Perficient

APRIL 24, 2024

Uncovering the Challenge: Relying on Spreadsheets for Portfolio Analysis A leading wealth and asset management firm recently sought our financial services expertise for a critical challenge. Relying on complex spreadsheets for portfolio analysis, the firm faced operational hurdles due to immense computing demands. The Perficient Approach: Transforming Operations through Strategic Consulting Our team embraced the challenge, conducting a meticulous two-week analysis to uncover the root issue: a cu

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Payments Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

The card network behemoth’s latest earnings report showed a contraction in card volume growth during the first three months of the year, and into April.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 24, 2024

Julian Reynolds Policymakers and market participants consistently cite geopolitical developments as a key risk to the global economy and financial system. But how can one quantify the potential macroeconomic effects of these developments? Applying local projections to a popular metric of geopolitical risk, I show that geopolitical risk weighs on GDP in the central case and increases the severity of adverse outcomes.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 24, 2024

The fintech One now offers buy now, pay later financing at the store chain, presenting competition for Affirm, which has partnered with the retail giant since 2019.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 24, 2024

Wealthy nations exploit their position as the world’s bankers to siphon off hundreds of billions from the needy Developing nations have long complained that globalisation has enthroned western currencies in such a way as to subsidise living standards in the rich world. Last year , Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the Brics – even talked of an alternative common currency to replace the dollar.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

The store-branded card issuer is raising annual percentage rates and adding fees for paper statements to compensate for lost revenue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new regulation is scheduled to take effect on May 14.

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BankInovation

APRIL 24, 2024

Lloyds Bank reported an increase in operating costs in the first quarter driven by higher inflation and increased investment in technology. “Cost management remains a core discipline for us as a group,” Chief Financial Officer William Chalmers said during the bank’s earnings call today.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

An anti-ESG crusade in Texas exposes the degree to which conservative hype over companies' ESG policies has lost touch with the reality of the market, to the detriment of taxpayers.

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BankInovation

APRIL 24, 2024

Bank of America’s innovation is never complete since its team constantly updates offerings to meet ever-changing client needs. “At Bank of America, innovation is everybody’s job,” Jorge Camargo, managing director of mobile app, online banking and Erica AI at Bank of America, told Bank Automation News.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

At the banks' annual meetings, shareholders at both companies struck down proposals that would have split the board chair and CEO roles. Two other proposals also failed to win shareholder support, one concerning energy financing and another on pay gap analysis.

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BankInovation

APRIL 24, 2024

Navy Federal Credit Union selected SaaS core modernization provider Zafin to update its core and move away from its legacy mainframe.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

The ABA is testing an information-exchange network to allow banks to share their fraud data with each other. Companies including Baselayer are also building solutions.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

UK-based payments technology company Zilch has extended its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support the launch of AI capabilities across its proposition.

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Automation is changing the game for commercial lenders, offering a clear path to competitive advantage in 2025. Rising costs, outdated workflows, and manual data entry slow growth and impact borrower satisfaction. Automation addresses these challenges, reducing costs, speeding up loan cycles, improving accuracy, and elevating borrower experiences. With market uncertainty easing, now is the time to act—waiting until loan volumes rebound leaves lenders unprepared and struggling to compete.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 24, 2024

Pre-tax profits drop to £1.6bn between January and March, down from £2.3bn last year Lloyds Banking Group has posted a 28% drop in profits for the first three months of the year as intense competition in the mortgage and savings market hit its earnings. The country’s largest mortgage lender, which owns the Halifax brand, said pre-tax profits dropped to £1.6bn between January and March, having fallen from £2.3bn last year when rising interest rates boosted the lender’s profits by almost 50%.

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Realwired Appraisal Management Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

Thomas Weller is a seasoned respected CEO of Union Gateway Bank. He’s predictable as the sunrise. Under his leadership, Union Gateway had earned a reputation for its conservative approach, boasting stability and consistent growth. However, this conservative ethos was a double-edged sword, especially as the tech world around them accelerated.

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ABA Community Banking

APRIL 24, 2024

The FDIC named four new bankers as members of the agency's Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee. The post FDIC names four bankers to MDI subcommittee appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

Standard Chartered has announced its partnership with Visa in order to optimise cross-border payments, as it joined the Visa B2B Connect network.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

The Jackson, Mississippi, company will use proceeds from the sale of its Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance unit to restructure its investment portfolio, moving $1.6 billion of low-yield securities off the balance sheet.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

US-based One , Walmart ’s majority-owned fintech startup, has launched Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans for high-value items at 4,6000 of the retailer’s stores.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

The payment processing firm said that companies will no longer be locked in to processing payments with Stripe in order to access its other products.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

Financial crime intelligence company ComplyAdvantage has acquired Golden to accelerate its AI capabilities in providing financial crime insights.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

Strong consumer spending and cross-border activity drove an 8% increase in Visa's total payments volume during the first quarter of the year, although Asia's economic recovery is taking longer than expected.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

Sweden-based fintech Brite Payments has launched the Instant Payments service in Germany in a bid to improve its European coverage.

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American Banker

APRIL 24, 2024

Mastercard launches service to fight instant-payment fraud, EU may green-light Apple's NFC-access plan, and more.

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The Paypers

APRIL 24, 2024

Philippines-based Netbank (A Rural Bank) has chosen merchant acquirer V5PAY to equip businesses in underserved areas with access to international payment capabilities.

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