Sat.Feb 13, 2021 - Fri.Feb 19, 2021

article thumbnail

The Fellowship of the LOS

Jack Henry

I love a good Lord of the Rings reference. Case in point, it may sound like fantasy, but have you thought how consolidating your multiple loan origination systems (LOSs) could bring all lending functions into fellowship? See, there I go again!

Lending 88
article thumbnail

Success Criteria for an Effective Sales Enablement Program

Perficient

Previously , I discussed the role of sales enablement in investment management. This blog analyzes how technology and the right team can improve your sales enablement program. For a sales enablement program to be successful at its launch and continue to be effective over time, it has to have the right mix of technology tools, and cross-functional teams.

Tools 340
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sibos podcast: Top 10 banking trends for 2021

Accenture

As the calendar turns to another , one of the things I look forward to is putting together my annual Top 10 Banking Trends report. It’s a chance to connect with colleagues and clients and reflect on what the year gone by means for the year ahead in the banking industry and then capture that…. The post Sibos podcast: Top 10 banking trends for 2021 appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

article thumbnail

Virginia-based bank provides Bitcoin access at ATMs

Payments Dive

Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bank is partnering with ATM operator BluePoint ATM Solutions and Bitcoin ATM software provider LibertyX to facilitate access to the cryptocurrency. This announcement comes as banks and regulators appear to be warming to digital assets, and as Bitcoin continues to gain value and attention.

Virginia 468
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Synthetic IDs are key to solving fraud’s whack-a-mole game

Payments Source

Credit card and bank account fraud have soared during the pandemic, with fraudsters intercepting consumer data via retail and banking disruptions and worsening synthetic ID fraud.

Fraud 173

More Trending

article thumbnail

Financial Services firms turn to data ethics to manage digital risks

Accenture

In 2019, the California-based lender loanDepot made headlines when it managed to offer an end-to-end digital mortgage that closed in just 8 days, more than 80 percent faster than the 45-day industry average.1 Digital solutions enable this kind of agility at scale, but individual and societal risks can also scale in digital systems. For instance,…. The post Financial Services firms turn to data ethics to manage digital risks appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

article thumbnail

A note from the editor

Payments Dive

This isn't an ending: it's a whole new beginning.

311
311
article thumbnail

Marqeta branches into digital credit card issuing and processing

Payments Source

Marqeta reached a $4 billion valuation over the last decade focusing only on prepaid and debit card issuing, and now it’s retooled its digital platform to issue credit cards, too.

Cards 165
article thumbnail

How A Power Platform COE Can Help Your Makers and Your Business

Perficient

The following is the third in a series of blogs about how a center of excellence can help you unlock the potential of your people and Power Platform. So far in this series, we’ve looked at the maker movement and why Power Platform can enable the makers in your company to make a real difference to your business processes. As we noted in the last blog, the tools Power Platform includes can be crucial to enabling your makers, with Power Apps and Power Automate enabling them to not just build applic

Tools 531
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

What happens when talent strategy has Board oversight?

Accenture

COVID-19 has upended so much, from our daily lives (hello, home schooling) to long-held beliefs about how business should work. Historically, workforce and talent strategy has been siloed within the HR function. And the pandemic has amplified a trend that’s been growing for a while: organizations used to find people worthy of working for them—but…. The post What happens when talent strategy has Board oversight?

Strategy 249
article thumbnail

Modernising IT and security in financial services with visibility

Bobsguide

In recent years, the financial services (FS) industry has gone through transformative changes to embrace digitalisation and keep up with customers’ ever evolving expectations when it comes to the online experience.

Security 167
article thumbnail

Former Mastercard Europe chief turns to VC to discover innovation

Payments Source

Rapid changes in payments and regulations have blown open the door to new ideas, creating frontiers for fintech investors. Javier Perez hopes three decades of experience will help him have an early read on startups.

article thumbnail

Signs a Managed Service Provider Could Be the Right Fit For You

Perficient

You have been thinking about moving to the cloud. You might have a workload or application that would be better hosted there, or you might have a new solution you’re looking at that is cloud based. You’re not sure if you want to manage your cloud environment in house, or outsource it to a managed service provider, though. In this blog, we will highlight some of the reasons you might want to outsource to a managed service provider – and perhaps give you some signs that your thoughts are valid and

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Regional, Community Banks Face Digital Challenges Post-Pandemic

Banking Exchange

Greenwich Associates reports widening gap in digital investment between national and regional banks Community Banking Feature3 Feature Technology Retail Banking Covid19 PPP Customers Tech Management Mobile Online.

article thumbnail

Do banks need belts and braces?

BankUnderground

Marcus Buckmann, Paula Gallego Marquez, Mariana Gimpelewicz and Sujit Kapadia. Bank failures are very costly for society. Following the 2007/2008 global financial crisis, international regulators introduced a package of new banking regulations, known as Basel III. This includes a wider range of capital and liquidity requirements to protect banks from different risks.

article thumbnail

Amex launches digital receipts to reduce buyer confusion

Payments Source

Amex is giving consumers more details about certain purchases with Digital Receipts, starting with big-tech merchants and Square.

Google 159
article thumbnail

Major Updates coming to Teams (Q1 2021)

Perficient

Microsoft Teams has already had some exciting updates in January and Microsoft shows no signs of slowing down! In this article, we’ll highlight some of the major updates coming to Teams over the next few months and discuss some of the potential impacts that this may have on your users and administrators. Major Updates. Teams Pro Service Plan. Starting mid-March 2021 you will see a new Teams service plan added to select M365 and O365 SKUs.

Meeting 520
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

For Banks – The Contact Center is Your Best Friend

Cisco

For years, the album that sold the most units was Carole King’s “Tapestry”. Estimates are that this record has sold more than 25 million copies. Rife with well-known songs, an interesting comment made by one of the initial reviewers in 1971 called the song “You’ve Got a Friend” the “core” of and “essence” of the album. It didn’t hurt that James Taylor’s version also became a monster hit.

article thumbnail

What is the relationship between a markets-based measure of leverage and banks’ funding costs?

BankUnderground

Kieran Dent, Sinem Hacioglu Hoke and Apostolos Panagiotopoulos. The Great Financial Crisis demonstrated an important feedback loop between banks’ capitalisation and funding costs. As banks’ capitalisation declined, banks’ wholesale creditors responded by demanding higher interest rates to lend to them. In turn, higher funding costs dented banks’ profitability, further weakening their capitalisation.

Marketing 110
article thumbnail

Merchants want more say as faster payments develop

Payments Source

Retailers are often considered to be key beneficiaries of faster payments, but they may be among the last to reap its benefits in the U.S.

Payments 153
article thumbnail

21 Predictions About Digital Health in 2021: Part IV

Perficient

In my previous posts, I looked at five macro-themes as well as five implications for hospitals and health plans. In this post, I want to focus on virtual health and have enlisted co-author David Allen , Director of Virtual Health Strategy. These predictions are in light of the five themes I see for 2021: Telehealth as a competitive advantage, New insurance markets, More self-service digital triage tools, Mega-mergers of vertically integrated health delivery models, and.

Tools 520
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Surge in digitalisation as cultural change sweeps through banking

Bobsguide

Wholesale markets have seen a large increase in the number of people executing financial trades on electronic platforms, a rise directly attributed to the pandemic, as well as improved engagement. Those banks that had platforms in place have benefitted considerably, enhancing their collaboration.

article thumbnail

‘D Day’: UK marks 50 years since decimalisation

TheGuardian

On 15 February 1971, Britain finally moved to a system that made sense to ‘every man who looked at his 10 fingers’ It’s 50 years since the UK’s currency went decimal, ditching tanners, shillings and florins and introducing new coins including the 1p piece. The anniversary of Decimal Day on Monday 15 February 1971 marks when Britain finally moved to a system based on units of 10.

System 99
article thumbnail

How to apply for Most Influential Women in Payments: Next

Payments Source

Recognize high-achieving women in the pipeline and celebrate diversity across the industry. Nominate a female executive who is age 40 or under for Most Influential Women in Payments: Next.

How To 130
article thumbnail

Talent Acquisition: Four reasons to move from Taleo to Oracle Recruiting Cloud

Perficient

The following is the first in a series of blogs about how a center of excellence can help you unlock the potential of your people. Oracle Talent Acquisition Cloud (OTAC), also known as Taleo, has long been considered a global leader in talent solutions. However, for Taleo clients that have implemented Oracle HCM Cloud, there is now a natively built solution Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC).

Data 497
article thumbnail

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