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How financial institutions of all sizes can seize the instant payment opportunity

Payments Dive

FedNow is driving adoption of instant payments— here’s what financial institutions need to know.

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Taking your brand on the road

ABA Community Banking

Whether sponsoring large-scale events or supporting local-level initiatives, banks can strengthen their brand presence and attract new customers while demonstrating a genuine commitment to the well-being of their communities. The post Taking your brand on the road appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

Abrigo

Understanding tax ID fraud FinCrime professionals looking to prevent tax ID fraud, first need to understand the fundamentals of what is happening and their best recourse for prevention. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Fraudsters file illegitimate tax returns early, hoping people wait to submit their legitimate ones.

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How to Manage Your Efficiency Ratio with Loan Size

South State Correspondent

The banking industry’s average efficiency ratio worsened for the first time since 2021. The industry’s efficiency ratio increased to 54.30% in Q2/23 from 52.98% in Q1/23. This development is very important to community banks, as their efficiency ratio also increased, but to 61.63%. The national banks have already indicated how they plan to reverse the efficiency ratio increase – through headcount reduction.

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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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Are we heading toward a bank-free payments system?

American Banker

PayPal's new stablecoin offering should be setting off alarms at traditional banks, because it could seriously challenge their dominance in the payments space.

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Reviving the central bank: Getting (everyone) on the data train

Accenture

In their first post, “It’s now or never: Time for central banks to embrace change,” my colleagues Rohit Mathew and Oliver Reppel explored why central banks need to transform digitally to ensure they can fulfil their mandate. In this post, they explain how central banks can go about changing the way they use data and… The post Reviving the central bank: Getting (everyone) on the data train appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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California Reconsidering the “Digital Financial Assets Law”

CFPB Monitor

As readers may recall, California previously attempted to enact a “Digital Financial Assets Law” with the introduction of AB 2269 in February 2022. In relevant part, AB 2269 proposed (1) a stringent licensing requirement for entities engaging in or holding themselves out as being able to engage in “digital financial business activity” with or on behalf of California residents and (2) substantial ongoing reporting and operational obligations, both of which California modeled after New York’s “Bit

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Unleashing the Power of Generative AI: 3 Use Cases for Payments

The Financial Brand

This article Unleashing the Power of Generative AI: 3 Use Cases for Payments appeared first on The Financial Brand. Financial services companies have long used AI to enhance products and combat fraud, but large-language models are a game-changer. This generative AI primer is for payments execs. This article Unleashing the Power of Generative AI: 3 Use Cases for Payments appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

Not all customers are created equal. Some customers are more profitable than others, and if you are out to build a more profitable bank, it pays to have a tactical plan to go after more profitable customers. The treasury or cash management customer is usually a bank’s most profitable customer on a risk-adjusted basis ( HERE ). In this article, we discuss cash management profitability and rank the most profitable industries for banks to go after.

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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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Data – The Lifeblood of Intelligence Automation

Perficient

With all the hype around artificial intelligence (AI), AI can feel complicated, distant, or foreign. But guess what? It’s not new news and it doesn’t need to be complicated; it’s just a revolution of how we leverage data! Let’s take a quick dive into the data-driven universe of AI (i.e., intelligence automation). This article breaks down how data powers intelligence automation.

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Square CEO to depart

Payments Dive

Alyssa Henry, CEO of Block’s merchant business Square, will leave the company just days after a service outage left merchant clients unable to process payments.

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Why Internet Bank Fraud is So Much More than IP Addresses

Abrigo

Internet bank fraud is here to stay; learn how to detect and stop it. Every type of fraud has something unique it leverages to dupe unsuspecting citizens. Learn what is different about internet bank fraud. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 It is important to monitor fraud effectively and consistently. Takeaway 2 Stay informed of trends in mobile fraud as well as internet bank fraud.

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California’s Proposed “Delete Act” Would Create a ‘Do Not Sell’ List for Data Brokers

CFPB Monitor

California continues to be at vanguard of data privacy rights. The latest effort by California legislators to protect consumer privacy rights focuses on data brokers, who under the proposed California Senate Bill 362 , aka the “Delete Act,” would be required to recognize and honor opt-out signals from Californians. The law seeks to expand on the deletion and opt-out rights provided under the CCPA, which currently requires a Californians to submit their deletion and opt-out requests on a compa

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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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ITC 2023 in Vegas – Are You Ready, Insurers? (We Are!)

Perficient

The world’s largest gathering of insurance innovation, InsureTech Connect (ITC) , is right around the corner. And our team of industry experts is excited to connect, collaborate, and address the most pressing business needs of national and regional carriers. Following last year’s conference, Perficient Insurance Principal Brian Bell shared three key takeaways from the 2022 event: First, data and analytics investments still topped many insurers’ list of operational priorities.

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Small businesses embrace digital payments

Payments Dive

Small business owners envision a cashless future, according to card giant Visa, even as some legislators move to protect unbanked and underbanked consumers.

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Secrets to Budgeting for BSA/AML and Fraud Software

Abrigo

Insights into budgeting for BSA/AML and fraud software. Take a moment to consider your best-case scenario budget, and what steps bring you closer to what you need. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 It is never too early to plan. Make time to budget for the department you want, not the department you have. Takeaway 2 Take the time to analyze your needs thoroughly.

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Connecticut Issues Guidance Clarifying the Applicability of its Small Loan Act to “True Lenders” and Earned Wage Access Providers

CFPB Monitor

The Connecticut Department of Banking (the “Department”) issued a guidance letter on September 11, 2023 (the “Guidance”) providing its position regarding the amendments to Connecticut’s Small Loan Lending and Related Activities Act (the “Act”) that become effective on October 1, 2023. We previously blogged about these amendments here. The Department issued this guidance “to assist industry participants in evaluating the need for licensure and the effect of the various requirements under [the ame

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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 Unsung Heroes of Mortgage Lending

SWBC's LenderHub

In a vast—and largely digital—lending landscape, big banks and FinTechs often hog most of the financial glory. They’re more visible and have slick advertising that suggests they’re the best and safest bet for a person’s financial future.

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California legislature passes plastic gift card ban

Payments Dive

The state’s lawmakers approved a bill that would ban the use of plastic for gift cards by 2027, but it’s still waiting on the governor’s signature.

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Understanding 1st-party fraud: Risks and resolutions

Abrigo

How financial institutions can prevent losses from 1st-party fraud Learn strong approaches to identifying, preventing, and detecting 1st-party fraud that will keep your AML program on top of fraud trends. Join Abrigo for a webinar discussing risk assessments' role in compliance. register now Takeaway 1 1st-party fraud is especially disheartening because it is an inside job and indicates that KYC has been ineffective Takeaway 2 KYC procedures during onboarding and throughout the client relation

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Kentucky Federal District Court Issues Order Enjoining the CFPB From Enforcing the Small Business Data Collection Rule as to All Companies Effected by the Rule

CFPB Monitor

On September 14 th , the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted the plaintiff’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the CFPB from implementing the Small Business Lending Rule (“Rule”) promulgated under section 1071 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act. As a reminder, the plaintiffs in the Kentucky lawsuit are the Kentucky Bankers Association and several Kentucky banks.

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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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Has the import price shock been worse in the UK or euro area?

BankUnderground

Josh Martin and Julian Reynolds How much have higher import prices increased consumer prices in the UK and euro area? This post explores this question using a framework grounded in some fundamental economic and national accounting concepts. Starting with the GDP price, we adjust for relative import and export prices to arrive at a consumer prices measure – this gives us a sense of the impact of import prices and the terms of trade shock on consumer price inflation.

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Digital dollar bill resurfaces in Congress

Payments Dive

The proposed digital dollar would create an electronic version of the U.S. currency, but it wouldn’t be the same as a central bank digital currency.

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How to act on banking customer data

ATM Marketplace

The opening keynote at the Bank Customer Experience Summit in Charlotte from Sept. 12 to 13 covered AI, banking data and how it can all come together to deliver actionable insights.

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CFPB reacts quickly and favorably to Petition submitted to it by consumer groups to ban pre-dispute arbitration

CFPB Monitor

Last week, a group of consumer advocate organizations filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the CFPB that would prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer contracts in favor of arbitration clauses that would permit consumers to choose between arbitration and litigation only after a dispute has arisen. We published a blog last Friday in which we enumerated the many flaws in the Petition and urged the CFPB to reject it.

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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