Wed.Oct 09, 2024

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MoneyGram attack exposed sensitive customer data

Payments Dive

The attack led to a days-long outage in September. The money transfer firm hasn’t described the nature of the incident or said how many people have been impacted.

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7 Cross-Functional Teams Banks Need For Better Strategy

South State Correspondent

Your bank is likely full of silos. Deposits rarely coordinate with Loans, Loans seldom talk to Mortgage, Risk is often on the outside looking in, and no one talks to Marketing until it is too late. These silos frequently prevent executing a single strategy, hinder communication, and interfere with collaboration. As a result, banks often struggle with culture, the customer experience, and, most importantly – strategy.

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Toast increases processing fees, adds surcharge feature

Payments Dive

The digital restaurant payments provider raised processing fees for some restaurant clients. Separately, it’s aiding clients in adding surcharges on their customers’ orders.

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Crafting an effective CECL Q factor framework for stronger risk management

Abrigo

How to build a successful Q factor framework under CECL Understanding the quantitative side of the CECL calculation means developing defensible qualitative factors, or Q factors. Learn best practices to adjust for risk. Would you like other articles on CECL and Q Factors in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Q factors offer a way to adjust for risks that aren't fully captured in historical data or quantitative models Takeaway 2 Building a robust Q factor framework requires a systematic approach, regular mon

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Fall In Love With the Month-End Close

It's the time of year to give our close process some TLC. Join us in this one hour webinar where we discuss how to adopt leading practices and infuse technology into the month-end close process to improve our experience and increase our productivity during month-end and quarter-end close. Learning Objectives: This course's objective is to understand how the month-end close can be improved with automation and adoption of leading practices.

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Global Payments embarks on ‘transition’ year

Payments Dive

The payments processor expects to undertake possible divestitures, beginning this year, as part of an effort to jump-start revenue in subsequent years.

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Jack Henry Connect Conference Day 3 Recap | Jack Henry

Jack Henry

Your Jack Henry Connect 2024 Day 3 recap is here! Click to view the summary of today's events.

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Territorial sale tensions escalate as shareholder vote approaches

American Banker

The Honolulu-based bank's board continues to recommend selling to Hope Bancorp in Los Angeles, despite a competing offer that includes a higher price tag.

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Plaid introduces Pay-by-Bank for Bill Pay

The Paypers

Plaid has launched its new Pay by Bank for Bill Pay solution, aimed at providing customers with higher adoption and fewer returns for an optimised experience.

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Inside Capital One's quest to spread ID tech

American Banker

By offering its authentication technology to other issuers, the credit card lender can compete with payment networks and mobile wallets. But it will have to persuade other banks to get on board.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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INDEXO Bank partners Mambu to launch its banking operations in Latvia

The Paypers

INDEXO Bank has announced that it has received its banking licence from the European Central Bank and has started its banking operations in Latvia.

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Tokenized deposits are the real game changer in the financial sector

American Banker

It won't be cryptocurrencies or central bank digital coins that revolutionize global finance, but rather banks offering deposit tokens that have many of the benefits of both.

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Crypto.com initiates legal action against SEC following legal threat

The Paypers

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has initiated a lawsuit against the US SEC after receiving a legal threat from the regulator.

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Bank of America was Warren Buffett's latest sage bet on a bank

American Banker

The legendary investor has been reducing his 13-year-old stake in BofA. It's the most recent instance of Buffett profiting from a big bet on a troubled financial institution.

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The Role of Automation in Commercial Lending

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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Grasshopper to buy Auto Club Trust

ABA Community Banking

Grasshopper Bank in New York City has agreed to buy Auto Club Trust in Dearborn, Michigan. The $485 million-asset Auto Club Trust is a federal savings bank owned by The Auto Club Group. The post Grasshopper to buy Auto Club Trust appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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LendingClub Bank, Pagaya acquire assets of fintech Tally

American Banker

The company, which helped consumers strategize their credit card payments and pivoted to a B2B model earlier this year, has sold its intellectual property two months after it folded.

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Checkout.com provides Octopus as an online payment method

The Paypers

US-based digital payments provider Checkout.com has announced a strategic agreement with Octopus to provide the latter’s services as an online payment method for merchants.

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Ag bank's history with Jack Henry goes back to tech firm's founder

American Banker

First State Bank of Purdy is on the forefront of new technology from Jack Henry & Associates thanks to the decades-long relationship between the bank and Jack Henry himself.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Revolut, Chase, Modulr join 159 anti-scam service

The Paypers

Revolut , together with Chase and Modulr , has agreed to sign up for the 159 short-code phone service that allows individuals in the UK to directly call their bank when worried about potential scams.

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Fed vice chair: Discount window 'effective' but still needs to evolve

American Banker

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson discussed the history of the central bank's last-resort lending facility. He characterized the Fed's latest outreach as part of a century-long effort to fine-tune the discount window.

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Cashflows and Mastercard to bring Click to Pay to UK firms

The Paypers

Cashflows has announced its partnership with Mastercard in order to provide its UK merchants and customers with access to the latter’s Click to Pay services.

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Tim Johnson, former Senate Banking Committee chairman, dies at 77

American Banker

Sen. Tim Johnson, a former three-term senator and five-term U.S. representative for South Dakota, died after complications from a recent stroke.

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Outsource With Confidence for RDC Program Success

Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) clients are more likely to use additional treasury services and maintain larger deposits. However, poor customer experiences—particularly if they delay deposits—can compel RDC clients to take their business elsewhere. This eBook makes the case for outsourcing RDC operations to a proven managed services partner. This approach helps Treasury Departments with limited resources provide excellent client experiences that result in higher retention and productivity rates.

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Commvault Cloud now available on AWS

The Paypers

Commvault , a provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, has announced that the Commvault Cloud will be available on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Dimon says regulators should reduce hurdles to going public

American Banker

The JPMorgan Chase CEO said it's "odd" that there's been no commensurate rise in IPOs with the surge in public market valuations.

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AutoRek enters the Swift Partner Programme

The Paypers

Scotland-based insuretech AutoRek has announced that it joined the Swift Partner Programme to optimise the consolidation and reconciliation of financial data.

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In-app Authentication: Which U.S. Bank or Challenger Does it Best?

The Financial Brand

This article In-app Authentication: Which U.S. Bank or Challenger Does it Best? appeared first on The Financial Brand. One-time codes and secure email links may not be sufficient any more to fend off fraud. How can banks step up their customer security game? This article In-app Authentication: Which U.S. Bank or Challenger Does it Best? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.