November, 2020

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Emerging tech in equipment finance: Hype or reality?

Accenture

When it comes to whether emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain are practical for equipment finance, it depends on the application. That was the key takeaway from the recent ELFA 2020 Business Live! virtual convention panel discussion I had the fortune of being a part of. I joined host Deb Reuben of TomorrowZone and fellow….

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Why ISO 20022 is a seismic shift for payments

Accenture

There’s no two ways about it: ISO 20022 is a complex new standard for financial services firms of every description. Inside that complexity lie some operational hurdles for payments players—but also tremendous opportunities. We can see why by looking at the ISO 20022 message format, which neatly encapsulates the high-level impact of the new standard.….

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Can blockchain transform cross-border payments?

Payments Dive

Cross-border payments are fraught with difficulties from long paper trails to complicated contracts/ Blockchain has emerged as a possible contender to streamline the process, however, but is it ready to tackle cross-border payments?

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8 Trends for Healthcare in 2021

Perficient

Momentum in digital healthcare transformation… it’s massive, and much needed. As organizations adapt to new modes of care, demands on resources, and consumer expectations, payors and providers are eyeing opportunities to reduce costs, improve care, build awareness, and expand relationships. Here are 8 trends we’re currently tracking into 2021: TREND 1: The evolution of healthcare will be characterized by a reengineering of clinical care and operations around digital health and

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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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Western Union Expands Real-Time Digital Payments To 100 Countries

PYMNTS

Western Union just took another big step toward ramping up its growing digital payments arsenal. The legacy global remittance giant said on Monday (Nov. 23) that it has expanded its real-time digital payout capabilities in a move that encompasses billions of bank accounts in 100 countries. Western Union first unveiled the goal of expanding digital payments to 100 countries during its investor day event in 2019.

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Why You Need to Resolve Your Credit Union’s Technology Limitations

Jack Henry

There’s little doubt that a robust digital banking platform has become a necessity for credit unions. It’s important for attracting and retaining members now that branches have limited hours and many normal routines of lobby-based banking have been interrupted. But this is more than an interruption. The “good-old days” of lobby-centered banking may be gone forever.

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How to determine cloud strategy and get the most value

Accenture

In my previous post, I wrote about the changing dynamics in the cloud conversation. But a conversation is just that—a conversation. It’s meaningless if banks don’t take action. In this post, I will outline the considerations for a successful cloud strategy, potential value and overall challenges. For more information, read our detailed report The Cloud….

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The advantages of blockchain over traditional payments

Payments Dive

By eliminating middlemen, cross-border blockchain payments can result in even faster transfers while significantly reducing costs for both merchants and customers.

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Create Successful Marketing Automation Campaigns for Healthcare

Perficient

When most people think about marketing automation, they think about sending emails to contacts. But, what can you really do with the right marketing automation tool? You can send personalized emails, text alerts, nurture customers, save internal time and resources, and create an overall better experience between your brand and your customer. With that being said, how can marketing automation benefit the healthcare industry?

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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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Personalizing — Not Just Digitizing — The B2B eCommerce Experience

PYMNTS

As the B2B commerce landscape innovates, it is continually after that "Amazon-like" experience forged in the consumer commerce world. But for B2B vendors and suppliers, the unique needs of corporate customers cannot be ignored, making a consumer-like buying experience particularly complex. Pricing and payments are two key areas that tend to look vastly different in the B2B world than in the consumer arena.

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Brexit: what next for Open Banking?

Bobsguide

The UK is a leader in the field of open banking. 2019 was a mammoth year for the country’s open banking ecosystem, when UK open banking hit one million users, regulated providers grew to 204 and there were 1.25 billion API calls. There is no doubt open banking has helped lift London into a.

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Get Ahead of Ransomware Attacks with the R-SAT

Jack Henry

Ransomware attacks and the costs to get businesses back up and running continue to increase. The hasty expansion of the remote workforce due to the COVID-19 pandemic only makes matters worse. Ransomware is the third most common malware breach and the second most common malware incident type, according to the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report.

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Amazon mixes debit rewards, future work to entice gig drivers

Payments Source

Ahead of a holiday shopping season that should focus heavily on e-commerce, Amazon is updating its rewards program to keep delivery drivers interested in handling its packages.

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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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Location verification can prevent QR code fraud

Payments Dive

Mobile Payments Today interviewed André Ferraz, the CEO and co-founder of Incognia, a private identity company that provides fraud prevention by using frictionless identity location verification.

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[Webinar Recording] Oracle Clinical One Demo and Roadmap

Perficient

Recently, Dave Shuford, a sales consulting director at Oracle, and Caz Halsey, a director of life sciences at Perficient, presented an informative webinar on Oracle Clinical One, a new unified clinical development platform. During the webinar, the two discussed how Clinical One is different from the legacy applications most people know. Specifically, David explained the industry’s shift from individual point solutions to a suite of applications to an integrated platform and then finally to a uni

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PayPal CEO Shulman: Consumers Moving To Digital Currency In Droves

PYMNTS

Consumers are moving to digital payments and cryptocurrency in droves, and it’s inevitable that more central banks will issue digital forms of currency, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a televised interview on Monday (Nov. 23). “There's no question that people are flocking to digital payments and digital forms of currency,” Schulman told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”.

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UK fintechs poised to save credit-starved SMEs

Bobsguide

Viable businesses in Britain will require more low-cost finance for investment if they are to survive the blows of the pandemic – and it must come in the form of a “major commitment from the financial services industry”, warned the Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey in a.

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Is Your Current Card Platform Holding You Back?

Have you ever felt the pain and loss of a client suddenly going silent, leaving you questioning everything? Ghosting can cause heartbreak; in business, it drains resources, and emotionally, it shatters your confidence. A modern credit card program can give you the tools to deliver the digital-first experiences your customer’s demand. Our eBook, “5 Signs Your Credit Card Offering Needs an Upgrade,” will help you identify key indicators that your current card platform may be holding you back and w

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Take Your Enterprise Content Management System Back to the Future Using Your Legacy Data

Jack Henry

The future of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is upon us. In order to get the most out of the new technology and processes, you must take your legacy data and reinvent it. You won’t need any plutonium, a flux capacitor or Doc Brown to correct the data of the past. Here are some things you can do now to explore your past data and blaze into the future with your ECM data archives.

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Visa pilots card-not-present security app with Michigan State University FCU

Payments Source

The pilot leverages Keyno’s CVVkey technology that uses a dynamic card verification value 2 (CVV2) code to provide a higher level of security against fraud for online and mobile payments.

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The benefits of Click to Pay

Payments Dive

Jed Danbury, vice president at Computop, a global payments service provider, explains the benefits of using Click to Pay

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Perficient Earns Title of Top Workplace 2020 in Detroit

Perficient

Perficient is excited to announce that our Detroit office has officially been named a 2020 Top Workplace in Michigan! This is the fifth Perficient office to be recognized for being a top place to work this year – showing that our people and our culture continue to shine, even during this difficult time. So what makes our Detroit office a top workplace?

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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AI Models Eliminate Bias For Digital ID

PYMNTS

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is upon us, where data feeds and models are used in the service of everything from verifying the digital identity of remote users to approving or denying a bank loan application. But Labhesh Patel , chief technical officer and chief scientist at real-time identification firm Jumio , told PYMNTS in a recent interview that AI-underpinned models are only as good as their underlying training datasets.

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The costs of a coronavirus: Tips for re-evaluating tech spend in a pandemic

Bobsguide

With the global pandemic came a global need to reorganise, replan and rethink spending for businesses across industries, as the impact of lockdowns and changing consumer behaviour was felt. While IT costs are just one element of business budgets, technology now underpins the effective function of.

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How to Make Sure Your Disaster Recovery Plan Is Effective

Jack Henry

I really enjoy writing. So, when the opportunity to put down some words of wisdom presented itself, I jumped at the chance. But, what to write about? Let’s start with a simple question: What is the state of your financial institution’s (FI’s) mental health?

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OP Financial prepares Nordic biometric card pilot in 2021

Payments Source

Finland’s OP Financial has announced that it will be launching a biometric payment card pilot in the Nordic countries in the second half of 2021.

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Breaking New Ground: Managing Innovation Fatigue With Effective Automation

Speaker: Gary Dmitriev

Our upcoming webinar aims to demystify the process of selecting and implementing automation tools for financial institutes. This session will provide your roadmap for vetting potential solutions, focusing on due diligence, vendor assessments, and aligning technology with strategic goals. We’ll also address the critical issue of innovation fatigue, offering tips on maintaining enthusiasm and momentum for new initiatives.