September, 2022

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Will biometrics be the future of payments?

Payments Dive

The use of biometrics to authenticate payments is poised to bring more security and speed to transactions, but some say broad adoption on the part of consumers and merchants is still far from reach.

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Two key factors for a successful fintech integration

Accenture

As promised in our last post, today we are diving deeply into why a technology integration strategy is a critical enabler for a successful fintech acquisition and for fostering (and, ideally, for accelerating) the growth of the fintech. Historically, the banking industry has been slow to modernize. This makes it challenging for most incumbent banks….

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Running Up That Bill: Collections Lessons from Stranger Things

SWBC's LenderHub

In season four of Stranger Things, Eleven and the crew battle an ambiguously undead supervillain and his cadre of squelching vines and vampiric bats in the Upside Down to save the world.

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CFPB Issues RFI on Mortgage Refinances and Forbearances

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB recently issued a Request for Information Regarding Mortgage Refinances and Forbearances (RFI ) Comments on the RFI will be due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. In the release announcing the RFI, the CFPB states that the RFI “is an example of the CFPB’s new approach to promoting competition and new products.” “Rather than providing special regulatory treatment of individual firms, the CFPB will seek to identify stumbling blocks for those seeking to challenge the statu

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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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Trapped in a web of debt? Inefficiencies from corporate debt and the potential case for macroprudential intervention

BankUnderground

Emily Clayton and Martina Fazio. Debt creates threads between the financial system and the real economy. These threads transmit shocks across a web of connections, meaning that financial shocks may pose risks to households and businesses, and real-economy shocks may jeopardise financial stability. These threads can also become entangled into knots – sources of inefficiency.

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Who’s afraid of FedNow? Not Visa

Payments Dive

Visa's CFO on Wednesday brushed off any concerns about the threat of new competition from FedNow, or any other real-time payments system.

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What is the metaverse and why should you care now?

Accenture

I’ve been hearing a lot about the metaverse and how it’s going to shake up all sorts of markets, and I began to wonder what it will mean for the auto and equipment finance sector. Here in the US, the Today Show recently brought the metaverse to life in a segment every day for a…. The post What is the metaverse and why should you care now? appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Protecting Your Borrowers’ Income in the Event of a Disability

SWBC's LenderHub

One of the most common ways your borrowers can suffer significant loss of income is through a disability. While many disabilities cause only temporary loss of income, the average long-term disability lasts 31.2 months.

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Trade groups react to FTC’s proposed Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule as public comment period closes

CFPB Monitor

Expressing a range of concerns, several key industry groups submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week regarding its proposed rule that would impose new substantive and disclosure obligations on auto-dealers in the auto finance process. The public comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) regarding the Motor Vehicle Dealers Trade Regulation Rule (the “Rule”) closed on September 15, 2022 after the FTC declined in August to extend it.

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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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Measuring capital at risk in the UK banking sector

BankUnderground

Giovanni Covi, James Brookes and Charumathi Raja. How banks are exposed to the financial system and real-economy determines concentration risk and interconnectedness in the banking sector, and in turn, the severity of tail-events. We construct the Global Network data set , a comprehensive exposure-based data set of the UK banking sector, updated quarterly, covering roughly 90% of total assets.

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One in 10 community banks planning to launch crypto services

ABA Community Banking

Insights from the 2022 Federal Reserve/CSBS survey of community banks. The post One in 10 community banks planning to launch crypto services appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Gun merchant code approved for card purchases

Payments Dive

An international standards body approved a new merchant code that will apply to gun sellers for transactions using credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard.

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‘We will likely lose our dream house because of Kwarteng’s actions’

TheGuardian

Three homebuyers on how they have been affected by the collapsing mortgage market Frances, 30, works in the healthcare sector and has been trying to sell her house in Cambridge in order to buy a bigger home in Bristol. In the past couple of weeks the chain for her house sale has collapsed twice, forcing her and her husband into a third attempt to upsize.

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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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Corporate One Federal Credit Union Provides More Than 750 of America’s Credit Unions New Digital Solutions at Scale

BankInovation

Corporate One Federal Credit Union is a leading wholesale financial services provider for more than 750 of America’s credit unions. Recognizing that credit unions found core banking systems costly and slow to customize, Corporate One sought a technology partner with which to launch digital services that members could consume and adapt at speed and scale. […].

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CFPB expresses concern about the potential credit impact of high vehicle costs for consumers

CFPB Monitor

In a blog post on Monday , the CFPB advised that it is concerned about the impact of rising car prices on consumer’s financial health, particularly consumers with sub-prime or near prime credit scores. The most recent Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concluded that the total dollar value of outstanding auto loans rose to $1.5 trillion last quarter, an increase of $33 billion from Q1 to Q2 this year.

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Swing or amiss: are fund pricing rules good for financial stability?

BankUnderground

Benjamin King and Jamie Semark. Open-ended funds (OEFs) offer daily redemptions to investors, often while holding illiquid assets that take longer to sell. There is evidence that this mismatch creates an incentive for investors to redeem ahead of others, which could lead to large redemptions from OEFs and asset price falls. Some research has suggested that ‘ swing pricing ’ can help to moderate these redemptions, but until now, no-one has considered the impact of its use on the wider economy.

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Bank of Russia to legalise cross-border payments in crypto

The Paypers

The Bank of Russia , the country’s central bank, has admitted that cross-border payments in crypto are inevitable in the current geopolitical conditions.

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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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Extra costs biggest reason shoppers ditch online carts

Payments Dive

With cart abandonment costing online retailers up to $136 billion annually, Coresight Research’s findings suggest they might want to focus on total purchase price more closely matching shopper expectations.

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Post Office prepares for deposit rush of paper £20 and £50 notes before deadline

TheGuardian

Friday is last day Bank of England’s old-style notes will be legal tender, having been replaced by polymer versions The Post Office is preparing for a “last-moment” rush of customers depositing paper £20 and £50 banknotes this week, before they can no longer be used in shops or to pay businesses. This Friday, 30 September, is the last day the Bank of England’s paper £20 and £50 banknotes will have legal tender status, having been replaced by new polymer versions.

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US Bank eyes growth with multilingual AI offerings

BankInovation

NEW YORK CITY — U.S. Bank is exploring additional language options for its voice-enabled Smart Assistant over the next three to five years. “Something we’re just getting into is multilingual,” Sierra Fontana, user experience designer of the Smart Assistant at U.S. Bank, said during the panel discussion “AI in Action: How Smart Players are Harnessing […].

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FTC enters into consent order with Credit Karma to settle deceptive practices claims in connection with pre-approvals

CFPB Monitor

The Federal Trade Commission has entered into a consent order with Credit Karma, LLC to settle the FTC’s claims that Credit Karma engaged in deceptive acts and practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act by making false or misleading claims that consumers were pre-approved for certain credit products. The order requires Credit Karma to pay $3 million to the FTC, which sum “may be deposited into a fund administered by the Commission or its designee to be used for relief, including consume

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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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Working Capital SBA Loan Definitive Guide That Can Help Your Business Grow

Commercial Lending USA

Working capital SBA loan. Apply for a low-interest, fixed-rate loan for your business today. You must ensure the loan is affordable for you.

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Ripple and Travelex Bank to introduce crypto-enabled payments in Brazil

The Paypers

US-based Ripple , an enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider, has partnered with Travelex Bank to introduce crypto-enabled payments in Brazil.

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CFPB mulls rules for BNPL

Payments Dive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing new rules and guidance for the fast-growing buy now-pay later industry after wrapping up a comprehensive report on it.

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Sue Fortescue obituary

TheGuardian

My friend Sue Fortescue, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 75, was a trailblazer across the diverse worlds of language learning, education, computing and international banking. She was also an active volunteer for a number of causes. Sue was born in Teddington, south-west London. Her father, Dennis Fortescue, was an RAF officer, and Sue and her mother, Ann (nee Angell), led a peripatetic life throughout her schooldays, finally ending up in Leeds.

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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.