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How to Access Our Free Health Prediction for Your Bank

South State Correspondent

To ring in and celebrate the New Year, check up on your bank’s future financial health. Based on the 2007 to 2010 bank failure experience, we modeled the financial health of every bank using the last 16 quarters of historical performance. We have also created projections for the next 18 months. Each bank has an overall letter grade (below), plus a grade for the individual categories of capital formation/stability, efficiency and profitability.

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Key Financial Industry Insights from 2024 | FinTalk

Jack Henry

As we wrap up an eventful year, it's essential to reflect on the key insights and innovations that have shaped the financial industry.

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The Lazy Millennial’s Guide To Math Hacks

BankBazaar

Mastering your personal finances doesnt have to be a complicated slog through spreadsheets and jargon-laden investment strategies. Armed with a few simple math tricks, you can take control of your money with clarity and confidence. Bonus: these tricks are so user-friendly they might even make budgeting feel fun? Okay, at least satisfying. Here are some delightful and practical math hacks to help you ace everything from budgeting to saving and even negotiating.

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Are fintech loans a better deal for subprime customers?

American Banker

Fintech lenders often get criticized for high rates or fees on their consumer lending. But there's an argument to be made that the alternatives are worse.

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Say ‘Goodbye’ to Clunky Spreadsheets and Say ‘Hello’ to Month-End Automation

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives no longer need to slow you down. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Anti-money-laundering cases pile up in 2024

American Banker

Banks such as TD, Wells Fargo and Bank of America drew attention this year for money-laundering issues. That's one of several top regulatory news items in 2024.

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UK banks’ trust account exodus cuts lifeline for disabled people, says charity

TheGuardian

Customers face severe consequences as banks and building societies close accounts typically set up to help vulnerable people People with disabilities are facing potential hardship because banks are scrapping trust accounts that allow money to be managed safely on their behalf. Victims awarded personal injury settlements and those with learning difficulties are among those facing severe consequences as accounts are closed or frozen by high street banks and building societies, according to campaig

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How In-Person Banking Can Survive the Digital Age

The Financial Brand

This article How In-Person Banking Can Survive the Digital Age appeared first on The Financial Brand. Real innovation in the bank branch experience is possible, as demonstrated by these concepts from around the world. This article How In-Person Banking Can Survive the Digital Age appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Financial literacy can lift up historically marginalized communities

American Banker

Banks can and should play a key role in giving members of minority groups and other underserved communities the tools they need to navigate an increasingly complicated financial landscape.

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Top issues and priorities for AML/CFT & anti-fraud programs in 2025

Abrigo

Financial institutions' will focus on these concerns related to AML and fraud Abrigo asked financial institution clients and our Advisory Services team to identify the top issues for 2025. Heres what they said. Key topics covered in this post: Ensuring compliance with AML/CFT program requirements Enforcement emphasizes staffing Integrating AI to fight AI-generated fraud Cybersecurity and evolving fraud threats AML/CFT program compliance Among the hottest issues facing AML/CFT and fraud staff is

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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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Financial Metrics of Credit Unions vs. Banks

Jeff For Banks

I often hear that credit unions (or mutual banks) don't have to maximize profits because they don't have shareholders. This is technically correct. Shareholders demand a return in the form of capital appreciation on the stock and the dividends paid per share, also known as total shareholder return (TSR). Credit Unions, however, do have owners that they call members.

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Martech in 2025: How AI, Privacy and Data Gravity Will Reshape the Stack

The Financial Brand

This article Martech in 2025: How AI, Privacy and Data Gravity Will Reshape the Stack appeared first on The Financial Brand. As AI, privacy and unified data reshape marketing, learn how leading marketers are building modern tech stacks to drive growth and deliver personalized experiences. This article Martech in 2025: How AI, Privacy and Data Gravity Will Reshape the Stack appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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A federated digital dollar is key to sustaining US economic leadership

American Banker

The U.S. is risking the status of the dollar as the world's reserve currency by delaying the launch of a central bank digital currency. Adopting a "federated" version of a CBDC could answer the concerns of many skeptics.

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New year finances: a month-by-month UK guide to sorting out your money

TheGuardian

A checklist of vital tasks throughout the year, from filing your tax return to making the most of your holiday cash The new year is almost upon us and you may have started filling in your phone planner for 2025 or scribbling key dates on next years family calendar. But its not just birthdays, weddings and get-togethers to keep in mind there are various tasks and bits of life admin (some nice, others not-so-nice) to grapple with in 2025.

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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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Healthy Dissention: Handle Conflict Head On [VIDEO]

The Emmerich Group

Ready to unlock the secrets of high-performance cultures? Click here to access exclusive tools and insights, including Next Action Templates and the National Study of High-Performance Culturesyour roadmap to driving growth and profitability today. So, you can disagree without being disagreeable. Have you ever worked with someone who just seems to be constantly, well, disagreeable?

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Timing, the New Way to Outcompete Peers for Time Deposits

The Financial Brand

This article Timing, the New Way to Outcompete Peers for Time Deposits appeared first on The Financial Brand. In a landscape where $2.5 trillion in bank CDs will mature by 2025, timing isn't just everything it's the key to winning depositor dollars. Here's how timing will affect deposit competition in the year ahead. This article Timing, the New Way to Outcompete Peers for Time Deposits appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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CFPB accuses Walmart and Branch of opening illegal accounts

American Banker

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Walmart and payment app Branch Messenger, accusing them of illegally opening 1 million deposit accounts and charging $10 million in fees.

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State Street deposited $100 million at minority banks in 2024

American Banker

The custody bank achieved its goal for the amount of deposits it placed into minority banks and community development financial institutions by the end of the year.

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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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CBW Bank to contest $20 million FDIC fine for AML lapses

American Banker

The tiny community bank handled hundreds of millions of bulk cash shipments from Mexico without red-flagging any of them, the agency said. The bank has filed a motion to dismiss.

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Blockchain technology will let banks become what they ought to be

American Banker

With transparency, security and reliability embedded at its core, a blockchain is not merely a way to enhance existing systems it represents a model for what banking should aspire to be.

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How these 24 people changed banking in 2024

American Banker

Looking back at the year, this is how they impacted the financial services industry.

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Top enforcement actions against banks in 2024

American Banker

Banking regulators hit companies with penalties for poor interest-rate risk, third-party management, anti-money-laundering controls and consumer protection, among other violations.

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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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OCC issues Bank of America cease-and-desist for AML lapses

American Banker

Bank of America must overhaul anti-money-laundering protocols and hire third-party consultants, but will not face growth limits, following OCC action for compliance deficiencies.

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Regal brings on-chain payments to the movies

American Banker

In a collaboration with Coinbase and Flexa, Regal theaters now accept on-chain U.S. digital currency payments for movie tickets and concessions; the Bank of Nova Scotia has completed its second investment in KeyCorp; Fiserv entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian-based payments fintech Payfare; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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The year in review: The Climb

American Banker

A roundup of the past year's profiles of senior executive women in banking and finance.

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SBA approves new wave of SBLC 7(a) lenders

American Banker

On her way out the door, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman issues licenses to four more nondepository lenders.

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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.