The Financial Brand
NOVEMBER 12, 2023
This article Financial Institutions Face Critical Crossroads in 2024 appeared first on The Financial Brand. 2024 will be a pivotal year for a banking industry faced with an uncertain economy – but also with significant opportunities for growth. This article Financial Institutions Face Critical Crossroads in 2024 appeared first on The Financial Brand.
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 23, 2023
In the interest of faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments, the Bank of International Settlements last week produced an interim report aimed at developing a governance structure for an interlinked faster payments system.
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The Financial Brand
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
This article Designer of ‘Real-Time Payments’ Tackles ‘Chuck’ for Community Banks appeared first on The Financial Brand. 'Payment Jedi' Peter Davey hopes to take Alloy Labs consortium members where no community bank has gone before. His mission? Launch Chuck. This article Designer of ‘Real-Time Payments’ Tackles ‘Chuck’ for Community Banks appeared first on The Financial Brand.
Accenture
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
One year after ChatGPT’s public launch, generative AI is probably still the hottest topic in the world of business—and with good reason. Research suggests gen AI could add almost $7 trillion to global GDP. So what, exactly, will gen AI mean for banks? Much of the conversation today around the technology generates more heat than… The post 3 Ways Generative AI Will Transform Banking appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.
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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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Payments Dive
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The company plans to cut about 8% of its workforce over the next year as Jack Dorsey steps up his efforts to improve efficiency and revive profits.
CFPB Monitor
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission recently prevailed on summary judgment in a case against Jonathan Braun and his company RCG Advances, LLC. The product at issue, merchant cash advances, generally provide small businesses with critical and timely financing, and there was no dispute that the defendants gave these businesses upfront lump-sums of money in exchange for the right to collect future receivables. .
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 14, 2023
2023. What a year. Bank leaders must feel like Rocky Balboa after 15 rounds with Apollo Creed. Just think of what the industry dealt with in the last 12 months: The brunt of the unprecedented scope and pace of Fed rate hikes hit home, and banks have seen an.80 basis point increase in deposit cost of funds – and that while total deposit balances decreased for six straight quarters.
Cisco
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Gartner first coined the term secure access service edge (SASE) in 2019. No one could have predicted how important and quickly SASE would become relevant to almost every business in order to function. With financial institutions digital transformation plans, the move to the cloud for many applications only heightened the interest and need. SASE is about delivering networking and network security controls at the edge as close to the users as possible.
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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
TheGuardian
DECEMBER 27, 2023
We celebrate the companies that went the extra mile … to inflate their balance sheets and let down loyal customers These are troubling times for big business. Traders, fighting for survival, need to focus on money. They absolutely do not have the time and resources to hand-hold unreasonable customers who insist on receiving goods and services in return for their outlay.
BankInovation
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Barclays online and mobile banking systems were down for two hours today, with the London-based bank’s clients were unable to access their accounts, the bank said on X, formerly known as Twitter. During the outage, $1.
BankUnderground
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Julia Giese, Michael McLeay, David Aikman and Sujit Kapadia Central banks have been using a range of monetary policy and macroprudential tools to maintain monetary and financial stability. But when should monetary versus macroprudential tools be used and how should they be combined? Our recent paper develops a macroeconomic model to answer these questions.
CB Insights
JANUARY 26, 2023
The fintech industry took a hard hit in 2022 as investors scaled back their investments amid market turmoil. However, some top investors like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) remained active in the space across various deal stages, valuations, geographies, and sub-industries. Fintech is central to a16z’s investment strategy. In recent years, the firm has not only shored up its presence in more familiar sectors like banking, but also reached deeper into newer territory like blockchain.
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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.
Accenture
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
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.
American Banker
OCTOBER 9, 2023
The Fed's meteoric increase in the federal funds rate over the last 18 months has left banks holding billions in unproductive investment securities. Helping them would be good for the economy.
The Paypers
JUNE 21, 2023
US-based Mastercard has filed a trademark application for several cryptocurrency and blockchain-related tools reinforcing the company's interest in the crypto sector.
Payments Dive
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The network is advancing technologies to let consumers and businesses more easily use its cards, after doubling the number of merchants that accept them over the past five years.
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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
The Banker
JUNE 1, 2023
Bank runs will always happen, but there are ways lenders can limit the damage, writes Etay Katz.
The Financial Brand
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
This article Making Banking Frictionless: The Rise of Embedded Finance appeared first on The Financial Brand. What does it take to be successful with an embedded finance strategy? And what do nonbank platform partners value most? IBM research offers some insight. This article Making Banking Frictionless: The Rise of Embedded Finance appeared first on The Financial Brand.
Cisco
JANUARY 10, 2023
As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results. Ending a chaotic 2022 with the Federal Reserve in their December meeting raising interest rates to control inflation another 50 basis points following four consecutive 75 basis point
TheGuardian
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Exclusive: Pan-European investigation looked at thousands of transactions since Paris climate agreement in 2016 Banks including some of Europe’s largest lenders have helped fossil fuel companies to raise more than €1tn (£869bn) from the global bond markets since the Paris climate agreement, according to an investigation by the Guardian and its reporting partners.
Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert
In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.
Accenture
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The years-long ISO 20022 journey has achieved a major milestone this year: it is now being used for cross-border payments. The new standard successfully launched globally in March 2023 with SWIFT CBPR+, and on the European Market Infrastructures of T2 (March 2023), Euro 1 (March 2023) and CHAPS RTGS (June 2023). Early data reveal a… The post Shifting from compliance to value with ISO 20022 appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.
Accenture
OCTOBER 31, 2023
PSD2 helped drive electronic payment and data-sharing volumes while enhancing security. So why is the EU proposing to enhance it with the new Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services Regulations (PSR) package, and what does this entail? 1) Gaps in the regulatory application of PSD2. The new framework will create a consistent regulatory environment… The post EU future-proofs its payments and Open Banking ecosystem with PSD appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.
Accenture
MAY 25, 2023
Disclaimer: ChatGPT did not write our post, but we did ask it for title suggestions and picked our favorite one. Thanks, generative AI! We’re at an inflection point. Every day, we see how artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are mirroring and surpassing human capabilities at generalized skills. Accenture’s recent report, A New Era of Generative AI… The post Breaking Barriers: Exploring How Banks Scale Generative AI for Growth appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.
Payments Dive
APRIL 20, 2023
The dollar value of same-day ACH payments nearly doubled in the first quarter as the volume increased 20.7%, Nacha said this week in a quarterly update.
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