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Banks Won’t Skimp on Technology Spend Despite Bleak Economic Predictions

Bank Innovation

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

PYMNTS

Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Capital One wasn’t far behind at 5.31 percent, up from 4.84

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Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven

PYMNTS

A solution, he told PYMNTS four years ago , that had nothing to do with financial services or lending at all — they were actually studying hiring and figuring out ways to track employability over time with data. Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said.

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Buffett Hungry For Banking Stake In India?

PYMNTS

Is India proving a lure, once again, for the “Oracle of Omaha?” The bank is the third largest, as measured by market capitalization, and has broad reach, as noted above. The bank, which saw its shares surge double digits intraday on the news, has said that it is unaware of that rumored intent.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

PYMNTS

According to reports out earlier this week, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about possibly partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S. The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources.

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10 Big Bank Marketing Lessons from the ABA Bank Marketing Conference

South State Correspondent

It was agreed that too many lines of business, such as treasury management, commercial lending, and commercial deposits, are not utilizing their marketing departments enough, given the tremendous value of their products. The top part of this range seems to be around 10.5%. Bank Marketing Lesson 7: Multicultural Marketing.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Omaha, Neb. I look forward to getting back in front of our regulators, senators and representatives for face-to-face visits to rebuild personal connections and gain their support during this year’s ICBA Capital Summit. ICBA at-large directors (from left). At-large director Mark Hesser, President, Pinnacle Bancorp Inc.,