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Amex bets on millennials, Gen Z for growth

Payments Dive

As it pursues younger consumers, the company is angling to ensure its high-fee cards offer enough value for millennials and Gen Zers.

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The great deposit shakeout is on: How will it end?

American Banker

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How to Build a Payment Test Automation Strategy for 2023

ATM Marketplace

Automated testing helps to identify and resolve issues faster and more efficiently, leading to improved user experience and increased customer satisfaction.

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SVB: Early lessons for all financial institutions from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure

Abrigo

Stress testing & deposit strategies in the spotlight The failure of Silicon Valley Bank offers other financial institutions the chance to reassess their approaches to and management of interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and credit risk. You might also like this whitepaper, "Inflation and rising rate's impacts on earnings and margins." DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Silicon Valley Bank's failure is a stark reminder for other financial institutions that when a crisis occurs, it can spread rapidly.

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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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Learn How To Start Fix And Flip Loans No Money Down

Commercial Lending USA

fix and flip loans no money down have become popular with investors because they allow you to use someone else's money to fund your project. That's right.

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If Only Yankee Stadium II Had Been Built With Blockchain

Perficient

In the Bronx, NY in April of 1998, it was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. The Yankees had won a World Series two seasons prior and had started their 1998 season with their young shortstop, Derek Jeter, on his way to his first All-Star game. The Yankees would win a then-record 114 regular season games and added 11 more in the postseason, sweeping the World Series over the Padres led by Tony Gwynn.

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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

The abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a stunning example of bank leadership not understanding interest rate risk, running into trouble with an inverted yield curve, and ignoring the impact of a severe monetary correction on long-duration assets. There will be much more discussion and information written on this bank’s collapse, as well as the shutdown of Signature Bank and the story about Sterling Bank, and perhaps others in the weeks and months to follow.

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GAO issues report on fintech products; recommends CFPB clarify when earned wage access products are “credit” under Truth in Lending Act

CFPB Monitor

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report entitled “Financial Technology: Products Have Benefits and Risks to Underserved Consumers, and Regulatory Clarity Is Needed.” The report focuses on the following four types of fintech products: Digital deposit accounts offered by fintech companies through partnerships with banks or credit unions. .

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Visa, Mastercard depict bank failure impact

Payments Dive

As bank card issuers faltered this past weekend, the card networks monitored payments closely, Visa and Mastercard executives said at a conference.

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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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Client Remediation – Running the Program (Part 2 of 3)

Perficient

In our first blog in this series, Getting Started With Client Remediation (Part 1 of 3) , we discussed how to get a client remediation program started, what levels of the organization should be involved in client remediation programs, and how ultimately good things, such as lower risks, improved technology, and risk monitoring, may result from a successful client remediation program.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. While interest rate risk caused the most significant impact on value, several other factors contributed to the terminality of each bank that was closed.

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Q1-2 2023 Economic Outlook: Industry Stability following Bank Failures

SWBC's LenderHub

As we have been saying for several of our previous quarterly economic updates, as inflation goes, so goes the U.S. economy. A quick and rapid descent of inflation will take pressure off the Fed to continue raising rates and the possibility of a soft landing improves. The longer inflation remains elevated, the more aggressively the Fed will have to act, likely triggering a recession.

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Fed aims for late end of launch period

Payments Dive

The central bank is targeting July, as opposed to the earlier end of its prior range, for starting its new real-time payments service.

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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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“Life takes Visa” but debt collectors don’t? New debt repayment rules are coming for collection agencies on April 15, 2023

CFPB Monitor

Move over, Tax Day! This year, April 15 falls on a Saturday so the IRS moved the tax filing deadline to April 18. What will you do with all that extra time? Don’t worry, Visa’s got you covered. Visa recently notified its business network that new rules for debt repayment are coming on April 15, 2023. .

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SVB, Signature Bank collapse raises questions

ATM Marketplace

The collapse of SVB and Signature Bank have raised questions about the economy, the banking system, cryptocurrency and how banks should respond.

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Credit Suisse hit by legal action from US investors amid banking turmoil

TheGuardian

Complaint claims bank made ‘materially false and misleading statements’ in 2021 annual report Business live – latest updates How to understand Credit Suisse, SVB and fears of a new crisis US investors in Credit Suisse have hit the beleaguered Swiss bank with legal action, claiming that it overstated its prospects before this week’s shares crash. The lender suffered a rapid sell-off, with shares plunging on Wednesday by as much as 30% at one point after comments from Credit Suisse’s largest share

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Fiserv, Jack Henry CEOs react to bank crisis

Payments Dive

Payments processors’ CEOs this week described how their companies were affected by the recent bank industry turmoil, downplaying the impact.

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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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Fintech Enablement’s Role in Modernizing Legacy Systems

BankInovation

As core legacy systems become inefficient, slow, and unable to keep up with present day customer expectations, more and more financial institutions are facing the same question: how do we modernize these systems without the high costs and long turnover time? The answer is fintech enablement.

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What's the deal with cash recycling?

ATM Marketplace

In a world of increasing competition for customers with neobanks and major staffing challenges at the branch level, banks need to find ways to reduce costs. One method gaining popularity is cash recycling.

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Silicon Valley Bank: HSBC rescues SVB UK but market turmoil continues – business live

TheGuardian

Silicon Valley Bank UK has been sold to HSBC for £1 , in a deal that protects depositors’ money says Treasury and Bank of England Full story: HSBC to buy Silicon Valley Bank’s UK operations Why Silicon Valley Bank was so important to UK tech sector Here’s Sky’s Ed Conway: Important developments. Continue reading.

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Payments execs detail SVB impact

Payments Dive

The Silicon Valley Bank downfall that sent shockwaves through the financial industry forced fintechs, such as Affirm and Marqeta, to react fast.

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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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Claims Automation for Health Plans: Transformation with a Small “t”

FICO

Home Blog FICO Claims Automation for Health Plans: Transformation with a Small “t” By focusing on transformation with a small “t” that addresses measurable performance gaps, health plans and administrators can use claims automation to control costs and risk FICO Admin Tue, 07/02/2019 - 02:45 by Paul Crowder expand_less Back To Top Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:15 Some time ago, I witnessed a plea for help in a global healthcare summit from a Director of Claims Management for assistance in automating thei

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2023 Kiosk Marketplace Census Report

ATM Marketplace

The self-serve kiosk industry pushed forward in a big way in 2022, as the recovery from the pandemic continued for the second straight year. A convergence of factors took hold: rising consumer acceptance of self service, a recovering supply chain, a growing labor shortage, improving technology, and the return of industry trade shows.

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Silicon Valley Bank chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations

TheGuardian

CEO Greg Becker personally led the bank’s half-million-dollar push to reduce scrutiny of his institution – and lawmakers obliged This story was first published in the Lever Eight years before the second-largest bank failure in American history occurred this week, the bank’s president personally pressed Congress to reduce scrutiny of his financial institution, citing the “low risk profile of our activities and business model”, according to federal records reviewed by the Lever.

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Brex, other fintechs stand by troubled banks

Payments Dive

After a week of several high-profile bank failures and near-failures, some fintechs don’t see jumping ship as an option.

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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.