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How to reduce risk and save cash with Pull-ACH

Payments Dive

Finance leaders are in a unique position to reduce costs and increase revenue by evolving payment processes.

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The time for generative AI in commercial banking is now

Accenture

Spring is a time when most people, bankers included, take a fresh look at the challenges they face and tackle them with renewed vigor. Commercial banking should be on this year’s spring-cleaning list. While it is often the bank’s largest revenue generator, its processes continue to be highly manual, constraining the potential for profit growth.… The post The time for generative AI in commercial banking is now appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Real-time consumer payments need standards to rise

Payments Dive

To make instant payments a reality for consumers, the payments industry must work together to develop a common framework for the transactions, top industry executives say.

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Optimizing small business lending: Best practices and strategies

Abrigo

Boost your small business lending efforts from the bottom up Small businesses play a crucial role in our economy, and one of the critical factors in their success is access to funding. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Your loan policy sets the tone for the institution's approach to risk appetite, risk tolerance, lending philosophy, and organization of the lending function.

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Elevating Accounting Practices: The Power of Outsourcing and Automation in the Digital Age

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Pay-by-bank holds promise

Payments Dive

“The value proposition of pay-by-bank is clear: merchants win from drastically lower payment costs and consumers win from lower prices,” writes one fintech executive.

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Tech agility is key for M&A, Fiserv exec says

BankInovation

Financial institutions that have gained agility through long-term technology investments are better prepared to complete mergers and acquisitions with limited client disruption. Technology integration during M&A activity is a customer-centric issue for banks, Danny Baker, vice president of market strategy at technology provider Fiserv, told Bank Automation News.

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Proposed credit card fee rules will benefit retailers, not consumers

American Banker

Big national retailers will capture all the financial benefits from proposed reductions in swipe fees, while consumers will be left with fewer benefits programs and less secure transactions.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Digital Transformation: Accelerating ROI and Growth in Commercial Lending

Now is the time for lenders to prioritize their digital transformation initiatives in preparation for the lending rebound. Rising competition and ever-increasing customer demands for speed and efficiency are forcing financial institutions to embrace digital transformation. This shift can feel overwhelming—where do you begin? This infographic illustrates automation demands and shows you how loan document automation serves as an essential step to increase profits and provide the best lending exper

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Rethinking card issuing in an age of fintech disruption

ATM Marketplace

Banks face challenges in modernizing card issuing to keep up with new competitors. Fintech disruptors and evolving consumer preferences could affect existing revenue streams, prompting urgency in card modernization.

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Global Payments to wrap review soon

Payments Dive

The payments processor plans to finish an assessment of operations in the next few months, aiming to streamline its business and pare units it can’t scale.

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Mastercard, Visa tap AI for fraud solutions

BankInovation

Card giants Mastercard and Visa leaned into AI and generative AI for fraud detection in the first quarter. “We continue to enhance our solutions with generative AI to deliver even more value,” Chief Executive Michael Miebach said during Mastercard’s May 1 earnings call.

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Dividends payments soar globally as worker pay stagnates

TheGuardian

Shareholder payouts grew 14 times faster than wages over past three years, says Oxfam report Shareholders have proved to be more successful at securing bumper payouts than workers have at winning higher pay, according to two studies that show dividends outstripping wages by a considerable margin in recent years. Oxfam said analysis of global data showed that dividend payments to shareholders over the last three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies.

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The State of Automation in Financial Services 2024 Report

In this report, you’ll find a comprehensive analysis of survey responses from executives at banks, credit unions, and insurance companies concerning their organization’s current and future use of automation. The report’s key insights include: Which types of automation are saving organizations the most time and money How to overcome the biggest barriers to automation implementation and adoption Why automation investments will continue to grow over the next few years How much you could save in 202

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Three Reasons Transportation Factors Must Automate Operations

Jack Henry

Funding broker clients is challenging. Working around common obstacles – everything from error-prone manual processes to communications breakdowns – can significantly impact efficiency, which in turn significantly impacts profitability. That’s where automation comes in.

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Press Release: BankBazaar Marks Third Year of Growth; Hits Rs. 215 Crore Revenue

BankBazaar

BankBazaar.com, India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online platform for free Credit Score, marks its third consecutive year of fast and sustainable growth, with an unaudited operating revenue of Rs.215 Crore in FY24. This growth trajectory is driven by the company’s new and existing strategic partnerships for co-branded Credit Cards with leading commercial banks.

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US inches forward on real-time payments: report

Payments Dive

“Real-time payments are still in their infancy in the U.S., accounting for only a 1.5% share of the total payments volume in 2023,” ACI Worldwide said.

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AI-powered avatars: Next stage in banking CX?

ATM Marketplace

Digital avatars, could hold the key to unleashing a new era of AI-powered excellence in customer service, especially at the digital banking level.

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2024 Lending Outlook: Innovations and Evolutions in the Financial Sector

As we step into 2024, the lending landscape evolves rapidly with technology, regulations, and market dynamics driving change. For banks and financial institutions to stay competitive and meet the evolving needs of their customers, these drivers must be understood and engaged with. Lenders can anticipate significant transformation fueled by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors.

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Goldman Sachs to scrap cap on bonuses for hundreds of UK staff

TheGuardian

Changes will allow the investment bank’s star performers to earn up to 25 times their annual salary Goldman Sachs has told hundreds of its top UK bankers that it is eradicating a cap on bonuses, in a move that will allow its star performers to earn up to 25 times their annual salary. Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, made the announcement during a video message to staff on Thursday.

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Pay Your Way to Better Financial Health

Jack Henry

For many Americans, these are challenging financial times. Sixty-six million have low to moderate incomes, 51 million grapple with income volatility, and more than seven million are unbanked, navigating today’s troubled waters without the help of a local financial institution. Together, these high-risk households pay more than $250 billion in service fees.

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Are recent deals a sign of bank M&A resurgence?

American Banker

Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.

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Businesses prefer The Clearing House for RTP, Citizens exec says

BankInovation

The Clearing House’s Real Time Payments’ network is gaining mid-market companies as businesses gravitate toward real-time payments. Businesses prefer The Clearing House’s RTP solution because it is established and is used by nearly 67% of U.S.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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The Guardian view on the cost of a cashless society: the most vulnerable will pay | Editorial

TheGuardian

The pandemic accelerated the shift away from notes and coins. But China and others are realising that transition has a price One of the idiosyncrasies of China’s huge appetite for luxury goods has been the high sales of man bags – a niche item in the west. Their popularity initially reflected not just the fondness of the newly rich for conspicuous consumption, but also the practical need to carry large wodges of banknotes in a country that hadn’t truly embraced credit cards.

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National Bank of Iraq goes live with Temenos

The Paypers

The National Bank of Iraq has gone live with Temenos core banking and payments, aiming to develop new products faster and optimise the customer experience.

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Small banks 'feel like hostages' to their core systems: OCC's Hsu

American Banker

A set of panels discussing minority depository institutions and digitization found that cost is a significant challenge to minority depository institutions, especially in the core processing space.

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Stripe unbundles services as industry shifts

Payments Dive

The company’s move to decouple embedded financial services from payment processing means it’s ready to pursue larger customers, analysts said.

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Need Curated Pre-foreclosure Lists to Generate New Real Estate Leads? Trellis Has the Data!

Trellis is a state trial court research and analytics platform that provides Real Estate Professionals (Buyers, Foreclosure, Loan Modification, etc.) with LEADS on Pre-Foreclosures, Lis Pendes, Distressed Assets and more — to help uncover **new** opportunities and grow their business. The process is quick and easy — and all in real time. Trellis will supply you with a link to the relevant dockets, a Leads sheet and access to its UI where applicable.