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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Striking the right balance

Independent Banker

“We are poised to lead the charge in striking the right balance of technology and connection for our customers and communities.”. Remember when video conference calls were a novelty? A year ago, I had a smattering of them. Now, not a day goes by without at least eight. I’m grateful for the technology, but, as social creatures, we’re also hardwired to seek connection.

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SBA Origination in a COVID World

Jack Henry

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Built For Speed: Millennials Drive Move To Faster Payments

PYMNTS

There’s a bit from “Seinfeld” way back in the 20th century that, paraphrased, goes like this: A check is like a note from your parents that states, “I don’t have any money, but if you contact these people … I’m sure they’ll stick for me. If you could just trust me this one time …”. “Seinfeld,” of course, lives on in reruns. The check lives on, too, although like the days of “Must See TV” via networks, it is receding into the distance a bit.

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Perficient and Lake Champlain Chocolates Win Award for Incredible Paid Search Results

Perficient

This year has been unpredictable, but one thing that has remained steady is Perficient’s commitment to delivering great results for our clients. Our Paid Search team earned some well-deserved recognition last week when their paid search campaigns for long-time client Lake Champlain Chocolates won Best Use of Search – Retail/Ecommerce (PPC) at the US Search Awards.

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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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The advantages of blockchain over traditional payments

Payments Dive

By eliminating middlemen, cross-border blockchain payments can result in even faster transfers while significantly reducing costs for both merchants and customers.

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Combining Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning In Banking

South State Correspondent

In the last five years, one of the new disciplines in banking that has emerged is the combination of machine learning and satellite imagery to gather bank intelligence on fraud, credit, and bank marketing. While this sounds daunting, in this article, we will show you some relatively simple applications of both artificial intelligence (A.I.) and satellite (sat) imagery to improve bank performance.

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Why Nearshore Development Will Boost Your Business in 2021

Perficient

Since March 2020, the stakes have never been higher for your business to adapt and evolve. But how do you accelerate and scale your digital transformation cost-effectively? The answer – optimized global delivery. Follow this series and learn more about our nearshore software development capabilities from members of our global delivery team in Colombia.

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Personalizing — Not Just Digitizing — The B2B eCommerce Experience

PYMNTS

As the B2B commerce landscape innovates, it is continually after that "Amazon-like" experience forged in the consumer commerce world. But for B2B vendors and suppliers, the unique needs of corporate customers cannot be ignored, making a consumer-like buying experience particularly complex. Pricing and payments are two key areas that tend to look vastly different in the B2B world than in the consumer arena.

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Seven key themes from Sibos 2020

Accenture

Sibos 2020, the world’s largest financial services conference, was held virtually this year from October 5-8. The theme this time was “Driving the evolution of smart finance.” As usual, the conference served as a platform for the global finance community to have stimulating discussions and exchange ideas. Seven key themes for payments jumped out at….

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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 Power of Next-Gen SIEM and SOAR, Part 2

Jack Henry

Last week we discussed the origins of security information and event management (SIEM) cybersecurity solutions and where they have evolved with the expansion of machine learning and smarter systems. This week, we’ll explore how security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) solutions differ and can complement next-generation SIEM (NG SIEM) and build a powerful holistic cybersecurity tool.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud: Introduction to Email Studio 101

Perficient

Salesforce provides different types of clouds and Marketing Cloud is one of them. Marketing Cloud is a platform that has multiple tools designed for an organization to interact with their customers or potential customers across various channels. Marketing Cloud provides various automations that makes the interactions with people more systematic, improve the reach and has increased the efficiency exponentially.

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The Nine Things We Know For Sure About The Post-Pandemic Consumer

PYMNTS

There’s no shortage of pain points to catalog from the past six months: A global pandemic, worldwide economic disruption, record-breaking unemployment, an invasion by murder hornets — the hits never seem to stop. But the running theme through all of the frustration that 2020 has created is uncertainty and the feeling that one never quite knows what’s going to happen next.

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Five cross-industry payments opportunities in the new normal

Accenture

Without a doubt, 2020 has been a year of disruption. It remains a challenging time for many, but as life with COVID-19 settles into a more routine experience, merchants are searching for more options to help keep their customers safe, their products available, and the economy moving. Around the world, merchants are responding to the…. The post Five cross-industry payments opportunities in the new normal appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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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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How Visa's digital services strategy is coming together

Payments Source

As the pandemic and economic downturn take their toll on consumer spending, the card companies are relying on scale, partnerships and subsidiaries to turn consulting, security and fast technology deployment into new and sustainable revenue streams.

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COVID-19 – The Common Enemy to Manufacturing Companies?

Perficient

I recently had the pleasure to host a virtual roundtable with a couple dozen senior executives from Global 2000 B2B manufacturing companies. The topic was “How Have You Accelerated Your Digital Transformation Strategy as a Result of COVID-19?”. As many know, Digital Transformation has been a hot topic in manufacturing for years. Most manufacturers had it in their ‘near-term’ plan, but COVID-19 has accelerated companies to prioritize it now.

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Onyx CEO On Blockchain, The JPM Coin And Simplifying Payments

PYMNTS

From concept to pilot to corporate payment game changer. Umar Farooq , CEO of J.P. Morgan ’s Onyx , told Karen Webster that peer-to-peer (P2P) private blockchain networks can help streamline information flows tied to cross-border payments and remove the complexities tied to legacy systems. The conversation took place against the backdrop where, late last month, J.P.

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Getting the Cloud Operating Model Right

Accenture

In my previous post in this blog on the journey to cloud, I looked at how to select a cloud provider. In this latest post, I move to a further critical determinant of effective performance: having the right cloud operating model. Your cloud operating model should provide to your cloud organisation the appropriate structure, capabilities,…. The post Getting the Cloud Operating Model Right appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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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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The CFPB’s final collections rule: contact frequency limitations and limited content messages

CFPB Monitor

On November 13, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET, we will present a webinar on the CFPB’s final collection rule. Click here for more information and to register. Among the items proposed in the CFPB’s NPRM that were adopted in its final collections rule are restrictions on call attempts and a limited content message definition. While many observers are somewhat dismayed that the proposed call frequency limitations were adopted, the Bureau’s inclusion of a rebuttable presumption standard

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Android App’s Performance – Native vs Flutter vs React Native

Perficient

;Before analyzing the performance of Android apps developed using difference frameworks, lets just have a quick idea on these frameworks. Flutter. Flutter is a portable open-source UI development toolkit for building natively-compiled apps across mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. . Flutter was created & being maintained by Google.

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Airports Expand Range Of Digital Identity Technology

PYMNTS

Among the segments affected by the pandemic, air travel remains near the top of the list when it comes to industries that have been hard hit. And hopes for recovery have been dimmed as of late by the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, which has further dimmed prospects for consumers regaining their enthusiasm or flying the friendly skies. In the last week, in the midst of rising EU cases , airline giant IAG — owner of British Airways , Iberia and Vueling — has officially scaled back its fourth qua

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China stops Jack Ma’s $35 billion Ant IPO from going ahead

Payments Source

The Shanghai stock exchange will suspend Ant Group Co.’s $35 billion IPO after Jack Ma was called in for “supervisory interviews" with Chinese regulatory agencies.

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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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Cash in hand: Consumers post-pandemic view of cash

ATM Marketplace

Data from the Federal Reserve indicates consumers have a lot of cash on their hands as a result of the pandemic. Most have used cash while paying in person during the pandemic.

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The Business Value of Experience Design

Perficient

Whether you’re checking your bank balance, getting an oil change, or enjoying another curbside pickup for Taco Tuesday, everyone loves a great customer experience. And if you’re on the other side of that exchange, everyone wants to make their customers happy and coming back for more. But a great customer experience is not a matter of timing and luck.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Zelle Exceeds 1B P2P Payments; China’s Digital Yuan Tests Process 4M+ Transactions

PYMNTS

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, digital payments network Zelle crossed over the one-billion transaction mark, while China’s tests of a digital yuan have processed over four million transactions. Plus, Bloomberg clients will now have the capacity to use the company’s terminal to look at Credit Benchmark’s risk data. Zelle Says P2P Payments Top One Billion Transactions.

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WhatsApp gets India permit to go live with payments service

Payments Source

India allowed Facebook Inc. to start operating its WhatsApp payments service in the world’s biggest open technology market.

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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