Thu.Feb 08, 2024

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Romance scams: Protecting hearts and wallets

Abrigo

Romance scams are costly and cruel, and happening everyday. You may not be in the market for a relationship, but you can help protect others from falling for romance scams. You might also like this on-demand webinar explaining how fraudsters use checks to their advantage. WATCH Takeaway 1 Romance scams are one of the most common forms of fraud schemes seen in the U.S. , with reported losses of a staggering $1.3 billion.

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PayPal cost-cutting likely to persist

Payments Dive

The digital payments pioneer’s expense reductions may take years to benefit the company’s bottom line as management resets the business strategy.

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Fraud prevention and detection: Empowering clients through education

Abrigo

Client fraud education to prevent banking losses Financial institutions play a crucial role in safeguarding customers and members from fraud. Fraud education is key. You might also like this infographic: 5 Fraud typologies impacting you and your customers or members. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 U.S. consumers lost billions of dollars due to fraud during 2023.

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CFPB open banking proposal will be crucial

Payments Dive

The agency’s open banking proposal is a step in the right direction, but details of the policy will shape how the market develops, a regulatory adviser writes in this op-ed.

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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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Ex-CEO of failed Kansas bank charged with embezzling $47 million

American Banker

Federal prosecutors allege that Shan Hanes, the former CEO of the now defunct Heartland Tri-State Bank, illegally took money from customers to fund cryptocurrency investments. He could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

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Credit unions should expect increased supervision from NCUA on overdraft/NSF fees, vendor risk, and fair lending

CFPB Monitor

On February 6, 2024, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Todd M. Harper spoke at a Brookings Institution event to outline his regulatory agenda and supervisory priorities for 2024. His prepared remarks addressed the 90 th Anniversary of the Federal Credit Union Act, credit union performance in third quarter of 2023, risks posed by third party service providers, liquidity management, and consumer financial protection.

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Mastering the Art of Lead Generation for Fintechs: Strategies for Unleashing Potential and Driving Growth

William Mills

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial technology (Fintech), where innovation and competition are the norm, the ability to generate high-quality leads is crucial. For Fintech companies looking to serve financial institutions, effective lead generation is not just a strategy, it's the lifeline for sustainable growth. In this two-part series, we'll explore the intricacies of lead generation tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities within the Fintech sector.

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FloatMe Settlement with FTC Contains Exacting Requirements

CFPB Monitor

On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into a Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief (the “Order”) with FloatMe Corp. (“FloatMe”), a fintech that offers short-term cash advances through its mobile app, to settle litigation brought earlier in the month against the fintech and two of its principals (collectively, “Defendants”).

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Bankwell Bank pilots generative AI in small-business lending

American Banker

It's early days in the Connecticut bank's testing of Cascading AI, but one clear benefit has emerged: The software can handle the many inquiries that come in on Friday nights, after loan officers have gone home.

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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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This week’s podcast episode: Recent developments affecting student loan origination and servicing

CFPB Monitor

With federal student loans approaching $1.7 trillion, private student loans approaching $129 billion, strident consumer group advocacy, and national elections on the horizon, student loan origination and servicing continues to be a focal point for federal and state regulators. In this episode, which repurposes a webinar, we first discuss recent developments at the Department of Education involving loan forgiveness, the framework for servicer accountability, preemption guidance, and new repaymen

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In unusual move, law professor petitions bank regulators for rulemaking

American Banker

Jeremy Kress, a law professor at the University of Michigan, filed a petition for rulemaking to two bank regulators, asking them to adopt an unaffiliated director standard for larger banks to address conflicts of interest between banks and their holding companies.

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Check fraud to reach $24B in 2024

BankInovation

Industrywide, financial institutions are seeing an uptick in synthetic identities, scam activity and check fraud even as digital channel adoption grows. In fact, check fraud is expected to reach $24 billion in 2024, according to a Jan. 3 newsletter from Frank McKenna, chief strategist for AI-driven fraud detection platform Point Predictive.

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Subprime lender, struggling with debts, gets reprieve from creditors

American Banker

The consumer lender CURO Group said that its agreement with bondholders gives it a 30-day grace period, and that negotiations on a broader restructuring are continuing. The company has lost money in recent years as it shifts away from traditional payday lending to larger installment loans.

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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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P2P leader PayPal to redesign mobile app

BankInovation

PayPal will invest in a new app to launch in 2024 alongside a new strategy to drive engagement with better consumer experiences like AI-driven shopping. “Redesigning our app and creating improved, frictionless onboarding paths are tangible ways that we plan to drive higher penetration,” Chief Executive Alex Chriss said during PayPal’s fourth-quarter earnings call.

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Pagaya closes a USD 280m credit facility with Blackrock

The Paypers

AI-focused technology company Pagaya has closed a USD 280 million credit facility with BlackRock US Private Capital.

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Yellen expects bank 'stress' due to commercial real estate losses

American Banker

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen didn't directly address the turmoil at New York Community Bank, and said that while some smaller institutions could be hit by a changing commercial real estate market, she doesn't anticipate these mortgages will become a systemic risk.

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Chainlink to increase PYUSD adoption with secure price feeds

The Paypers

Web3 services platform Chainlink has announced it now supports a PYUSD (PayPal’s USD-backed stablecoin issued by Paxos) Price Feed on the Ethereum mainnet.

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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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Who wins and loses with Visa's new dispute-management tool?

American Banker

Through a partnership with technology firm ServiceNow, the card network is offering ways to reduce banks' cost and complexity of resolving disputed transactions.

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Cross River partners with Aeropay

The Paypers

Embedded financial solutions provider Cross River has partnered with digital payments provider Aeropay to expand the latter’s current offerings.

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CFPB resolves foreclosure scam case with $12M settlement

American Banker

The original lawsuit was one of several filed in 2014 in a coordinated effort among federal and state regulators aimed at fraudsters trying to cheat distressed mortgage borrowers.

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IDEMIA Secure Transactions partners with Arab National Bank

The Paypers

IDEMIA Secure Transactions has partnered with the Arab National Bank to launch a card developed with Braille printing technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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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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Do Your Salespeople Know When to Talk USPs? [VIDEO]

The Emmerich Group

I believe that most of your salespeople have only begun to tap into their true potential. They just don’t have the confidence to go after large deals that are happy with their current bank and ask for premium pricing. In this episode, I’m going to show you how the right sales system can help your people get excited about and effective at pulling in the very best customers…without PRICE even being brought up.

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European Parliament adopts new instant money transfer rules

The Paypers

The European Parliament has adopted a new set of rules to ensure that transferred funds arrive immediately in bank accounts across the EU.

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Citizens Financial hires two former JPMorgan execs to lead private bank

American Banker

The Providence, Rhode Island, company has recruited a head of wealth management advisors and a head of private wealth managers as part of a new strategy to reel in high-net worth clients.

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Kraken secures VASP registration

The Paypers

US-based digital asset exchange Kraken has successfully secured a VASP registration from the Dutch Central Bank , aimed at its European development strategy.

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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.