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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. A critical takeaway from the conference was the changing nature of small business needs and the changing nature of the small bank persona.

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Latin America Tries To Tackle Its Digital Security Problem

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But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Evidence of that comes from Swift’s Latin America Regional Conference , held earlier this month in Miami. Fraud is a Top Worry.

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Latin America Enjoys A Boost In Its Digital Prospects

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What will it take to make Latin America more digital — in payments, commerce, FinTech or even healthcare? Cash remains king in the region, with about two-thirds of consumers in Latin America preferring that payment method over credit, according to estimates. Healthcare seems likely to play a role.

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Fides Hires Mark O’Toole to Head Sales and Strategic Business Development in North America

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the global leader in multibank connectivity and communications, has announced the expansion of its business development team, hiring Mark O’Toole to head its expansion efforts in North America. I am excited to have Mark onboard to drive Fides business growth in North America,” said Kaufmann. Fides Treasury Services Ltd. ,

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JPMorgan, BoA Lead US Bank Tech Spending

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New research from UBS points to the largest spenders on bank technology: JPMorgan and Bank of America. banks’ technology budgets and explores which institutions are spending the most on innovation, using transcripts from conference calls, internal bank data released by the institutions and data from FactSet to reach its conclusions.

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U.S. CEOs Rank Cybersecurity As Biggest External Threat

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According to a new survey by The Conference Board, U.S.-based The survey, which The Conference Board conducts annually, polls more than 800 CEOs and 600 additional C-Suite executives in the U.S., Among the regions that ranked a recession as the biggest risk were Japan, China and Latin America. Asia and Europe.

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Pfizer, BioNTech Vaccine News Boosts Interest Rates And Bank Share Prices

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9) in remarks at a conference, according to the FT. Morgan Chase and Bank of America, both of which jumped 14 percent on Monday, before edging down by less than a percent Tuesday morning (Nov. Regional banks like Comerica and M&T Bank also posted big gains, rising 20 per cent and 25 per cent, respectively, with Comerica up.37