Tue.Aug 25, 2020

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Perficient WIT Group Shares Advice for Women Taking a Job in Technology

Perficient

Perficient Colleagues Share How to Build a Successful Career in Technology. We recently asked the Women in Tech group at Perficient what advice they would give for a woman hoping to build a career in the technology industry and their thoughtful advice was both inspirational and actionable. . Demonstrate Expertise. Laura Kenny, talent acquisition boordinator.

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Cashless shouldn't leave underbanked behind

Payments Dive

Cash and digital payments shouldn't be mutually exclusive, according to Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships, North America at PPRO. He shares his thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted cashless society and why it shouldn't leave behind the unbanked.

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[Webinar Recording] The Secret to Acquiring and Retaining Customers in Financial Services

Perficient

Recently, Perficient’s Scott Albahary , Chief Strategist of Financial Services, and Arvind Murali , Chief Strategist of Data Governance, presented a webinar that discussed what it takes for banks and insurance companies to acquire and retain customers. The key, they say, is to create a 360-degree view of customers. Without a holistic view, a company can never truly personalize advice and offers, resulting in lost opportunities.

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Cash or cashless: The flaws in today’s payments debate

Payments Dive

Cash and digital payments don’t have to be mutually exclusive; this is not a zero-sum game as the two payment options can exist together.

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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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Sitecore 10 – The Dawning of a New Containerized Day

Perficient

Sitecore 10.0 made its way into the world a few weeks back. While it wasn’t a dramatic user-facing major release, it was a massive release for Sitecore becoming more cloud-native and looking ahead to the future of the Sitecore development experience. Cloud-Native? You may be asking, what does “cloud-native” mean? Well, for that, we can turn to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation who defines “cloud-native” as the following: Cloud native technologies empower organizations to build and run sca

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Oracle EBS Direct Connect Configuration in OneStream

Perficient

As mentioned in part one , the four types of data integrations are delimited file, fixed file, data management, and data connector. In this blog, I will explain how to set up a direct connect that will pull data into OneStream from an external data source without the need for a file. This article assumes that your cube and dimensions are already configured and set up in OneStream, your external data source is Oracle EBS, you have familiarity with business rules (VB.NET), and you have read part o

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Pandemic losses make merchants more receptive to credit card surcharging

Payments Source

Advocates of allowing merchants to add a surcharge to defray the cost of credit card interchange have had to overcome network bureaucracy, state laws and even ingrained habits among the merchants themselves.

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Key Components/Calculations for Spark Memory Management

Perficient

Different organizations will have different needs for cluster memory management. For the same, there is no set of recommendations for resource allocation. Instead, it can be calculated from the available cluster resources. In this blog post, I will discuss best practices for YARN resource management with the optimum distribution of Memory, Executors, and Cores for a Spark Application within the available resources.

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Banks, Sports Sponsorships and COVID: Three Ways to Win

ABA Community Banking

By Martha Bartlett Piland ollege football won’t happen this fall on most campuses, as a handful of major athletic conferences continue to wrangle the issue. Major League Baseball is back. Sort of. And Yogi Berra was prescient when he said “the future ain’t what it used to be.” If your institution is banking on sports [.]. The post Banks, Sports Sponsorships and COVID: Three Ways to Win appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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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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The money that kept moving in the pandemic

Payments Source

Brad Windbigler, treasurer at Western Union, talks to us about how the company navigated the challenges of the pandemic — particularly as the global nature of its network meant it had to contend with moving money across parts of the world that recovered at vastly different rates from one another.

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FIS Launches Community Banking Subscription Service

Banking Exchange

FIS has announced a subscription-based core banking solution, ClearEdge, that aims to grant U.S. community banks access to more advanced banking infrastructures Community Banking Payments Core Systems Feature3 Feature.

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Cards, automation can help B2B clear cash flow clutter

Payments Source

Extending more digital pay can help integrations with other functions such as enterprise resource planning, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.

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Wither The Coin of the Realm

SWBC's LenderHub

The mighty U.S. Dollar, the coin of the realm (where the “realm” is the entire world), appears shaky for the first time in a long time. Replacements like the Euro, Yen, or crypto are periodically offered up (forget the Chinese Yuan, as it is not even a freely-floating, deliverable currency). At the end of the day, just about anything vital and strategic that a nation needs trades in U.S.

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Why Is CRE Lending Stuck in the Past? Top 3 Reasons for Digital Resistance

Commercial lending is on the verge of a resurgence, but traditional processes are an obstacle. Explore the top 3 reasons for resistance to digital transformation and how overcoming them can pave the way for growth and efficiency. Discover why embracing automation and digital solutions is crucial for success in today's competitive landscape. Discover how GoDocs helps commercial lenders in the digital era with seamless integration and a borrower-focused approach.

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Jack Ma’s Ant Group files for IPO in Hong Kong and Shanghai

Payments Source

Billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong and Shanghai to bankroll its expansion in financial services and bolster its lead as China’s largest online payments platform.

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Are Credit Card Issuers Failing Customers?

Banking Exchange

Users are staying with their providers but are unhappy at how they have been treated during the pandemic, JD Power found Retail Banking Fair Lending Feature3 Feature Customers Cards.

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Asset managers looking for tech guidance

Bobsguide

Over the past few months, asset managers have been attempting to benefit from the volatility that has characterised markets. Much of their capabilities have leveraged technology over the past decade – a narrative that looks set to become more entrenched in the months and years to come.

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Why TD Bank Paid $122M to Settle CFPB Claims

Banking Exchange

The consumer regulator said the bank misled consumers over the terms of a debit card service – but TD disputes this Compliance Retail Banking Feature3 Feature Customers Cards.

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Register Now: Sneak Peek Into Close Automation SkyStem Web Demo

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, email, and shared drives no longer have to slow us down. Join us as we present a "sneak peek" recorded demo of SkyStem's month-end close solution – ART. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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Seven states and D.C. file lawsuit challenging FDIC “Madden fix” rule

CFPB Monitor

Three weeks after California, Illinois and New York sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to enjoin its final rule purporting to override the Second Circuit’s Madden decision as to national banks and federal savings associations, in a complaint filed on August 20, 2020 in the same California federal district court, California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina have sued the FDIC to enjoin its similar rule as

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BaaS Specialist Moov Lands $5.5m Investment

Banking Exchange

Iowa-based fintech Moov Financial is to expand its engineering team and accelerate product development after landing $5.5 million from investors Management Feature Feature3.

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Artificial intelligence and banking: Why representation matters

BankInovation

When we think of artificial intelligence, the first things that usually come to mind are depictions from popular culture. Star Wars’ R2D2. Knight Rider’s KITT. 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Hal. Artificial intelligence (AI), however, doesn’t just exist in futuristic movies. It’s already a part of the way we live, shop, work and bank. Rather than […].

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Three reasons why retail consumers use Bitcoin

ATM Marketplace

Bitcoin has been a part of the financial marketplace for some time and has grown in popularity, especially amongst millennials and the unbanked. Marc Gren, co-founder and president of DigitalMint shares his thoughts on this topic.

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Top 10 Benefits of Automating Loan Modifications for Commercial Lenders

Get ready for the wave of $1.2 trillion in commercial debt maturing in the next 24 months with GoDocs' ModDocs® platform. Traditional loan modifications are slow, expensive, and prone to errors, which put lenders at risk. But with ModDocs®, you can enjoy an innovative solution that eliminates attorney fees, allows on-the-fly loan modifications, and ensures compliance.

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COVID-19's digital shift made shoppers more valuable, even as finances suffered

Payments Source

Amid the economic and health wreckage the COVID-19 global pandemic has created, payments have stepped to the forefront in a way that has allowed banks, merchants and consumers to not only continue to do business, but also to increase communication.

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Co-operative Bank to cut 350 jobs and close 18 branches across UK

TheGuardian

Bank blames impact of Covid-19 and low interest rates for move The Co-operative Bank is to cut 350 jobs and close 18 branches across the UK, as it battles against low interest rates and the economic downturn sparked by the Covid-19 crisis. The job losses represent about 11% of its 3,175 staff, and will mainly affect head office and middle management roles as well as workers at the branches earmarked for closure.

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What does Apple’s purchase of Mobeewave mean for SoftPOS?

Tomorrow's Transactions

Using mobile devices for securing payments has been, and continues to be, a key area of interest for Consult Hyperion and our customers. We have helped many of our clients in this space from: providing advice on the market landscape, advising on security, testing security, developing security architectures, and building solutions. Apple’s purchase of Mobeewave… Continue reading What does Apple’s purchase of Mobeewave mean for SoftPOS?

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With a little help from my friends: counter-cyclical capital buffers during the Covid-19 crisis

BankUnderground

Dennis Reinhardt and Carlos van Hombeeck Have post-crisis reforms of banking regulation made banks and lending more resilient to the shock from Covid-19 and if so by how much?

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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.