SWBC's LenderHub
MAY 5, 2021
These days, many of us look back at the 1970s with an eye toward nostalgia. The decade is now fondly remembered for great music, the Golden Age of television, Studio 54, and in many ways, a simpler time where a middle class still thrived. Of course, we forget about social unrest, violence, Watergate, the losing end to our war in Vietnam, and inflation.
SWBC's LenderHub
MAY 3, 2021
If you’re anything like me, now that we’re a solid quarter into 2021, the haze and fog of 2020 is finally starting to dissipate. More businesses and organizations have begun to open, and we continue to return to some sense of “normalcy” as a society. Surprisingly, the lending market has not followed the same economic trend as some of the harder hit industries.
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Jack Henry
MAY 4, 2021
With the mass exodus from private network infrastructure to cloud computing, business leaders are always focused on finding vendors that can meet their performance requirements. One important discussion point revolves around the 9s of availability and protecting against the risk of downtime. As a society, we live in a world of instant access to everything.
Accenture
MAY 5, 2021
One of the clearest impacts of the pandemic has been to accelerate consumers’ long-running migration to mobile and online channels, for financial services among others. For banks and insurers, the results include greater opportunities to serve more customers in new and more efficient ways.
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SWBC's LenderHub
MAY 3, 2021
Last Week: While it was a week filled with big events, stocks actually had a relatively calm week. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting showed a Fed that has every intention to let the economy run hot, even as inflationary readings pick up. The Fed views the spikes we are seeing in commodities and other production inputs as “transitory.” Notable market participants such as Jeff Gundlach and David Einhorn disagree.
Cisco
MAY 5, 2021
The Cisco Financial Services team welcomes imimobile’s Aly Abji – Strategic Client Director for Financial Services as our guest blogger this week. Earlier this year Cisco completed its acquisition of imimobile, adding an enterprise-grade, digital-first client interaction management platform to Cisco’s industry-leading collaboration and contact center solution portfolio.
Bobsguide
MAY 4, 2021
The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)’s latest accounting and reporting considerations for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) will improve the maturity of the market, according to Betsy Cohen, chairman at FinTech Masala. However, Cohen said fintech SPAC activity had slowed.
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The Banker
MAY 4, 2021
Legislation has spurred female representation on bank boards in a number of developed countries but others still lag behind.
Qudos Bank
MAY 4, 2021
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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Automation is changing the game for commercial lenders, offering a clear path to competitive advantage in 2025. Rising costs, outdated workflows, and manual data entry slow growth and impact borrower satisfaction. Automation addresses these challenges, reducing costs, speeding up loan cycles, improving accuracy, and elevating borrower experiences. With market uncertainty easing, now is the time to act—waiting until loan volumes rebound leaves lenders unprepared and struggling to compete.
MerhantsBanks
MAY 4, 2021
Northfield, Minn. – Long-time Northfield resident and experienced community banker, Kirk Muhlenbruck, has been named the new Market President for Merchants Bank in Northfield, according to Dan Massett, Central Region President. Muhlenbruck has more than 30 years of banking experience, serving mainly in senior commercial and retail leadership roles. Since 2005, he had been with […].
BankInovation
MAY 4, 2021
Vendors sometimes claim their products can automate data, eliminating the need for data scientists, but experts say that’s not entirely the case, even with AI. Such claims sound “more like marketing terms than then actual real application,” RJ Sherman, vice president of innovation at $183.3 billion Citizens Bank, told Bank Automation News. With regard to […].
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Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) clients are more likely to use additional treasury services and maintain larger deposits. However, poor customer experiences—particularly if they delay deposits—can compel RDC clients to take their business elsewhere. This eBook makes the case for outsourcing RDC operations to a proven managed services partner. This approach helps Treasury Departments with limited resources provide excellent client experiences that result in higher retention and productivity rates.
TheGuardian
MAY 3, 2021
Lenders including Barclays and HSBC provided services and loans worth £21.9bn in 2019 British banks’ financial support for companies involved in the coal industry has risen since the 2015 Paris agreement, despite their pledges to wind down financing for a sector seen as a significant obstacle to tackling global heating. UK lenders provided loans and underwriting services worth $30.3bn (£21.9bn) to companies that sold or burned coal, or provided coal industry services, during 2019, the latest yea
ABA Community Banking
MAY 5, 2021
With applications due in July, here’s what CDFIs and minority banks need to know about the Treasury Department’s new emergency capital investment program. The post Building Capacity of Lenders to the Underserved appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.
BankInovation
MAY 7, 2021
RJ Sherman, the chief innovation vice president at Citizens Bank, isn’t a believer in using technology for technology’s sake. Sometimes, he noted, older technology can be a better solution than trendy technology. Sherman spoke with Bank Automation News about the role automation plays at the Providence, R.I.-based bank, the emerging technology he’s most excited about, […].
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TheGuardian
MAY 7, 2021
Boss of New York-based Sherborne Investors gives up campaign to overhaul British bank The activist investor Edward Bramson has sold his 6% stake in Barclays, abandoning a three-year battle to overhaul the British bank. Sherborne Investors, Bramson’s New York-based investment vehicle, said it was selling the stake to focus on a new unnamed investment target instead.
BankDeals
MAY 5, 2021
WEPCO Credit Union (MD/WV) Kasasa Cash Checking, Kasasa Cash Back, and Kasasa Saver accounts currently offer very competitive rates.
BankInovation
MAY 5, 2021
Chatbots are evolving to be more useful for customers and employees than in the past. “You are going to start to progressively see chatbots being able to assist, even on things that are a little bit more complicated,” Likhit Wagle, IBM’s general manager for global banking and financial markets, tells Bank Automation News in this […].
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