South State Correspondent

MAY 7, 2024

On April 26, 2024, Republic First Bank (DBA Republic Bank) was seized by state regulators and the long running bank drama came to an end. With the assistance of the FDIC, Fulton Financial acquired certain assets, debt and deposits of Republic Bank. This first bank failure in 2024 is reported to cost the Deposit Insurance Fund $667mm. A slew of articles have been published explaining the reason for this bank’s failure.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 9, 2024

Are conferences more than a vacation? Last week I attended two back-to-back banking conferences and it was apparent that attendance was down. This is the likely reaction to banks' profit challenges resulting from net interest margin pressures that are due to slowly repricing loans accompanied by ever faster repricing deposits. Let's tighten our belts to offset revenue decline.

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BankInovation

MAY 7, 2024

Chime Financial was fined $3.25 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today as the digital bank has failed to give timely consumer refunds. According to Chime’s refund policy, the company is required to issue consumer refunds within 14 days.

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Payments Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Requests for a slice of the Visa-Mastercard settlement are due by a May 31 deadline. Lawyers are racing to alert eligible businesses.

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Jack Henry

MAY 6, 2024

In myyears at Jack Henry™, my lending team has helped hundreds of financial institutions across the United States achieve their strategic goals by focusing on the future of commercial lending.

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BankInovation

MAY 6, 2024

Small businesses demand efficient access to capital and Grasshopper Bank is meeting the needs of its small business clients through its latest digital lending solutions.

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Payments Dive

MAY 9, 2024

While the Federal Reserve won’t specify payments volume on the new instant system, executives from certified service providers Visa and Jack Henry said they’re seeing an increase.

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ATM Marketplace

MAY 10, 2024

Bradley Cooper, editor of ATM Marketplace discussed bank layoffs in light of CX with Mack Turner, a 30 year veteran of the financial services industry,

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TheGuardian

MAY 7, 2024

I phoned the police and the bike was seized, but eBay and my bank won’t help over reimbursement I bought a used electric cargo bike on eBay for £3,300 but, when it arrived, I discovered a cut in the frame. I put the frame number into the national BikeRegister database , which confirmed it had been stolen. The seller did not reply when I contacted them, so I phoned the police and the bike was seized.

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American Banker

MAY 6, 2024

The $1.1 billion-asset Vibrant is working with the San Francisco-based distributed ledger development firm Metallicus through its Metal Blockchain Banking Innovation Program to examine use cases.

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Payments Dive

MAY 10, 2024

The two agencies raised concerns that airlines and card companies could arbitrarily devalue points accrued in their joint rewards programs, amounting to a bait-and-switch for customers.

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BankBazaar

MAY 7, 2024

BankBazaar.com, India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online platform for free Credit Score, marks its third consecutive year of fast and sustainable growth, with an unaudited operating revenue of Rs.215 Crore in FY24. This growth trajectory is driven by the company’s new and existing strategic partnerships for co-branded Credit Cards with leading commercial banks.

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Commercial Lending USA

MAY 6, 2024

Commercial Lending USA is an excellent place to get commercial loans because almost half of all small businesses need them to start up or grow.

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William Mills

MAY 7, 2024

The PR industry is constantly evolving to keep up with new technologies, media platforms, and consumer preferences. As PR pros, staying ahead of the latest trends and practices is key to crafting successful campaigns. Here’s a look at six trends we’re tracking this year.

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Payments Dive

MAY 6, 2024

Finance leaders are in a unique position to reduce costs and increase revenue by evolving payment processes.

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BankInovation

MAY 9, 2024

Financial institutions that think about efficiency and growth when considering tech spend can respond quickly to merger and acquisition opportunities, Danny Baker, vice president of market strategy at technology provider Fiserv, told Bank Automation News. “Successful banks, when they think about their technology investment, they don’t think about efficiency from a penny-pinching [perspective],” he said.

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The Paypers

MAY 9, 2024

Visa has launched Visa Account Attack Intelligence (VAAI) to combat card testing attacks, reducing fraud and operational losses in real-time for US issuers.

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TheGuardian

MAY 8, 2024

Disclosure of the identities of firms under investigation by FCA could be in the public interest The City’s lobbying battalion in full cry is something to behold. Witness the furious response from the banking and finance industry to a proposal from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to name firms under investigations occasionally – specifically when it thinks the public interest would be served.

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Payments Dive

MAY 10, 2024

The collaboration with a Chinese entity began Wednesday, with processing of cards issued by banks in the country following years of preparations.

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American Banker

MAY 7, 2024

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there have been "no decisions" on the controversial capital reform plan, but banks and others who have criticized the proposal are eager for an indication about what's next.

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BankInovation

MAY 8, 2024

Online lender Upstart automated 90% of its unsecured loans in the first quarter of 2024 as automation remained at the forefront of efforts to streamline its loan application process. Upstart originated $1.

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ATM Marketplace

MAY 7, 2024

Want your ATM to succeed? Consider adding these five essential features.

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Payments Dive

MAY 7, 2024

When it comes to bridging the FedNow and RTP networks, officials at the Federal Reserve and The Clearing House have slightly different priorities.

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American Banker

MAY 7, 2024

The full House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn a staff accounting bulletin from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Banks argue that the guidance would effectively cut them out of the crypto custody business.

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BankInovation

MAY 6, 2024

The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments’ network is gaining mid-market companies as businesses gravitate toward real-time payments. Businesses prefer The Clearing House’s RTP solution because it is established and is used by nearly 67% of U.S.

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