Tue.Dec 15, 2020

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Driving STEM Education and Career Opportunities through the Perficient Bright Paths Program

Perficient

As a leading digital consultancy with more than 4,500 global colleagues, Perficient is committed to expanding the expertise of each colleague and creating more opportunities for career growth in the communities where we live and work. We recently announced Perficient’s Bright Paths program – a new initiative designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities.

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Smarter bill pay helps retain customers

Payments Dive

A smart bill pay experience is personal for the customer and offers guidance and real-time insights. Brad Jones is Vice President and General Manager of the bill pay solution suite at Fiserv. He shares his insights and thoughts for developing next generation bill pay capabilities.

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Perficient, DTE Energy, and Non-Profit Client Win Respective Creative Awards

Perficient

One award is exciting, but bringing home two awards is out of this world! We are excited to announce that DTE Energy’s Interactive, Energy Efficient Home , and a nonprofit private client have won silver and bronze (respectively) at this year’s Creativity International Design Awards. The Creativity International Design Awards is active in recognizing exceptional design and the designers and innovators who make it happen.

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GoDaddy Agrees To Buy Poynt To Boost Digital Payments Technology

PYMNTS

GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt , which lets businesses sell and accept payments anywhere through its suite of products, according to a press release. GoDaddy plans to pay $320 million in cash at closing, along with $45 million in deferred cash payments subject to various performance and employment standards in the next three years, the release stated.

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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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Language Copy Tool with Sitecore Powershell Extensions (2020 Update)

Perficient

Originally posted in 2018, I’ve decided to update this post as the script has evolved a bit over the years. If you are unfamiliar with Powershell in the Sitecore context, then I highly recommend you check out Sitecore Powershell Extensions. This script, in particular, we have used on multiple projects – and it enables the Content Authoring team to quickly copy languages across multiple content items in bulk.

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OneStream Standard Application Reports

Perficient

At the beginning of December 2020, OneStream Software announced an update to MarketPlace Solution, Standard Application Reports “RPTA”. If you are not familiar with RPTA, this offering is one hundred and twenty reports about the application your organization utilizes to Consolidate, Plan, Reconcile, Report, etc. In this blog, I will discuss the brief upgrade process and a couple of reports an application administrator can use to monitor the close process.

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Amazon Expands Data-Driven Fashion Push

PYMNTS

While apparel sales have been uneven in 2020, as consumers have shown a greater preference for comfy loungewear to haute couture, Amazon’s battle to enter and drive the segment has continued apace. At the end of Q3, Amazon was closing in on $30 billion in gross apparel and footwear sales and within range of finally passing long-time market leader Walmart.

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The current state of cybersecurity for ATMs

Bobsguide

There has been a growing number of cyberattacks against ATMS and central servers, which are the systems that control ATMs. This pressing threat has resulted in the theft of personal data, such as account numbers and pin codes. However, these types of attacks still require further actions to.

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Looping Legal Cannabis Into The World Of Trade Credit

PYMNTS

Payments in the legal cannabis industry is a tricky nut to crack. While the general expectation is that federal legalization is on the horizon, it will take some time for electronic payment rails to open up to legal cannabis businesses, meaning cash is likely to persevere as the dominant transaction method for the short- to medium-term. It's not only consumer transactions that are feeling the pains of an industry reliant on cash, either.

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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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Barclaycard adds virtual Visa card to remote work outreach

Payments Source

Millions of workers are still displaced from offices, pushing financial services designed for the trend, such as Barclaycard Payments' Precisionpay Go app for businesses to issue virtual cards for corporate expenses.

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Study: Manual AR Processes Slow Payments Collection By As Much As 67 Percent

PYMNTS

Paper-based payment processes are slow and costly, and tend to exacerbate existing payment pain points when collecting receivables. This is the key takeaway from a study of 2,203 small to large businesses representing a variety of sectors. The good news, however, is that two-thirds of firms are cognizant of these issues and are actively moving away from manual processes, planning instead to embrace new technological solutions to upgrade their accounts receivable (AR) processes for more efficienc

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GoDaddy to buy Poynt in $320 million-plus payments deal

Payments Source

In a move designed to help small businesses to establish online and offline sales, web platform provider GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt payments services.

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Virtual Cards Streamline, Simplify B2B Healthcare Payments

PYMNTS

The pandemic has left vendors struggling and more concerned than ever that they receive their funds without delay. Buyers, too, are eager for change and need to adopt accounts payable (AP) methods that are easily managed by employees working from home. Frictions like these are pushing more businesses to rethink their legacy approaches to business-to-business (B2B) payments and adopting various digital options for sending money.

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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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Immigrant social app Homeis partners with Remitly, TransferWise as it reaches 1 million users

Payments Source

Homeis, an internet platform that creates social immigrant communities, has partnered with money transfer fintechs Remitly, TransferWise and Afriex as it registers its millionth user.

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BNPL Is Poised To Light Up The COVID Holidays With Affordability

PYMNTS

It’s hard to say which is the best part of buy now, pay later (BNPL). Let’s go with “pay later.”. Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space.

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Discover looks to the future of payments

Payments Source

Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Jason Hanson, Senior Vice President of Global Business Development and Acceptance at Discover, about the trends shaping the future of digital payments.

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WEX Wraps Up Acquisitions Of B2B Payment Firms eNett, Optal

PYMNTS

WEX Inc. said on Tuesday (Dec. 15) said it has wrapped up its previously announced deal to buy eNett, which is a B2B payment solution provider, and Optal, a firm that focuses on optimizing B2B transactions. WEX paid an overall roughly $577.5 million in consideration from cash on hand, according to an announcement. With the deal, WEX is growing its leadership suite inside the travel and business solutions area.

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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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Contactless payments provide protection for both businesses and consumers

Payments Source

Tokenization, click to pay and other advancements boost efficiency and safety, says the Electronic Payments Coalition's Jeff Tassey.

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Barclaycard Debuts New Virtual Card Platform

PYMNTS

Barclaycard is launching a new program, Barclaycard Precisionpay Go, to let companies issue virtual cards for employees' online purchases, according to a press release. The offering is touted in the release as a way to offer "convenience, choice and flexibility" for remote workforces and help employers keep track of visibility for expense management through a mobile app.

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Amazon's PayFort changes brand to Amazon Payment Services

Payments Source

Amazon-owned PayFort has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services and will offer installment payments to the markets it serves in the Middle East and North Africa.

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China’s Central Bank Tells Merchants To Accept Cash

PYMNTS

The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is looking to close the widening digital divide and has warned merchants that they must accept cash or face disciplinary action, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Dec. 15). Most businesses in China have gone digital and some have stopped taking cash altogether, in part due to the coronavirus, but also as a means of cost control and user demand.

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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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M&A in Australia reveals an anxiety over foreign payment empires

Payments Source

Two large deals happened this week in Australia to build scale against international financial services encroachment from card schemes and cross-border financial services — a concern that's cropping up in several nations.

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Real-Time Innovators Bring Data To Corporates

PYMNTS

Real-time rails continue to gain traction as solution providers debut new tools wielding existing instant payment infrastructure to enhance their offerings to business customers. Increasingly, those value-added services are not only focusing on speed of payment, but also enhancing the data that end-users can access about their transactions, with new solutions from Bank of America and Scotiabank some of the latest to bring real-time rails to corporates.

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How has 2020 elevated the cashless conversation?

ATM Marketplace

What will 2021 look like for those in the ATM industry? Due to the pandemic, people who had never banked digitally migrated to online shopping, concerned for their health. Will these customers ever come back? Marius Costin, head of EMEA high velocity and US Sales at PayU shares his thoughts and insights on this issue.

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Deep Dive: Why Seamless Payments Are Key To Customer Engagement During The Pandemic

PYMNTS

Keeping consumers invested and engaged is an eternal challenge for retailers. Merchants must constantly reevaluate their customer-targeting efforts to suit the latest commerce developments, and many are pivoting from brick-and-mortar advertising to focus their outreach online or via social media channels. The pandemic is accelerating this digital shift, sending merchants scrambling to meet consumers’ rapidly fluctuating shopping and payment behaviors.

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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.