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5 Questions With… KeyBank Consumer and Digital CIO Kim Snipes

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Technology investment at KeyBank is nothing if not dynamic. The Cleveland-based bank had a digitally driven calendar year, partnering with Laurel Road for an online lending platform in March 2021 and acquiring payments fintech XUP Payments in November 2021.

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Fed Sees Possible Path To ‘Direct Issuance’ Of Digital Dollars

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Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech this week that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America. Digital dollars could make the leap from concept to reality, but there might be a few ways to get there.

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How Banks Have Adapted Their Digital Banking Systems To Serve Customers During The Pandemic

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Branch visits are vital to customers’ financial lifestyles, despite mobile and online banking’s growing popularity. One bank working to ensure its in-branch systems match its online capabilities is Cleveland, Ohio-based KeyBank , which operates 1,197 branches across the country and handles more than $137 billion in assets.

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Is ‘Embedded Regulation’ The Key To Stablecoins’ Success?

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“Today, authorities around the world are grappling with the rise of digital currencies and decentralized finance based on both emerging technologies — particularly various combinations of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain and advances in traditional centralized systems underpinning finance,” according to the report.

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Google Pay Now Supports Cards From 13 More US States

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The banks included the Arundel Federal Savings Bank, the Greater Cleveland Community Credit Union, the Greenleaf Wayside Bank, the Lakestone Bank & Trust, the Peoples Bank of Kankakee County and the Sanford Institution for Savings. The technology would let people send money to each other by scanning their phone screens.

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KeyBank On Digitizing In-Person Services With Data Analytics

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The FinTech has enabled free access to its Temenos Learning Community Online platform. Temenos is also providing free access to its online sandbox environment so that banks can test new technologies in a controlled space. Deep Dive: Banks Harness Digital-First Technology To Weather The COVID-19 Storm. About The Tracker.

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Bank of America To Update Branches In Response To Customer Behavior

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The modernized branches will have more interactive technology and a layout that will help customers who need longer visits for more complicated issues. “We As more and more people are handling routine transactions online, banks have been slowly reducing the number of branches they have. It fell from 38 percent to 26 percent in 2016.

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