March, 2021

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How to Get Started With a Power Platform COE

Perficient

The following is the fifth and final in a series of blogs about how a center of excellence can help you unlock the potential of your people and Power Platform. Throughout this series, we have explained how Power Platform enables your makers and why and how a COE enables these makers. Now all you need to know is how to get started with your Power Platform COE.

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Once-in-a-generation chance for banks in payments

Accenture

Payments is a hot topic for middle market banks. In fact, I think payments modernization is the most consequential transformation that they’ll make this decade. With the shadow of an aging payments infrastructure looming large, banks can’t stay on the sidelines. This is an existential issue. Banks that don’t act put their future at risk.…. The post Once-in-a-generation chance for banks in payments appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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How the streaming boom benefits payment companies

Payments Source

Many consumers pay for this entertainment by credit card, but the prevalence of new streaming services — and other factors such as rewards programs — are starting to influence users' payment habits. ]].

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Managing the financial close: Traditional challenges and challenging tradition

Bobsguide

Even without being acquainted with the craft of accountants, many have picked up stories about the gravity of the financial close. A nerve-racking event which takes place every year-end and originates numerous anecdotes and memes. What is financial close? The financial close is a crucial.

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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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What Money Scripts Reveal About Your Finances

BankBazaar

Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, your relationship with money refuses to improve. The answer could lie in your money scripts. Not sure what they are? Read on. Every New Year brings with it the promise of boundless possibilities to turn our lives around. In the run-up to the New Year, we all may have made an effort to spend some quiet time by ourselves, pausing and reflecting on the year gone by and filing notes about what aspects of our lives we may want to improve in the coming year.

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Applying Power Platform to the Healthcare Industry

Perficient

The purpose of this miniseries is to build an app for healthcare providers to be able to view a patient’s lab results and immediately see a list of next steps or directions for patient care. To do this, we will build a Power App that takes in the patient’s name and displays that patient’s lab results and a checklist of directions for the provider to follow.

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Seizing the $300 Billion Opportunity in Payments

Accenture

Many banks today are not seeing the returns on their investments in payments modernisation they hoped for. This is often due to a reactive, compliance-driven, piecemeal approach that makes it harder to adopt new capabilities.

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The Most Influential Women in Payments, 2021

Payments Source

2021's Most Influential Women in Payments honorees demonstrate how a diverse background and a unique perspective can prove crucial in difficult times.

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Agility is the mother of payments innovation, but legacy is still a sticking point

Bobsguide

For the first time, we’re in a consumer-driven world. We once did our banking with whoever had the nearest branch and we shopped with whoever had the best price or with the local store. Things have changed. Consumers are now in control, driving demand for slicker, more convenient, more.

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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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Bitcoin ATMs: Welcome to a new generation of currency

ATM Marketplace

Bitcoin ATMs and digital currency machines are being installed all over the United States and in countries around the globe. ATM marketplace interviewed Bitcoin ATM companies to determine why this cryptocurrency is gaining such popularity and why merchants and ISOs should consider these machines for a profitable future.

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Negotiating nationalisation

BankUnderground

Austen Saunders. 1 March 2021 was the 75th anniversary of the Bank of England’s nationalisation. While its stock formerly passed into public ownership in 1946, Lord Catto (the Governor) and Hugh Dalton (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had negotiated the terms of the Bank’s nationalisation the summer before. During these negotiations Catto lobbied for the Bank not to be given more powers to regulate banks.

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SCAD Team Mentored by Director of Experience Design Wins STARTUP Competition

Perficient

Joseph Willet, a Director of Experience Design at Perficient and alumni of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), recently mentored a team of students that participated and won the Fan Favorite award at the 2021 STARTUP competition, the week-long yearly competition hosted by the Future Leaders of UX (FLUX) Club. STARTUP is typically a one-track competition where teams create a viable start-up business with a design strategy, but this year’s competition included two tracks, the second track p

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The personalities driving today’s banking consumers

Accenture

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a rapid uptake of digital banking around the world. The incredible speed of the adoption has rewritten some of the fundamentals of the industry, including how consumers behave and what they expect from banks in 2021. Our latest Global Banking Consumer Study, drawing on input from more than 47,000 consumers…. The post The personalities driving today’s banking consumers appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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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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Payoneer works to raise its profile through SPAC and Mastercard pact

Payments Source

By merging with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp. and entering a B2B partnership with Mastercard, Payoneer is grabbing for a bigger share of the spotlight. ]].

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Digital financial services require accessibility, convenience and transparency

Bobsguide

Accessibility, convenience and transparency are key in the push for consumer adoption of digital payments and financial services, with both bank and non-bank financial institutions expanding their offerings, a panel of experts said at the BIS Innovation Summit on Tuesday. “First is.

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ATMs, Credit Unions: Collaboration Breeds Innovation

ATM Marketplace

Branch transformation, customer experience and avoiding fraud concerns not only banks, but credit unions as well. Andrew Ryan, vice president, FI dealer channel, Hyosung America and Terry Pierce, director, product management, Co-Op Financial Services share insight on ATMs, credit unions and the future for both

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Major UK pension funds worth nearly £900bn commit to net zero

TheGuardian

Church of England, Lloyds and the National Grid among those pledging to meet 2050 target Major pension funds that own assets worth £870bn, including those of the Church of England, Lloyds Banking Group and the National Grid, have committed to cutting the carbon emissions of their portfolios to net zero by 2050 or earlier, in another sign of big investors’ increasing focus on the climate crisis.

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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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Why Commerce Should be the Key to Your Digital Transformation

Perficient

The customer is your business’ number one priority because they are your main source of revenue and drive you to the next step in your success. Customer expectations are frequently changing and more customers are relying on digital processes for their commerce efforts due to their fluidity. Businesses must digitally transform to keep up with how customers and interactions are most beneficial to them.

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Digital and sustainable: The twin transformation you’re ignoring

Accenture

The days of sustainability being a “nice to have” are over. Sustainability is now demanded by customers (and increasingly, governments), not just for the environment, but for overall societal good. With COVID-19 putting digital transformations on hyperdrive, it’s important to understand that digital transformation and sustainability have a symbiotic relationship.

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Artificial intelligence is that rare tech buy that gets better with time

Payments Source

Unlike most IT investments that become obsolete in a few years, AI's ability to "learn" makes it increasingly more valuable, says Silent Eight's John O'Neill.

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Accelerating digital transformation: value in a platform-based approach

Bobsguide

Over the last 12 months we’ve seen one of the biggest shifts in decades in financial technology – with banks accelerating the transition of their operations to the cloud. The benefits are clear: a cloud-based approach provides easy access to innovation, helps banks.

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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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Why contactless technology adoption needs to accelerate

ATM Marketplace

Miroslav Katsarov is CEO of Modeshift, a technology company with the mission to enable small and middle-size transit agencies to provide intelligent transportation services. He shares with ATM Marketplace his thoughts on the importance of contactless payments over cash in regards to public transportation.

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What to expect when they’re expecting

BankUnderground

Maren Froemel, Mike Joyce and Iryna Kaminska. Introduction. During 2020 the MPC announced a further £450 billion of QE purchases, slightly more than the total amount of assets purchased over the preceding ten years, taking the target QE stock to £875 billion of gilt holdings and £20 billion of sterling investment-grade corporate bonds. We study the high-frequency reaction of gilt markets to these QE announcements in light of the surprises to market expectations of the future QE path.

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How to control sensitive data on unmanaged devices with MCAS (Part 2 of 2)

Perficient

Welcome back! Last time we talked about controlling file downloads of sensitive content by using a session policy in MCAS. This time we’ll take things a step further and show you how to restrict specific activities like cut/copy, paste, and printing! If you are joining us for the first time, I encourage you to check out the first blog for a quick rundown of our scenario.

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2021: What to Expect After a Year of Disruption

Accenture

Undoubtably, 2020 was a year of massive upheaval that put an increased spotlight on the state of digital transformation across industries around the globe.

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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.