Perficient

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Forrester Now Tech: Salesforce Consulting Partners, Q1 2021 Report. With our extensive high-tech, healthcare, and manufacturing vertical market focus, we understand how to strategize and create an impactful digital experience using Salesforce for businesses and their customers. Learn More About Perficient.

Report 507

Report Training Strategy Technology 507

Accenture

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Customers can interact via chat and screen sharing to see physical products.” – Best Buy “Piloting a new holistic market approach … to leverage all our assets across…. The post Q2 2021 US retailer payments commentary appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

Retail 221

Retail US Payments Marketing 221

Perficient

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the economic and labor markets, impacting all businesses regardless of their size. If your organization is looking to capitalize on cloud technology in 2021, here are a few trends to keep in mind. The Public Cloud Market Will Surge. Cloud-Native Technology Will Power Digital Transformations.

Technology 348

Technology Trends Software Resources 348

Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2021

As we ring in 2021 and say goodbye to 2020, it’s time to look forward. 2021 will not be very different. So, how will you transform in 2021? There’s no better time to utilize the “new year, new me” mindset and focus on taking your company to the next level and giving your customers a better experience. Hyper-personalization.

Trends 340

Trends Regulation Innovation Company 340

Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

This is a topic on everyone’s top 10 trend list for 2021. Banks will spend a significant amount of time and money in 2021 to create that compelling customer experience. Small businesses remain an untapped marketing opportunity for the financial services industry. Customer Engagement & Experience. Open Banking.

Trends 332

Trends Fintech Customer Experience Innovation 332

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

Regulation 352

Regulation social media Course Apple 352

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Reuters quoted unnamed sources as saying the offering would occur in early 2021, valuing the company at about $30 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 percent to $158.22 on their first trading day.

Marketing 198

Marketing Company Online Management 198

Perficient

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Forrester Now Tech: RPA Services, Q4 2021 Report. Perficient’s listing in this Now Tech includes our geographic presence (90% NA, 10% LATAM), and vertical market focus areas (healthcare, financial services, and automotive). Some have also invested in building intelligent automation accelerators and platforms. “.

Management 508

Management System Report Software 508

Accenture

JUNE 14, 2021

I have discussed Growth Markets and…. The post Setting the stage for the best banking innovations of 2021 appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog. Since then, I look forward to them every year as the industry rewards and celebrates innovation. After a pause in 2020 due to COVID-19, this year’s ceremony brings even more anticipation.

Innovation 221

Innovation Industry Marketing 221

Perficient

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Perficient was recently included as a marketing technology integrator in Gartner’s Marketing Technology Vendor Guide, 2020. According to Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey 2020-2021 , marketing technology currently accounts for 26% of budgets – a larger percentage than media, in-house labor, and agencies.

Technology 322

Technology Marketing Houston Marketing Automation 322

SWBC's LenderHub

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The week began with the continued unwinding of the massive, long-dated Treasury short positions that have roiled the markets and, in large part, caused the 10-year to revisit technical lows in yields, getting as low as 1.41% on Tuesday. Then, October CPI came on Wednesday, and the market went from student body right to student body left.

Marketing 148

Marketing Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

DECEMBER 6, 2021

While equities rallied Monday after the steep selloff on Black Friday, you could feel that the market was spooked and ready to sell-off. Yet another wild one, last week. The week started with further angst over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.

Marketing 147

Marketing Capital 147

SWBC's LenderHub

AUGUST 23, 2021

A combination of relatively hawkish July FOMC minutes and softer global economic reports gave risk markets a slightly negative tone last week. The more hawkish Fed view showed up in the currency markets as the U.S. The labor market continues to recover as initial jobless claims continue to decline. Last Week.

Marketing 148

Marketing Industry Report Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Equity markets decided to look at the glass as half full, last week—keying in on initial reports that the Omicron Covid variant might be very contagious but not as lethal as Delta—and got their rally on. The tech-heavy NASDAQ managed to defy the narrative that it trades with positive interest rate duration, heading up 3.6%

Marketing 148

Marketing Management Report Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

AUGUST 9, 2021

The volatility in rate markets last week was one for the ages. The week was a tale of two markets. The first was the continuation of the punishing rally that has burned shorts and frustrated yield chasers.

Marketing 148

Marketing Course Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the rates markets, more and more participants have begun to accept as fact that the inflationary pressures being experienced in all corners of the economy and most of the world aren’t going away anytime soon. It was a tale of two worlds last week.

Marketing 148

Marketing Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Last week, 2s-30s flattened 20 basis points as the market began to price in inflationary pressures lasting for a period that is more than transitory. Another wild week as we continue to live in “interesting times”. The Treasury yield curve steepening theme suddenly reversed course.

Marketing 148

Marketing Course Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

AUGUST 30, 2021

Both risk and Treasury markets spent most of last week guessing what Fed Chairman Powell was going to say when he spoke at the annual Fed summit at Jackson Hole, WY, then reacting to the actual address on Friday. Chairman Powell provided what can be called a “dovish taper”.

Marketing 147

Marketing Policies Data Capital 147

SWBC's LenderHub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Meanwhile, Friday’s huge non-farm payroll miss sent shivers through risk markets. The Commodity Research Bureau Raw Material Index ended the week less than one percent from its all-time high.

Marketing 147

Marketing Capital 147

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the year 2021 will not be a normal year off to a normal start, meaning the “see it to believe it” part of CES will be a bit different. But much of the smart home innovations presented at CES, Digital Trends reports, will likely come care of smaller independent players looking to stake a claim in the fast-emerging market.

Las Vegas 253

Las Vegas Innovation System Technology 253

SWBC's LenderHub

JULY 6, 2021

Impervious to bad news, such as the spread of the “Delta Variant,” further Fed speak on tapering, warnings of impending doom from market sages, and continued signs of inflation, the stocks party on. Last Week: Equities continued to grind higher with the S&P 500 managing to set new all-time highs every day of the week.

Marketing 148

Marketing Management Report Capital 148

SWBC's LenderHub

MAY 10, 2021

Last Week: In an action-packed week, the equity markets continued the big equity rotation trade where the high-flying “Big Tech” and “Fintech Disrupter” stocks lost more ground to value stocks, such as banks. A good example of the activity could be found in two Exchange Traded Funds.

Marketing 148

Marketing Examples Innovation Fintech 148

SWBC's LenderHub

MARCH 29, 2021

The Treasury market survived another supply deluge as the Treasury auctioned off approximately $180 billion in debt (two-year, five-year, and seven-year). Last Week: Last week saw the resumption of the rotation trade in equities as large-cap value stocks outperformed small-cap and growth stocks.

Marketing 147

Marketing Capital 147

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This makes Coinbase the first major bitcoin company to go for the public markets, WSJ reported. The IPO, which is set to be a major one for 2021, signals the wider acceptance of bitcoin. It is the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. There are other crypto companies that trade publicly in the U.S.,

Bitcoin 271

Bitcoin cryptocurrency Massachusetts Report 271

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. So which merger was the best in 2021? Doug Larson. THE BANKER AWARDS.

Fintech 148

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 148

SWBC's LenderHub

JUNE 17, 2021

The municipal bond market took a wild ride in the first half of the year to near-historic levels of richness versus Treasuries that is rarely seen, and the environment is ripe for the second half of the year to take it even further.

Marketing 139

Marketing Taxes Capital 139

SWBC's LenderHub

MAY 3, 2021

Notable market participants such as Jeff Gundlach and David Einhorn disagree. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting showed a Fed that has every intention to let the economy run hot, even as inflationary readings pick up. The Fed views the spikes we are seeing in commodities and other production inputs as “transitory.”

Marketing 135

Marketing Meeting Capital 135

SWBC's LenderHub

JUNE 28, 2021

It appears that real money buying and fast money short-covering of Treasuries has abated as supply continues to flood the market. The Treasury conducted massive two-year, five-year, and seven-year auctions, which were received fairly well.

Marketing 133

Marketing Dallas Data Capital 133

SWBC's LenderHub

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The sell-off in rates has been orderly, so far, as we have not seen much forced duration selling yet from the mortgage market. The 10-year Treasury jumped 13 basis points, while the two-year remained firmly anchored.

Marketing 136

Marketing Capital 136

SWBC's LenderHub

JANUARY 19, 2021

While 2020 started out as a difficult year for Municipal Bonds, those investors that were nimble and not ruled by fear, ended up having a good—if not a great—year. The spike in Municipal Yields during the first quarter ended up being a significant buying opportunity for individual bonds and structured products.

Marketing 148

Marketing Capital 148

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, the Fed raised the projection for the 2021 real GDP forecast to 4.2 By 2021, the unemployment rate is estimated to fall to around 5 percent. The last estimate for 2021 was also higher at 5.5 The last estimate for 2021 was also higher at 5.5 percent from the 4 percent previously expected.

Examples 242

Examples Report Marketing 242

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

The global mobile wallet market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 35.5 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. Research and Markets’ assessment of the mobile wallet market meshes with what Technavio , the research firm, found about the mobile wallet market.

Mobile 155

Mobile Marketing Retail Strategy 155

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And as the dust settles and the 2021 predictions are rolling in, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster that after the powerful boost instant payments got this year, 2021 is looking like the year they will evolve into their 2.0 Making The Jump To Instant And Digital . We're also seeing it move internationally.

Payments 303

Payments Fintech Cards Customer Experience 303

SWBC's LenderHub

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Last week was mostly about the Fed’s FOMC December meeting, until it was not! The week started with November PPI coming in red-hot. The narrative was set for a more hawkish Fed in 2022 as the realization set in that inflation was not transitory and stronger medicine was needed.

Marketing 148

Marketing Meeting Capital 148