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AI Regulations for Financial Services: FinCEN

Perficient

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to affect every aspect of the world economy and play a significant role in the global financial system, leading financial regulators around the world to take various steps to address the impact of AI on their areas of responsibility. The economic risks of AI to the financial systems include everything from the potential for consumer and institutional fraud to algorithmic discrimination and AI-enabled cybersecurity risks.

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How To Use “Strategic Product Communication” In Banking

South State Correspondent

A survey from the CFA Institute caught our attention on why wealth management clients leave. 47% of the respondents said they left because of the poor portfolio performance. That makes sense. But, do you know what the second highest reason for leaving your wealth manager was? Communication. 43% of the respondents left because of the lack of communication.

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What Bank CEOs Should Tell Their Boards About Third-Party Vendor Risk

Gonzobanker

Vendor management is risky business. Smart leaders use performance scorecards to keep the board informed. The FDIC issued a consent order against Discover Bank last year for lacking oversight into third-party risk management and a compliance vendor management program. The time is past for all financial institution leaders to heed this message, take a hard look at their vendors and highlight concerns to their boards of directors.

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How open banking will shape the future of payments

Payments Dive

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its final open banking rule this month, leading the payments and financial services industries to begin preparing for a new era in data-sharing.

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Fall In Love With the Month-End Close

It's the time of year to give our close process some TLC. Join us in this one hour webinar where we discuss how to adopt leading practices and infuse technology into the month-end close process to improve our experience and increase our productivity during month-end and quarter-end close. Learning Objectives: This course's objective is to understand how the month-end close can be improved with automation and adoption of leading practices.

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Asbury challenges industry to ‘caring, courage, commitment’

ABA Community Banking

In his opening remarks as ABA chair, John Asbury spoke to the core values of Atlantic Union Bank—“caring, courageous, committed”—and used them to frame his goals for the year ahead. The post Asbury challenges industry to ‘caring, courage, commitment’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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AML program productivity: Boost the impact of AML investigations

Abrigo

Increasing efficiency of compliant AML investigations To boost AML program productivity and keep pace with evolving compliance demands, financial institutions should focus on strategic operational improvements paired with the smart use of technology. Key topics covered in this post: The challenges of enhancing AML program productivity 8 Ways for financial institutions to increase the efficiency of case investigators Operational improvements & technology can increase throughput Compliance

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5 payments predictions from research firm Forrester

Payments Dive

Cash use worldwide will drop significantly next year, despite its U.S. persistence, the research firm Forrester predicts. Meanwhile, business-to-business acquisitions in the payments realm will pick up.

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Understand This Key Insight Into Bank Efficiency and Profitability

South State Correspondent

In our previous article ( here ) we analyzed the data on community bank M&A and performance, and we concluded that there is no relationship between community bank size and profitability, as measured by return on equity (ROE). While superficially it makes sense that bigger is better, size itself does not lead to better bank performance. Combining two banks may lead to some elimination of overhead, but this gain in efficiency and scale is often overstated.

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AI Regulations for Financial Services: US Treasury Department

Perficient

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to affect every aspect of the world economy and play a significant role in the global financial system, leading financial regulators around the world to take various steps to address the impact of AI on their areas of responsibility. The economic risks of AI to the financial systems include everything from the potential for consumer and institutional fraud to algorithmic discrimination and AI-enabled cybersecurity risks.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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8 Strategies to How to Find Private Money Lenders

Commercial Lending USA

Need help to discover real estate private money lenders? Learn how to find private money lenders tactics to advance your real estate career.

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Is the FTC targeting chargeback service providers?

Payments Dive

“For better or for worse, applying pressure to payments organizations to ferret out bad-merchant actors seems to be an effective way for the FTC to make private industry police the merchant marketplace,” writes an industry lawyer.

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How is commercial cash demand changing?

ATM Marketplace

How is commercial cash usage evolving?

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AI Regulations for Financial Services: CFPB

Perficient

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to affect every aspect of the world economy and play a significant role in the global financial system, leading financial regulators around the world to take various steps to address the impact of AI on their areas of responsibility. The economic risks of AI to the financial systems include everything from the potential for consumer and institutional fraud to algorithmic discrimination and AI-enabled cybersecurity risks.

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The Role of Automation in Commercial Lending

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.

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Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears

TheGuardian

Rise in hybrid warfare and cyber-attacks blamed on pro-Russia groups prompt Nordic neighbours to backpedal Sweden and Norway are backpedalling on plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats, and concern for those unable to use them. A combination of good high-speed internet coverage, high digital literacy rates, large rural populations and fast-growing fintech industries had put the Nordic neighbours on a fast

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MoneyGram cites cash-to-digital conversion opportunity

Payments Dive

A MoneyGram executive speaking at the Money 20/20 conference cooed about the trillion-dollar opportunity to lure cash users to digital options, but didn’t mention the company’s recent systemwide outage.

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Understanding payment glitches vs bugs

ATM Marketplace

The best way to prevent bugs, defects, or glitches and protect your company, your customers, and your shareholders is by rigorously testing everything.

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FDIC Extends Timeline to Comply with New Digital Signage Requirements

Perficient

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) recently announced that it is providing financial institutions additional time to get new process and systems in place by extending the compliance date for the new FDIC signage and advertising rule (Part 328, subpart A) from January 1, 2025, to May 1, 2025. The final rule established a new black and navy-blue FDIC official digital sign shown below.

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Outsource With Confidence for RDC Program Success

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.

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Bank of America is the latest bank to face AML scrutiny

American Banker

The megabank disclosed that regulators are looking at its anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance. Wells Fargo was recently hit with an enforcement action over similar matters.

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Pay-by-bank to be used for bills, Plaid CEO predicts

Payments Dive

Plaid CEO Zach Perret expects consumers to use pay-by-bank services for mortgage and utility payments, but is skeptical they will be used to pay at restaurants or for groceries anytime soon, he said.

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Santander to cut more than 1,400 jobs in UK amid increasing automation

TheGuardian

News of redundancies comes as UK division delays publication of results after car finance court ruling Santander is cutting more than 1,400 jobs across its UK business this year as part of its efforts to reduce costs. The Spanish bank’s chief executive officer, Hector Grisi, confirmed the cuts as its UK division delayed publication of its latest financial results to consider the impact of an influential court ruling linked to commission on car finance.

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NVIDIA launches its AI Workflow

The Paypers

NVIDIA has announced the launch of its AI Workflow, a product that was developed in order to detect fraudulent credit card transactions.

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It Takes Two to Tango

With automation, you’ll reduce errors and save valuable time, allowing you to focus on what really matters: strategic analysis and insightful decision-making. Picture accurate financial reports ready at your fingertips, giving you the confidence to tackle business challenges head-on. Embracing automation not only boosts productivity but also elevates your role from number cruncher to closing rockstar.

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Citadel redlining case shows credit unions should be under CRA

American Banker

Leaving credit unions exempt from the Community Reinvestment Act preserves a gaping hole in regulations designed to make sure that financial services firms make loans available in underserved communities across the country.

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Global Payments sells AdvancedMD for $1.1B

Payments Dive

The payments processor divested the unit as part of a plan to streamline the company’s business, and it’s targeting more sales, CEO Cameron Bready said.

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HSBC launches $3bn share buyback as profits beat forecasts

TheGuardian

London-headquartered bank is poised to launch one of the biggest shake-ups in its 159-year history HSBC has reported better-than-expected profits in the third quarter, allowing the bank to launch another multibillion-dollar stock buyback as it embarks on one of the biggest overhauls in the lender’s 159-year history. The London-headquartered bank said strong performance in its wealth division and wholesale banking arm helped push pre-tax profits up 10% to $8.5bn (£6.6bn) in the three months to th

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5 Highlights of Jack Henry Connect 2024 | FinTalk

Jack Henry

This year’s Jack Henry Connect was a remarkable event that captured the spirit of community banking while embracing the continuously shifting world of technology.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.