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Merchants And The Big Retail Reset

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McNicoll said the quick gains aren’t surprising, as physical retail stores essentially closed down worldwide for months. Consumers are shopping online more, going to ATMs and using cash less, and showing an increased preference for contactless payments – and McNicoll thinks much of this shift will be permanent.

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Retail banking trends to look out for in 2023

Independent Banker

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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With $640M Deal, Equifax 'Kounts' The Ways To Combat Online Fraud  

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That network, in combination with Equifax, will use advanced technologies to connect data “signals” that stem from 32 billion online interactions, five billion annual transactions and 17 billion unique devices across the globe, as the company said in its announcement tied to the acquisition. The deal is anticipated to close in Q1 of 2021.

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Is India’s ATM Disappearing Act A Digital Payments Boon?

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News came this week that as many as half of the ATMs that dot the country’s landscape may be shuttered by March of 2019. The estimate is courtesy of the Confederation of ATM Industry (CATMi), which focuses on the domestic ATM industry. million ATMs across India, per data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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Bank of America’s New Mobile App Unveils Cardless ATM Withdrawals and PFM Tool

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Bank of America’s mobile app got a makeover today with a set of new features including a cardless ATM option. The cardless ATM option maybe the most interesting […]. On Wednesday, the bank announced a slew of new features in an effort to enhance the banking experience of its 23 million mobile app users.

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How FIs Counter Online Debit And Credit Card Skimming

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Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Responding Rapidly.

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The Role Of ATMs In Bank Omnichannel Strategy

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Pundits prophesy a cashless society — and indeed, vast swaths of consumers are migrating to digital and mobile channels for many of their banking needs, as shown by a decline in the number of brick-and-mortar retail bank branches. Since smartphones haven’t learned how to print paper money, people still must turn to ATMs for that.

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