Sat.Jul 27, 2024 - Fri.Aug 02, 2024

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Key disruptions shaping the future of lending

Accenture

As you start strategic planning this August, consider this: automated, data-driven lending is no longer a future vision—it’s happening now. In our Commercial Banking Top Trends for 2024, we spotlight this critical trend shaping the industry’s future. This three-part blog series looks at the future of lending, reflecting on industry experiences and providing insights into… The post Key disruptions shaping the future of lending appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Is there a future for community banks?

American Banker

Despite the continuing trends of consolidation and limited startup activity, bankers and industry insiders say there is a path forward. But small lenders must evolve with changing technology.

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Fortify Your Future: Invest in Resiliency and Protect Your Data

Jack Henry

With today’s accountholders expecting you to have the necessary precautions in place to minimize downtime and protect their data, data resiliency and recovery solutions are critical to your short- and long-term success.

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How artificial intelligence can improve payments fraud prevention

Payments Dive

Generative AI could help spot fraudulent patterns in transaction data and reduce the cost of processing payments, says a McKinsey consultant.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Payments roundup: Mastercard, Visa deploy AI to fight fraud

BankInovation

Payments behemoths continued investing in technology to control costs and streamline operations in the second quarter. Visa and Mastercard are deploying AI for the following: To fight fraud; Enhance data and analytics; and Boost accounting and sales operations.

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Introducing The Industry’s Best Banking Calendar

South State Correspondent

It has long frustrated us that our industry has no aggregate banking calendar. That is, there is no single place to see all the banking conferences, workshops, symposiums, and conventions (we will use the generic “conference”) in the banking industry. If you are trying to budget for next year, train yourself, train your people, prospect, or explore a particular discipline, it will take you hours of research, and you will likely still come up short.

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Outdated tech could slow instant payment adoption: survey

Payments Dive

Financial institutions expect business clients to be a driver of instant payment revenue, but adopting the technology comes with hurdles, the results of a recent survey showed.

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How to use financial education as a marketing tool

ATM Marketplace

A panel entitled "Using Financial Education as a Marketing, Engagement Tool" at the Bank Customer Experience Summit held in Charlotte from Sept. 9 to 11 will address this topic in detail.

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HSBC shareholders to receive further $4.8bn as profits rise

TheGuardian

Outgoing CEO Noel Quinn will have paid $34.4bn to investors during final 18 months in post HSBC is giving a further $4.8bn to shareholders, providing a final parting gift from the outgoing chief executive, Noel Quinn, after a rise in second-quarter profit. The London-headquartered bank said it would buy back another $3bn (£2.3bn) worth of shares from investors, who will receive $1.8bn in fresh dividends.

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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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The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next 2024

American Banker

Each year, in advance of our Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance awards, American Banker puts together a list of 15 women who are rising stars at their banks. The honorees, all women 40 years old and younger, are nominated by an executive at their institution who believes that she has the potential to ascend to the C-suite.

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Credit Card Competition proposal should become law

Payments Dive

“In the aftermath of the CrowdStrike outage, Congress and state lawmakers should look for opportunities to build backups and redundancies into critical online systems,” writes a payments consultant.

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3 reasons why retail ATMs aren't going anywhere

ATM Marketplace

Retail ATMs will still be a staple in the years to come for a variety of key reasons related to customer preferences, security and more.

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Labor’s planned anti-scam laws are too complicated, too lenient and too slow, advocates say

TheGuardian

Federal government’s promise to force banks to reimburse scam victims criticised as ‘too vague’ and ‘a mess’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The government’s proposed reforms to laws on financial scams let the banking system off the hook, are inferior to policies applied overseas, are complicated for victims and will not be legislated before Australians lose many more billions of dollars, according to consumer advocates.

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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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Monetary policy in a gas-TANK

BankUnderground

Jenny Chan, Sebastian Diz and Derrick Kanngiesser In recent years, increases in global energy prices have posed significant challenges for net energy importers such as the UK or the euro area. In addition to the inflationary impact, increases in the relative price of energy imply a decline in real incomes for the energy importers. In this blog post, we introduce a macroeconomic model that captures the direct adverse effects on aggregate demand caused by energy price shocks (a notion that resonat

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Is Visa readying for an expiration of cards?

Payments Dive

Slowing card volume growth in the network giant’s earnings report this month revived questions about the longevity of its core business.

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PayPal focuses on omnichannel capabilities for long-term growth

BankInovation

PayPal is investing in its platforms and capabilities to keep up with consumer demand for digital payments. “Today, we operate in a massive, $6 trillion plus, global e-commerce market that benefits from the ongoing digitization of payments,” PayPal President and Chief Executive Alex Chriss said during today’s second-quarter earnings call.

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Labor vows to force banks to compensate Australians tricked out of money by scammers

TheGuardian

Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to tell National Press Club that digital platforms must also be pushed to take more preventative action The federal government is promising to change the law to force banks to compensate Australian customers who are tricked into transferring money to scammers, accusing them of doing too little to prevent people from being duped out of more than $2bn every year.

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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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Bankers want regulators, police to get serious about check fraud

American Banker

In a new survey of bank executives from IntraFi, 90% of respondents said instances of check fraud have increased in recent years and half want law enforcement to make check fraud a bigger priority to stop criminals from stealing checks in the mail.

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Affirm says CFPB’s proposed BNPL rules will confuse customers

Payments Dive

In commenting on the proposal, the BNPL provider said consumers would be better served by rules specific to BNPL transactions, as opposed to credit card regulations.

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Fintech Funding: Startup funding jumps 11% YoY

BankInovation

Fintech funding saw a rebound in the second quarter as global funding increased to $8.9 billion, up 11% year over year. The U.S. saw the most fintech funding during the quarter at $4.8 billion across 324 deals, followed by Europe with $1.

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Defending Against Jackpotting Threats: A Comprehensive Guide

ATM Marketplace

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, so do the methods employed by criminals seeking illicit gains. In 2018, the U.S. Secret Service sounded the alarm on a burgeoning threat – jackpotting attacks.

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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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Impact of CrowdStrike outage, Patelco lawsuit: Top tech news July 2024

American Banker

Banks weigh in on the fallout from CrowdStrike's outage, Patelco Credit Union navigates an ongoing legal battle over ransomware attack, JPMorgan Chase's tech usage for fighting fraud and more.

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Milberg roils Visa-Mastercard settlement claims process

Payments Dive

The law firm falsely suggested it represented well-known businesses in the claims filing process and blamed an outside party for the snafu that prompted a call for sanctions.

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Inside look: Frost Bank’s AI and payments strategy

BankInovation

Frost Bank is investing in its AI, payments and customer onboarding experience to remain competitive and penetrate new markets. In the second quarter, the $49 billion San Antonio-based bank upped its technology spend 8% year over year to $35.9 million, according to its July 25 earnings report.

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People's Clearinghouse partners with Interledger Foundation

The Paypers

People’s Clearinghouse has announced its partnership with the Interledger Foundation in order to launch a digital cross-border payment infrastructure project.

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3 Ways Managed Device Services Help Community Banks Cut Costs

Community banks seek ways to leverage their technology infrastructure to drive productivity and growth. However, the sheer volume of technology devices, capital constraints, and lack of skilled resources stand in the way. This Strategy Brief explores how a managed device services partner can help bridge this resource gap. Managed device services partners empower community banks to take charge of mission-critical device management activities with: Logistics and installation services to support se