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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

This all compares to about a 40%+ return invested in improving processes (loan, branch, cash management, etc.) In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground.

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Deep Dive: Digital-First Banks Harness The Power Of Data Analytics

PYMNTS

billion by 2025, with banks of all sizes leveraging such capabilities. Combining this technology with artificial intelligence (AI) can boost customer engagement and have innumerable benefits for FIs of all sizes and types. Big Data analytics reached a market valuation of $29.87 billion in 2019 and is projected to total $62.1

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Flywire Offers BofA Users Upgraded Cross-Border Payments 

PYMNTS

One way we’re doing that is by enhancing our international payments and receipts offerings — that today extends to 140 currencies in more than 150 countries — by adding technological innovations and new trading and risk management solutions,” said Bank of America Global Head of Transactional FX Trading Mike Robertson. “By

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Youth Sports: Don’t Wink At The Ref — Just Pay Them Faster

PYMNTS

Faster payment schemes are advancing worldwide, with the global real-time payments market expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32 percent between 2019 and 2025. As real-time payment schemes spread worldwide, stakeholders need to examine the impact these rails will have on their risk management strategies.

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What are opportunities for accountants to provide advisory services?

Abrigo

Technology, which is allowing more of the processes involved in providing Level 1 services to be automated, is also providing opportunities for public accountants to shift to more value-added work that plays on their core competencies, such as critical thinking and problem solving.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders.

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How community banks can address cybercrime

Independent Banker

trillion globally by 2025, according to research agency Cybersecurity Ventures, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners said that 77% of anti-fraud experts reported they had seen more fraud between May and August 2021. “We Here are some ideas for strengthening fraud defenses. By William Atkinson. Cybercrime could cost $10.5