty.

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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

One common question we field is recommendations of books to improve either bank performance or personal performance. Since many bankers likely have a self-improvement goal in their New Year’s resolutions, we wanted to put out our recommendations right from the start. To do this, we teamed up with Jack Hubbard, Managing Partner of the Modern Banker , to bring you our collective favorites.

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NY governor pursues BNPL regulation

Payments Dive

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking to require buy now, pay later providers to obtain a license to operate in the state, in addition to other potential regulations for the industry.

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Future-Proofing Financial Services: Rule 3110 Updates Empower Brokers

Perficient

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted several unprecedented shifts in society, notably impacting the workplace and necessitating the adoption of innovative technologies that facilitate collaboration and efficiency in a work-from-home (WFH) environment. For brokers, in the financial services sector, remote work became especially difficult due to the requirement for firms to register and supervise all home office “branches.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Endava exec talks super apps, Paze and embedded payments

Payments Dive

The consulting firm’s global marketing head explained in an interview why a bank-backed digital wallet won’t be “the PayPal killer” and why the U.S. hasn’t seen a super app for payments.

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SCOTUS slated to make lasting impact on consumer financial services industry in 2024

CFPB Monitor

This New Year is setting up to be a momentous one for the consumer financial services industry in the United States Supreme Court. In 2024, the Supreme Court is expected to decide four impactful cases that may hold that the CFPB’s funding is unconstitutional, eliminate giving deference to CFPB, FTC and federal banking agency regulations, severely narrow National Bank Act (NBA) preemption of state laws, and limit the time during which a plaintiff may sue an agency to facially challenge an agency

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A Beatles-Inspired Look at the Future of Real Estate Valuation

Realwired Appraisal Management Blog

“Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles repeats the phrase “It’s alright,” conveying a sense of reassurance that better days are on the horizon. But “Something in the Way” we approach our industry is missing. We all live in a “Yellow Submarine,” sometimes trapped in a rinse and repeat mindset. We need “Help!

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HSBC joins mortgage rate-cutting drive with deals below 4%

TheGuardian

Five- and 10-year fixed-rate remortgage offers announced as lenders big and small reduce rates HSBC has become the latest big UK lender to announce across-the-board mortgage interest rate cuts, with leading names announcing reductions of up to one percentage point. The bank’s new deals announced on Wednesday include a headline-grabbing five-year fixed remortgage deal of 3.94% for those borrowing up to 60% of the property value.

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Acting Comptroller Hsu misses the point of decentralized tokenization

American Banker

When you centralize a blockchain, you lose much of its inherent value. Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu's support for centralized tokenization betrays a misunderstanding of the value of decentralization.

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How a Managed Services Partner Can Reduce the Friction in Your RDC Program

Treasury teams at community banks face an ongoing challenge of delivering frictionless customer experiences as they support treasury products – especially RDC. This infographic focuses on the efficiencies community banks gain when partnering with a proven managed services provider. You’ll see the advantages you can gain when a managed services partner leverages online tools, skilled customer and technical support personnel, and fulfillment and logistics capabilities to streamline RDC fulfillment

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Arc CEO to be fireside speaker at Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024

BankInovation

Don Muir, chief executive of San Francisco-based digital bank Arc, will be featured in a fireside chat at Bank Automation Summit U.S. 2024 on Tuesday, March 19, at 10 a.m. CT, to discuss the digital bank’s strategy to scale with a tech-forward mindset.

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The tech helping an Indiana credit union reel in businesses

American Banker

Since first partnering with the digital banking software firm Q2 in 2019, Hoosier Hills Credit Union in Bedford has seen significant growth in new account openings and deposit balances due to stronger payroll processing capabilities.

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Dubai Duty Free partners with Alipay+

The Paypers

Dubai Duty Free has announced its partnership with Alipay+ in order to leverage its tools for optimising the shopping experience of international visitors.

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All In Credit Union to acquire five bank branches in Alabama

American Banker

After announcing a deal to buy the entirety of SunSouth Bank in Dothan last year, All In now plans to take over another bank's branches in Brewton, Clayton, Eufaula, Geneva and Louisville.

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Budget Playbook for Commercial Lenders — Bank and Credit Union Edition

Amid market uncertainty, banks and credit unions are faced with critical decisions about the future of their commercial lending. With fluctuating interest rates and rising competition from non-bank lenders, it's critical to allocate your 2025 budget strategically to optimize lending operations. Our Budget Playbook for Commercial Lenders delivers key strategies to help you navigate these challenges, ensuring your institution is well-positioned for the coming year.

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82% of FIs plan to migrate to the cloud in next 5 years

BankInovation

Eight in 10 financial institutions will migrate at least half their core systems to the cloud starting in 2024 in search of efficient operations, robust tech stacks and quick access to data.

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Truist plans to shrink branch network by 4% in March

American Banker

The North Carolina-based company said it expects to close about 4% of its branch network, or roughly 80 offices, by the end of the first quarter. The closures come amid Truist's $750 million cost-cutting initiative.

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BankBeat names Bryan Bruns as ‘banker of the year’

ABA Community Banking

Citing his leadership in advocacy and “his thoughtful, deliberate dedication to the essence of community banking,” BankBeat magazine has named Bryan Bruns — president and CEO of Lake Central Bank in Annandale, Minnesota — as its 2024 Banker of the Year. The post BankBeat names Bryan Bruns as ‘banker of the year’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Why community bank stocks could rally in 2024

American Banker

A resilient economy and the potential for interest rate cuts could infuse further bullish sentiment into markets and bolster the shares of small lenders.

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It Takes Two to Tango

With automation, you’ll reduce errors and save valuable time, allowing you to focus on what really matters: strategic analysis and insightful decision-making. Picture accurate financial reports ready at your fingertips, giving you the confidence to tackle business challenges head-on. Embracing automation not only boosts productivity but also elevates your role from number cruncher to closing rockstar.

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Transactions: Citi TTS teamed up with third-party tech providers in 2023

BankInovation

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions looked to tech providers in 2023 as it enhanced its platform and offerings.

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German cash use slips, India pressures crypto exchanges

American Banker

Germany, traditionally a cash-heavy economy, is seeing a rise in debit card use. Meanwhile, Indian regulators accuse several crypto exchanges of violating anti-money-laundering rules.

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Salad Money partners with D•One

The Paypers

UK-based D•One has partnered with Salad Money in order to provide its Open Banking services for the optimisation of the latter’s lending decision-making.

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20 U.S. banks with the highest global full-time employee headcount

American Banker

The top five banks have an average global full-time employee headcount of more than 213,000.

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The 2024 Lenders Guide to Automating the Complex Loan

Download the latest edition of GoDocs' "The Lender's Guide to Automating the Complex Loan." This comprehensive guide offers financial institutions valuable insights into document automation for complex commercial loans. It unpacks the intricacies of complex loans and showcases how an automation platform like GoDocs — the leading commercial loan closing platform — delivers impressive benefits and ROI to any FI.

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AMLYZE partners with TransactionLink

The Paypers

Lithuania-based regtech AMLYZE has announced its partnership with Berlin-based TransactionLink in order to optimise the overall landscape of AML and KYC automation.

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How state-issued IDs are driving Google Wallet's strategy

American Banker

In a crowded market for mobile payment apps, the search giant hopes to expand its support of driver's licenses, providing a key method of authentication for more financial services.

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YouTrip increases stock and flow cap limits

The Paypers

Singapore-based multi-currency e-wallet YouTrip has increased the stock and flow cap limits on its digital wallet and optimised its security solutions.

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High Performance Accountability Secret [VIDEO]

The Emmerich Group

I just did a seminar today where I asked people, “What’s your biggest challenge?” Accountability always seems to be number one whenever that question is asked. No matter the bank—it seems to be universal. Video: High-Performance Accountability Secret There is one key concept often missed regardless of what level you’re at on that continuum of Continue Reading The post High Performance Accountability Secret [VIDEO] appeared first on Emmerich Financial.

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Confronting the Change Challenge

Change is difficult, whether in our private or work life. However, without change, growth and learning are difficult not to mention keeping up with the market and staying competitive. We have all worked for or ourselves are the bosses that prefer to keep the status quo. We will discuss how to address the "change challenge" to enable you to be a changemaker and a graceful recipient of change.