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Cash isn't dead

ATM Marketplace

Despite the rise of cashless and contactless payment in recent years, cash is far from dead, according to a panel of experts convened at December's Self Service Innovation Summit in Hollywood, Florida.

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Understanding The Current Yield Curve Shape

South State Correspondent

After last week’s FOMC rate increase of 25 basis points, the yield curve is more inverted than at any time in the previous 30 years. The current yield curve presents various challenges for community bankers for revenue generation and risk management. In this article, we will outline the significance of the yield curve shape and what it may portend for community banks.

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Six Steps to Growth in a Global Economic Squeeze

FICO

Home Blog FICO Six Steps to Growth in a Global Economic Squeeze Learn how banks and other financial institutions can use personalization to drive growth in spite of global economic uncertainty FICO Admin Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29 by TJ Horan Vice President, Product Management expand_less Back To Top Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:30 Right now, we’re all wrestling with the squeeze on household incomes and rising inflation.

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So You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist: Best Practices for Community Banks Investing in Fintech Startups

Gonzobanker

Fintech startups looking for funding in 2023 are finding that it isn’t as easy as it was a few years ago. According to CB Insights, fintech funding in the U.S. totaled $3.9 billion in Q4 2022, down 79% from Q4 2021. The total number of deals funded dropped from 423 in Q4 2021 to 342 in Q4 2022, representing a 73% decline in the average funding amount per raise from $43 million down to $11.4 million.

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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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The First Step For Raising Deposits

South State Correspondent

If you are looking for insight into how artificial intelligence can help in banking, we give you the Unified Deposit Formula that can be used for raising deposits. Before using machine learning, we, like most bankers, thought about deposit pricing along a single dimension – price and sensitivity. However, it turns out that price and sensitivity are only part of the equation.

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Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility 

Perficient

In “Behind the Golden Arches” by John Love, the author shares an anecdote of how in the early days of McDonald’s, the company was having cashflow problems despite its being a significant source of revenue for many farmers. In a meeting with a particularly large farmer who had made significant money from selling tomatoes, lettuce, and especially potatoes to McDonald’s, Ray Kroc asked for a cash infusion, and without hesitation, the farmer wrote him a $25 thousand-dollar check on the spot (a very

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The Corporate Transparency Act in 2023: Beneficial ownership registry updates

Abrigo

Upcoming revisions to the Corporate Transparency Act Stay current on CTA updates and leave comments on the proposed rulemaking regarding FinCEN's beneficial ownership registry. You might also like this upcoming webinar, "BSA officer’s mindset: A comprehensive look at your AML/CFT program." register now Takeaway 1 The Corporate Transparency Act mandates the creation of a public database for obtaining and holding beneficial ownership information.

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SASE – Necessary for the Future of Work

Cisco

Gartner first coined the term secure access service edge (SASE) in 2019. No one could have predicted how important and quickly SASE would become relevant to almost every business in order to function. With financial institutions digital transformation plans, the move to the cloud for many applications only heightened the interest and need. SASE is about delivering networking and network security controls at the edge as close to the users as possible.

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Global Payments sells gaming unit for $415M

Payments Dive

Like the company’s $1 billion sale of its Netspend consumer unit, the divestiture reflects efforts to refine its portfolio, said Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan.

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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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UK MPs and peers find HSBC complicit in Hong Kong human rights abuses

TheGuardian

Bank sided with China in denying pension payouts to people who fled crackdown, says all-party group HSBC is complicit in human rights abuses against Hong Kong residents by siding with Chinese authorities and denying pension payouts to those who fled the authoritarian crackdown, an inquiry by peers and MPs has concluded. The report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Hong Kong took issue with the fact that banks including HSBC – which help to manage the compulsory pension fund that all

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PEP and watchlist name screening: What are regulatory expectations?

Abrigo

Name screening for sanctions compliance Understand regulatory expectations surrounding name screening and the best lists for your risk-based AML program. You might also like this webinar, " AML Compliance and Sanctions Requirements for Non-Bank Financial Institutions " WATCH NOW Takeaway 1 Financial institutions must understand regulatory expectations for name screening with sanctions lists.

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How will central bank digital currency impact ATMs?

ATM Marketplace

With many countries examining central bank digital currencies, a question emerges: How will this impact ATMs and cash usage?

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Eliminating costly false declines online

Payments Dive

“False declines are especially problematic in an environment where demanding customers with high expectations are not afraid to take their business elsewhere,” writes an Experian executive.

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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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NatWest to end new business loans for oil and gas extraction

TheGuardian

Bank also plans to phase out similar lending for existing customers under its first climate transition plan NatWest has announced it will stop offering loans to new customers hoping to fund oil and gas exploration, extraction or production projects, as part of a wider climate transition plan due to be unveiled next week. The banks’s chief executive, Alison Rose, said similar steps would be taken to phase out the same funding for existing customers, meaning the bank would refuse to renew, refinan

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Managing real estate and construction lending risk

Abrigo

How construction administration units mitigate construction lending risk Construction lending involves unique risks and requires specialized processes. Could your institution benefit from forming a real estate and construction administration unit? You might also like this webinar, "How to manage a high-performing construction loan portfolio." WATCH Takeaway 1 The OCC recommends that construction lending risk be managed by specialized real estate and construction lenders who report to the credit

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The effects of subsidised flood insurance on real estate markets

BankUnderground

Nicola Garbarino, Benjamin Guin and Jonathan Lee 5.2 million properties in England are at risk of flooding. To ensure the availability and affordability of flood insurance to households in flood-prone areas, the UK Government introduced an innovative reinsurance scheme, Flood Re, in April 2016. It provides insurers with an option to pass the flood-risk element of their policies on to the reinsurer at a lower fixed price according to property council tax band.

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Lightspeed bets on bigger customers

Payments Dive

In pursuing profitable growth, point-of-sale software and payments provider Lightspeed Commerce is zeroing in on larger merchants as clients.

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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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Listerhill Credit Union raises call deflection rate to 67% through Glia

BankInovation

Listerhill Credit Union has improved its call deflection rate through enhanced self-service digital offerings since selecting Glia as its digital partner in November 2021. The $1.2 billion credit union uses Glia’s online guide CoBrowsing to help consumers navigate its website through AI-enabled assistance and web page monitoring, according to a Glia release.

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First five-year fixed mortgage under 4% since mini-budget launched by HSBC

TheGuardian

Britons will be able to fix monthly home loan costs at level below Bank of England base rate Five-year fixed-rate mortgages priced at below 4% are back on sale for the first time since just after the disastrous autumn mini-budget. HSBC has repriced its range and introduced a new five-year fix at 3.99% for customers remortgaging who are looking to borrow up to 60% of the property’s value.

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Auto lenders, dealers draw more scrutiny after pandemic-era boom

American Banker

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Fiserv discloses acquisitions

Payments Dive

Even as the payments and fintech giant cut employees and sold off business units, the company spent $1 billion on acquisitions last year.

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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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Transactions: Xero, Stripe expand partnership for SMB payments

BankInovation

Accounting software provider Xero is broadening its relationship with payments fintech Stripe to provide faster payment collection and reconciliation for small- and medium-sized business clients.

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The Lehman Trilogy review – Sam Mendes’ banking saga returns with dividends

TheGuardian

Gillian Lynne theatre, London Hadley Fraser, Nigel Lindsay and Michael Balogun are astonishing as the 18th-century bankers who helped to define the American dream The Lehman Trilogy premiered in Europe just five years after the eponymous bank’s collapse and then arrived at London’s National Theatre a decade on from the financial earthquake of 2008. (Broadway, and five Tony awards , followed.

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BMO bumps up hourly pay ahead of Bank of the West integration

American Banker

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Fiserv’s new HQ approved for state tax credits

Payments Dive

The company is set to receive up to $7 million from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for its new Milwaukee headquarters.

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The 2024 Lenders Guide to Automating the Complex Loan

Download the latest edition of GoDocs' "The Lender's Guide to Automating the Complex Loan." This comprehensive guide offers financial institutions valuable insights into document automation for complex commercial loans. It unpacks the intricacies of complex loans and showcases how an automation platform like GoDocs — the leading commercial loan closing platform — delivers impressive benefits and ROI to any FI.