May, 2021

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Perficient to Present at Fintech Generations 2021

Perficient

Perficient is excited to announce that Fintech Generations 2021 , a global fintech thought leadership event that takes place June 7-11, will feature Scott Albahary, chief strategist, financial services. In the session “Differentiating Your Brand for the Digital Era,” Scott will discuss how financial services companies can leverage digital technologies in new and innovative ways to create new value for consumers and businesses.

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Five reasons the cloud is a generational opportunity for payments right now

Accenture

The power of the cloud shouldn’t be news for any leader in payments today. Whether public, private, or hybrid, the cloud’s capabilities are widely known and beyond dispute. But cloud transformation is newly urgent. Accenture research has found that modernizing payments is a $300 billion opportunity, with 2.7 trillion cash transactions forecast to move to….

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Bank of America, Wells Fargo Hit Minority Investment Targets

Banking Exchange

The banking giants have fulfilled pledges made last year to boost investment in minority-owned banks and businesses Retail Banking Duties Lines of Business Feature Business Credit Financial Trends Feature3 Fair Lending Diversity Socially Responsible Investing.

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Banks: Investors need to know ESG factors to stay relevant

Bobsguide

Investors need to start ingesting ESG factors in their overall value proposition to remain relevant, according to Simone Vroegop, head of investor services strategy for Europe and Asia at Brown Brothers Harriman. “ESG has gone from a hype to the biggest revolution where virtually all.

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Thinking About How To Lessen Your Burden During Month-End Close? Skystem Can Help!

Most people dread the nearing of the month-end close and reconciliation process, and who can blame them? It's typically a tedious, long, stressful process; but it doesn't have to be. Implementing automation into your month-end process can significantly reduce this headache by automating up to 40% of your reconciliation and saving nearly 30% of your time spent.

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Leave My Interchange Alone!

Gonzobanker

The Fed’s proposed change to the Durbin Amendment could mean big losses in payment card interchange income for financial institutions. This week marks the 10 th anniversary of the Durbin Amendment (Regulation II) to the Dodd-Frank law that went into effect on Oct. 1, 2011. It is a momentous occasion that we will all celebrate … NOT. Non-regulated financial institutions should be grateful that it has taken the Federal Reserve this long to officially muck up the current legislation.

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Are You Losing Good-Credit Customers to Suboptimal Debt Collection Practices?

Perficient

2020 had a significant impact on families from many perspectives. Consumers who worked extremely hard to achieve coveted top credit scores were caught off guard and ended up having to rely on their savings to stay in good standings with banks and creditors. Unfortunately, no one could predict how long the impact would last, and therefore those consumers fell into delinquency.

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Market Commentary: Week of May 10, 2021

SWBC's LenderHub

Last Week: In an action-packed week, the equity markets continued the big equity rotation trade where the high-flying “Big Tech” and “Fintech Disrupter” stocks lost more ground to value stocks, such as banks. A good example of the activity could be found in two Exchange Traded Funds. Cathy Wood’s Ark Innovation (ticker: ARKK) fell 9% week-over-week, while Invesco’s ETF that tracks the KBW Bank Index (ticker: KBWB) advanced 4%, setting a new all-time high on Friday.

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How Banks Can Support Small Businesses After COVID-19

Banking Exchange

The pandemic has had a profound effect on small businesses – but the post-pandemic rebirth is rife with opportunity Community Banking Feature3 Feature PPP Covid19 Bank Performance The Economy.

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Quantum computer: The 'coronavirus' of cryptography

ATM Marketplace

Jurjen Bos is the cryptographer and corporate information security advisor for equensWorldline. He deals with determining risk, specializing in IT security and cryptography, which is a branch of mathematics. Bos shares his thoughts on the arrival of quantum computers and how this event can be a potential game changer for the payments marketplace.

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New York Lien Law Essentials: 5 Key Facts for Commercial Lenders

Dive into the complexities of New York lien laws with our comprehensive eBook, 'New York Lien Law Essentials: 5 Key Facts for Commercial Lenders.' In this detailed guide, we explore the critical formalities necessary for lenders navigating ground-up construction and fix-and-flip projects in the New York market. From documentation requirements to the implications of non-compliance, learn how to safeguard your lending position and prioritize legal adherence.

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Quantifying culture and its implications for bank riskiness

BankUnderground

Joel Suss, David Bholat, Alex Gillespie and Tom Reader. ‘Bad cultures’ at banks are often blamed for scandals and crises, from the global financial crisis to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) in the UK. Yet surprisingly little research has tested this claim. This is because quantifying culture is difficult to do. Our working paper gives it a go.

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The U.S. Pandemic Recovery is a Chance to Improve Digital ID

Payments Source

Risk Authentication Payment fraud

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Goldman Sachs executive quits after making millions from Dogecoin

TheGuardian

The crypto asset is down more than 30% this week but is still up by more than 1,000% from the start of 2021 A senior manager at Goldman Sachs in London has quit the US investment bank after making millions from investing in Dogecoin, the joke crypto asset which has risen by more than 1,000% in value this year. City sources said Aziz McMahon, a managing director and head of emerging market sales, had resigned from the bank after making money from investing in the digital currency based on the Dog

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Weekly Wrap: KeyBank ramps up RPA use, Wall Street questioned by U.S. Senate

BankInovation

Bank Automation News spoke with KeyBank this week on how the $176 billion financial institution is leveraging robotic process automation (RPA) tools to automate its internal processes across commercial credit, consumer lending, commercial lending, the contact center, ACH payments, human resources and finance. KeyBank signed deals with Automation Anywhere in 2017, and with UiPath in 2020, to provide automation tools […].

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The State of Automation in Financial Services 2024 Report

In this report, you’ll find a comprehensive analysis of survey responses from executives at banks, credit unions, and insurance companies concerning their organization’s current and future use of automation. The report’s key insights include: Which types of automation are saving organizations the most time and money How to overcome the biggest barriers to automation implementation and adoption Why automation investments will continue to grow over the next few years How much you could save in 202

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It’s 2021. Do You Know What Your AI Is Doing?

FICO

Responsible AI has been one of my big topics for a few years now, the subject of many articles, blogs and talks I’ve given to audiences around the world. So how are companies faring in adopting Responsible AI, making sure they are using artificial intelligence ethically, transparently, securely and in their customers’ best interests? The short answer: not great.

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ATMIA: Texas ATM human trafficking bill 'based on false premise'

ATM Marketplace

A proposed law to register ATMs in Texas to fight human trafficking has drawn criticism from the ATM industry.

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The consumption response to borrowing constraints in the mortgage market

BankUnderground

Belinda Tracey and Neeltje van Horen. How is household consumption affected by borrowing constraints in the mortgage market? In a new paper , we answer this question by studying the UK’s Help to Buy (HTB) program over the period 2014–16. The program facilitated home purchases with only a 5% down payment and resulted in a sharp relaxation of the down-payment constraint.

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Cities work to bring fintech to underserved communities

Payments Source

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2024 Lending Outlook: Innovations and Evolutions in the Financial Sector

As we step into 2024, the lending landscape evolves rapidly with technology, regulations, and market dynamics driving change. For banks and financial institutions to stay competitive and meet the evolving needs of their customers, these drivers must be understood and engaged with. Lenders can anticipate significant transformation fueled by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors.

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British banks finance 805m tonnes of CO2 production a year

TheGuardian

Emissions from projects and companies backed by the City are nearly double those of the UK The amount of CO2 production financed by Britain’s banks and asset managers is nearly double the UK’s annual carbon emissions, according to a new report. The study, published by environmental campaign groups Greenpeace and WWF, shows the City provided loans and investments for projects and companies that emitted 805m tonnes of CO2 in 2019.

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Inside Look: KeyBank ramps up RPA and process mining efforts 

BankInovation

KeyBank projects that 450 full-time equivalent (FTE) worker processes will be automated by January 2022, requiring the $176 billion bank to augment its automation team. The Ohio-based bank, which in 2017 began to roll out robotic process automation (RPA) in its frontline, middle and back-office operations, currently executes about 300 FTE worker processes daily.

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IBB Published 92nd Banking Diploma Notice and Timetable

FluentBanking

Even in this amid COVID pandemic IBB has not stopped from taking a banking diploma a professional banking exam. It helps the bankers in a variety of ways from getting knowledge to get promoted. Presently most of the banks making this exam mandatory to pass. On May 04,2021 IBB has published the result of the 91st banking diploma and also published the timetable for the 92nd banking diploma.

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Refinancing your home loan? Here's 6 steps to help you prepare

Qudos Bank

Refinancing your home loan could help you lock in a lower interest rate, more flexible loan features or a more suitable loan structure. And with interest rates at all-time lows, there are more opportunities than ever to lock in a better deal.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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Does deglobalisation make economies more resilient to recessions?

BankUnderground

Marco Garofalo. Are less open economies more resilient to downturns? There is general agreement on the benefits of openness, but its adverse link to volatility is ambiguous. On the one hand, globalisation makes countries less sensitive to domestic disturbances, yet it also makes them more exposed to foreign shocks. In this post, I use local projections (LP) to show that international business cycles since 1870 appear to support a positive effect of openness on the economic resilience of a countr

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Fintechs and crypto pose a creative threat to traditional banking

Payments Source

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UK banks’ support for deforestation firms topped £900m last year

TheGuardian

MP leads call for amendment to environment bill to root out illegal deforestation from supply chains British banks provided at least £900m in finance last year to companies involved in deforestation overseas, research has shown, putting pressure on the government to include financial institutions in plans to force companies to root out illegal deforestation from their supply chains.

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Financial services and small business: Building back stronger, together

BankInovation

During COVID-19, the temporary shut-down of businesses devastated US small business. According to a survey in February 2021 from the Federal Reserve Bank, it’s projected that three out of every 10 small businesses in the U.S. say they likely won’t survive 2021 without additional government assistance during the pandemic. Considering there are roughly 30 million […].

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Need Curated Pre-foreclosure Lists to Generate New Real Estate Leads? Trellis Has the Data!

Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time. Trellis will supply you with a link to the relevant dockets, a Leads sheet and access to its UI where applicable.