South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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ATM Marketplace

APRIL 30, 2024

Banks face challenges in modernizing card issuing to keep up with new competitors. Fintech disruptors and evolving consumer preferences could affect existing revenue streams, prompting urgency in card modernization.

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Accenture

MAY 2, 2024

Spring is a time when most people, bankers included, take a fresh look at the challenges they face and tackle them with renewed vigor. Commercial banking should be on this year’s spring-cleaning list. While it is often the bank’s largest revenue generator, its processes continue to be highly manual, constraining the potential for profit growth.… The post The time for generative AI in commercial banking is now appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Jack Henry

MAY 1, 2024

Funding broker clients is challenging. Working around common obstacles – everything from error-prone manual processes to communications breakdowns – can significantly impact efficiency, which in turn significantly impacts profitability. That’s where automation comes in.

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Abrigo

MAY 2, 2024

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BankInovation

APRIL 29, 2024

European banks BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank plan to pull back on expenses this year as they lean into their tech investments. “We are maintaining our cost discipline,” Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing said during the $578 billion bank’s first-quarter earnings call April 25.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 30, 2024

Shareholder payouts grew 14 times faster than wages over past three years, says Oxfam report Shareholders have proved to be more successful at securing bumper payouts than workers have at winning higher pay, according to two studies that show dividends outstripping wages by a considerable margin in recent years. Oxfam said analysis of global data showed that dividend payments to shareholders over the last three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies.

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The Financial Brand

MAY 1, 2024

This article How Higher Interest Rates Flipped Small Business Credit Needs appeared first on The Financial Brand. Grasshopper Bank's head of SBA lending says high rates have led to 'credit compression' among smaller borrowers. This article How Higher Interest Rates Flipped Small Business Credit Needs appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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American Banker

APRIL 30, 2024

Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.

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BankInovation

MAY 2, 2024

Card giants Mastercard and Visa leaned into AI and generative AI for fraud detection in the first quarter. “We continue to enhance our solutions with generative AI to deliver even more value,” Chief Executive Michael Miebach said during Mastercard’s May 1 earnings call.

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Payments Dive

MAY 1, 2024

The company’s move to decouple embedded financial services from payment processing means it’s ready to pursue larger customers, analysts said.

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Accenture

APRIL 29, 2024

Early trials with generative AI show that the tangle of legacy code that hinders every aspect of the transformation of banks’ core products and services could be quickly and effectively resolved. By Alvaro Ruiz, Global Core Banking Lead, Accenture. At the heart of most traditional banks is a mainframe computer running the software that defines… The post Core banking modernization: Unlocking legacy code with generative AI appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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BankInovation

APRIL 29, 2024

Technology provider Jack Henry leans into its financial health training and offerings during April — Financial Literacy Month.

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Payments Dive

MAY 3, 2024

“The value proposition of pay-by-bank is clear: merchants win from drastically lower payment costs and consumers win from lower prices,” writes one fintech executive.

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TheGuardian

MAY 1, 2024

The pandemic accelerated the shift away from notes and coins. But China and others are realising that transition has a price One of the idiosyncrasies of China’s huge appetite for luxury goods has been the high sales of man bags – a niche item in the west. Their popularity initially reflected not just the fondness of the newly rich for conspicuous consumption, but also the practical need to carry large wodges of banknotes in a country that hadn’t truly embraced credit cards.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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BankInovation

MAY 3, 2024

Financial institutions that have gained agility through long-term technology investments are better prepared to complete mergers and acquisitions with limited client disruption. Technology integration during M&A activity is a customer-centric issue for banks, Danny Baker, vice president of market strategy at technology provider Fiserv, told Bank Automation News.

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Payments Dive

MAY 1, 2024

“Real-time payments are still in their infancy in the U.S., accounting for only a 1.5% share of the total payments volume in 2023,” ACI Worldwide said.

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TheGuardian

MAY 2, 2024

Changes will allow the investment bank’s star performers to earn up to 25 times their annual salary Goldman Sachs has told hundreds of its top UK bankers that it is eradicating a cap on bonuses, in a move that will allow its star performers to earn up to 25 times their annual salary. Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, made the announcement during a video message to staff on Thursday.

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The Paypers

MAY 3, 2024

The Bank of Thailand has announced its initiative to launch secure and fast QR code cross-border payments between Thailand and India by Q3 2024.

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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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ATM Marketplace

MAY 3, 2024

Digital avatars, could hold the key to unleashing a new era of AI-powered excellence in customer service, especially at the digital banking level.

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Payments Dive

MAY 3, 2024

Artificial intelligence is speeding up store checkout in a pilot by banking tech company Diebold Nixdorf using tech to verify a customer’s age.

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Commercial Lending USA

APRIL 29, 2024

Commercial construction to permanent loans make getting money for your dream project easy. You can get the amount that you need for your dream commercial space without all the hassles that come with other loan options.

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The Paypers

APRIL 30, 2024

HSBC has partnered with PayPal to introduce quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry to address future cybersecurity threats.

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