Tue.Sep 05, 2023

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

When and how to cite credit exceptions A policy on credit exceptions can address many factors that can lead financial institutions to diverge from loan policy and miss signs of potential trouble. You might also like these on-demand webinars on tackling common credit risk questions. WATCH Takeaway 1 Credit exceptions should be an indicator of risky behavior but are too frequently cited without real merit.

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Toast CEO resigns

Payments Dive

Chris Comparato, who has been CEO since 2015, told the restaurant payments company’s board on Friday that he’ll exit his leadership posts on Jan. 1.

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Bank Customer Experience Summit registration closing

ATM Marketplace

The Bank Customer Experience Summit, held jointly with the Interactive Customer Experience Summit from Sept. 11 to 13 in Charlotte, North Carolina, will focus this year on customer experience trends across multiple industries. Online registration for the joint event closes this week on Sept. 8.

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Visa leans into stablecoin efforts

Payments Dive

Visa has tapped new partners, including Worldpay and Solana, to build on a digital currency experiment it began in 2021 with Ethereum and Crypto.com.

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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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A new anti-money-laundering paradigm is needed for digital wallets

American Banker

Legislation before Congress would violate individuals' digital privacy by requiring digital wallet providers to intrusively gather and report highly personal information.

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Prosecutors: Ex-Wells Fargo executive deserves one year in prison

American Banker

The Department of Justice is recommending a sentence of 12 months behind bars for Carrie Tolstedt, a former Wells executive who has pleaded guilty to obstructing a bank examination. That's harsher than the recommendation of the U.S. Probation Office.

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Is there a better route to nationwide relief than multiple preliminary injunction motions in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB small business lending rule?

CFPB Monitor

This past Thursday, August 31, another preliminary injunction motion was filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s small business lending rule (Rule). The latest motion was filed by XL Funding, LLC d/b/a Axle Funding, LLC (Axle) and the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) (collectively, the ELFA Intervenors), following the court’s entry of an order granting their motion for leave to intervene and their filing of an intervenor complaint. .

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Credit unions handing reins to next generation of leaders

American Banker

With a slew of older executives nearing retirement, the credit union sector will have a big management void to fill. But finding and developing new talent will be easier said than done.

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Further thoughts on consumer understanding of arbitration clauses

CFPB Monitor

Professor Jeff Sovern recently blogged about the FTC’s June 2023 revisions to its Endorsement Guide. The Guide helps advertisers and endorsers make sure that their advertising using endorsements or testimonials is truthful and not misleading. The blog focused on the FTC’s adoption of a definition of “clear and conspicuous” as meaning that “a disclosure is difficult to miss (i.e.

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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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In a Digital Age, Smaller Financial Institutions Must Offer… Lollipops?

SWBC's LenderHub

Recent bank failures have cast an unfair light on smaller financial institutions. The shuttering of Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank, and Signature Bank in March 2023 left many account holders across the nation toiling over one burning question: “How safe is my money?” In the days following the collapse, the top 25 banks in the nation saw an influx of deposits to the tune of $125 billion while the rest bid farewell to a collective $108 billion over the same time period.

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GenTwo raises USD 15 million in Series A funding round

The Paypers

Switzerland-based B2B fintech platform GenTwo has raised USD 15 million in Series A funding round, to expand internationally and develop its suite of services.

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Fed hits Kansas-based Small Business Bank with enforcement order

American Banker

The $100 million asset bank ran afoul of various regulatory standards, including credit oversight, anti-money laundering controls and third-party risk management.

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Israeli cybersecurity startup backed by Steph Curry’s Penny Jar raises $50M

BankInovation

Israeli cybersecurity startup Upwind raised funds in a round that values the company at $300 million. The year-old cloud security firm raised $50 million in the round, which was led by Greylock Partners, Cyberstarts and Leaders Fund, Upwind said in a statement to Bloomberg on Tuesday.

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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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What regulators must do to promote bank startups

American Banker

Despite regulatory efforts, applications for traditional new banks often now require lengthier review periods for approval than in the last several decades. Here are some key ways to lighten this burden.

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Podcast: Consumers gravitate toward AI-driven banks

BankInovation

Financial institutions must determine where they can apply AI within their operations to stay competitive with other players using AI for predictive analytics and call centers.

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Paymentology partners with HyperPay

The Paypers

UK-based global issuer-processor Paymentology has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based HyperPay to improve the latter’s payment solutions in the Middle East.

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Capital rules may have 'poisoned the well' for bank policy on the Hill

American Banker

Cannabis banking, the Durbin-Marshall credit card bill and executive compensation legislation could be on the agenda this fall, but banking regulators' Basel III endgame proposal has made bipartisan compromise more complicated.

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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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Visa leverages Solana and USDC to improve cross-border payments

The Paypers

Visa has decided to expand its stablecoin settlement capabilities to the Solana blockchain and is engaging in partnerships with Nuvei and Worldpay.

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How Visa's rising support for stablecoins could popularize the tech

American Banker

By partnering with processors Worldpay and Nuvei to use Circle's USDC for B2B transactions, the card network can demonstrate the utility of digital assets on a broad scale.

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Finland pioneers digital passports to streamline travel

The Paypers

Finland has commenced a testing phase for its new digital passports in a bid to make international travel simpler and more secure.

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Five innovations in earned wage access

American Banker

The market for services that allow employees to access funds ahead of their two-week payday is a hotbed of activity, even as financial services regulators in some states seek to rein it in.

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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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ThetaRay raises USD 57 million in funding round

The Paypers

Israel-based AI-powered anti-money laundering provider ThetaRay has raised USD 57 million in funding round in order to offer new business opportunities to banks and fintechs.

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Credit Decisions Need to Be More Inclusive — Advanced Data Analytics Can Help

The Financial Brand

This article Credit Decisions Need to Be More Inclusive — Advanced Data Analytics Can Help appeared first on The Financial Brand. How can banks and other lenders extend credit access to a larger share of the population safely and efficiently? Data and technology make it possible. This article Credit Decisions Need to Be More Inclusive — Advanced Data Analytics Can Help appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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FutureBank partners with IDVerse to counter cybercrime

The Paypers

Embedded finance platform FutureBank has partnered with digital ID verification company IDVerse to augment its customer onboarding with secure digital identity verification.

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State Street sees opportunity in court win for spot bitcoin ETF

American Banker

A recent court decision could create more crypto-service opportunities for traditional banks.

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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.