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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

Abrigo

The ThinkBIG 2024 conference is June 3-6 in Phoenix, Arizona, and with 99% of last year’s attendees saying they would recommend the conference to others, Abrigo expects another large crowd. The 2024 ThinkBIG conference offers two conference tracks along with larger general sessions that will set financial institutions up for success.

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Beautycounter Embraces D2C Innovation With Purpose

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No matter how innovative they are, companies still need to get paid. And not many companies this year have combined business model creativity with payments innovation more than Beautycounter. While all the innovations and the business awards are nice to have, Renfrew is most proud of her work as a beauty industry activist.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

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As disruptive innovation finds a home in banking, the industry anticipates a surge in technology’s ability to drive tangible business outcomes. M&A Dynamics Last year, we left AOBA noting that most bankers were optimistic about deals picking up later in 2023 and that the chances of a raging 2024 were strong.

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Senators Propose $2.2B AI Investment

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billion toward federal research and development (R&D), and create a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The funding would be spread out over the next five years to federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and others.

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Safeguarding new banking products from fraud

Abrigo

However, with all innovation comes great responsibility, especially when it comes to safeguarding those new products against fraud. It is no secret that the significant increase in fraud is one of the biggest concerns financial institutions face today. Fraud scams and bank fraud schemes resulted in $485.6 This takes discipline and time.

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Increasing Digital Banking Options Put Pressure On Big Lenders To Adapt

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At a time of increased consumer use and acceptance of the new COVID-era digital lifestyle, the pressure is mounting on large, legacy lenders to accelerate their innovations – or become obsolete. billion people – will likely be using online and mobile banking services by 2024.

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Faster Payment Becomes A Federal Case

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service, expected by 2024 as a national fast payments platform available to the public. Federal Reserve is hardly alone in envisioning a national fast payments/rapid settlements system. Sensing that existing fast payments are not accessible enough, the Fed proposed the FedNow? Public vs. Private RTP. RTP and Ubiquity.

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