Fri.Aug 14, 2020

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Salesforce 101: Introduction to the Fastest Growing CRM.

Perficient

New to Salesforce? Thinking about developing your skills? Welcome to a quick introduction to Salesforce and how you can start your own learning path with Trailhead. The Advantages of the Cloud. Founded in 1999 by former Oracle executives Mark Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, and Frank Dominguez as a software as a service (SaaS) company, Salesforce has become the fastest growing CRM in the world.

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Virtual prepaid incentives: the new way to drive customer traffic and engagement

Payments Dive

Fintech, daVinci Payments, has introduced the industry’s first loyalty and acquisition engine, the Payment Accelerator, that can boost customer engagement through texted virtual offers.

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The Sixth Key Commitment of Revenue Resilience – We Need Hospitals to Adapt

Perficient

Series Authors: Tom Kiesau , Dr. Sam Bhatia , Paul Griffiths. This series explores the uncomfortable reality that this adaptation will likely span a longer period than the authors believe has been widely expected. Three leading organizations — Salesforce , Perficient , and The Chartis Group — have come together to share bright spots within the healthcare community that can point the way to building the necessary capacity to adapt.

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China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses

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China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans unpaid. Now, Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the nation’s top banking regulator, said investors have been saddled with more than 800 billion yuan ($115 billion) in debt from the failed platforms, Bloomberg News reported.

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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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DTE Energy and Perficient Win Creative Awards for Interactive Virtual Home

Perficient

Perficient takes pride in the work we do as we partner with clients to create exceptional experiences for their end customers and internal teams. We love to use our CX strategy, design, and development expertise to help companies achieve their goals and engage with their customers. Earning outside recognition for the work we do is the cherry on top.

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Teams Governance and Automation – Take A Teams First Approach

Perficient

Teams governance can be overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re doing or new to Teams. I recently spoke at a webinar with Chris Barber in a webinar titled “Teams Governance & Automation.” We discussed the Teams platform and the teams application platform. Teams has arrived at a time where users are ready for a tool that combines the power of communication and collaboration.

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How Treasurers Are Guiding Firms Through The eCommerce Revolution

PYMNTS

The eCommerce landscape is shifting on multiple fronts, with sellers embracing digital channels and adjusting their business models to a new reality of customer demands. Disruption is hitting both the B2C and B2B arenas, and while it would seem they are two opposite ends of the spectrum, these ecosystems share commonalities in the kinds of trends that force sellers to modernize their market strategies.

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Register to Hear About Our Customer Intelligence Framework for Financial Services Companies

Perficient

In a race to gather, analyze, identify, and personalize messaging for customers to capture, acquire, and maintain customer relationships, organizations need a clear vision and strategy about their customers. There are two parts of that strategy: Customer experience with an emphasis on design and empathy. Customer intelligence with an emphasis on analytics and data.

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Fed Exploring ‘Hypothetical’ Digital Currency

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Digital dollars on the horizon? Maybe – but first comes a focus on policy. A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. In a speech delivered by webcast at the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Innovation Office Hours, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said that t

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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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Embracing a User Guided Experience with OneStream Task Manager

Perficient

OneStream’s Financial Task Management (UTM) solution is a web-based platform that provides customers with a central location for managing period closing activities for their entire organization. Task Manager is made up of activities called “Tasks”. These tasks can include all standard monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reporting tasks that have been identified by an organization’s finance team.

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Mastercard Partners With Pollinate To Help Banks Serving SMBs

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To provide banks serving small- to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) throughout the globe with the newest technology and insights, Mastercard and Pollinate have agreed to a strategic partnership. The collaboration comes after Mastercard’s investment in the company last year, according to a Friday (Aug. 14) announcement. “Our work with Pollinate and the wider issuer and acquirer solutions ecosystem supports our collective goal to offer digital payment solutions for small- and medium-size businesse

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Payments industry should be worried by Fortnite suing Google — not Apple

Payments Source

Epic, the maker of Fortnite, is suing Apple and Google for forcing app makers to hand over a 30% cut of their revenue to the tech giants. The grievance against Apple is pretty clear-cut; the attack on Google is more nuanced, and could have major consequences for the payments industry.

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Citi Wants Revlon Lenders To Return $900M Paid In Error

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Citigroup Inc. paid nearly $900 million by mistake to Revlon Inc. lenders due to a clerical error and wants its money back, Bloomberg News reported. While some of Revlon’s lenders returned the cash, others are refusing to return the money to Citi after they received funds from the bank equal to the amount of a Revlon loan plus interest, sources told the news service.

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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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Keeping it clean: Taking a look at sanitizing and disinfecting hard surfaces

ATM Marketplace

A variety of sanitation solutions have been introduced in response to COVID-19, challenging self-service equipment providers looking to prevent the spread of the virus.

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Coinbase Offers Bitcoin Cash Loans Of Up To $20K In 17 US States

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Coinbase, the digital currency exchange, will offer bitcoin-backed cash loans to select customers as early as next month, the San Francisco-based company announced on its blog this week. Customers in 17 states have been invited to join the waitlist to borrow up to 30 percent of their bitcoin holdings. The maximum loan is $20,000 at 8 percent for one year with no credit check.

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Online Savings Account Rates Falling to All-Time Lows - Alternatives?

BankDeals

Ally Bank and other online banks have lowered their savings account rates to all-time lows. There are a few alternatives for savers to consider.

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Deep Dive: How The Pandemic Is Prompting A Fresh Look At AP Processes

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic downturn have placed new strains on corporate buyers that could persuade them to more quickly replace manual AP processes with digital ones. Companies that relied on local AP processes were caught flat-footed by the public health need for employees to work remotely whenever possible. These legacy practices became much harder to maintain under such constraints.

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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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Weekly Wrap: AmEx eyes Kabbage and mobile adoption spikes

BankInovation

American Express and Kabbage made headlines this week with reports the card company is looking to acquire the fintech for $850 million. Industry thinkers point out Kabbage could provide AmEx with a strong technology platform and the ability to reach new clients. Big banks, meanwhile, spoke with Bank Innovation about the spikes in mobile adoption they […].

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Alibaba’s Ant Group Produces Preparatory Regulatory Filing For Intended IPO

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Ahead of an intended initial public offering (IPO), Alibaba Group Holding’s Ant Group has conducted a preliminary filing with the securities watchdog of China, Reuters reported. CSC Financial and CICC are advising the firm on a domestic listing, Reuters reported, citing a notice released on the website of the China Securities Regulatory Commission’s Zhejiang Regulatory Bureau.

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INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL: Credit Cards With Contactless KYC

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With the contactless KYC process, you get freedom from having to physically meet bank representatives and signing physical documents. Everything is 100% online. Happy Independence Day, fellow country people! As we celebrate our nation’s 74 th Independence Day today, it’s high time we bid farewell to never-ending paperwork and meetings with bank representatives required to complete Credit Card applications.

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TemperPack CEO On An eCommerce Shipping Future Free Of Styrofoam

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Plastic foam has managed to spend nearly eight decades at the top of the packaging market despite the fact that it’s annoyingly squeaky and crumbles under the slightest pressure. And it turns Christmas morning into a chance to fight with “those disgusting little Styrofoam worms that take forever to pick up,” as Karen Webster put it in a conversation with TemperPack Co-Founder and CEO Brian Powers.

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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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How financial services firms can secure their WFH networks

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As the coronavirus continues to haunt the human race, many companies worldwide have stretched out their work from home (WFH) arrangements—some of them permanently. Technology giants are leading the way back home, as companies including Twitter, Square, and Facebook roll out variations of.

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Initialized Capital Management’s Fifth Fund Notches $230M

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Initialized Capital Management has notched $230 million for Initialized V , the California venture firm’s fifth fund, which is geared toward backing early-stage companies, Bloomberg reported. Initialized Capital Management Co-Founder Garry Tan told Bloomberg, “We love finding tomorrow’s unicorns.”. The fund intends to invest in roughly 45 startups during the three years to come, and it will be geared toward seed investing.

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In a rush to contactless pay, cash should be protected

Payments Source

The seemingly positive embrace of contactless payments raises important questions about how we can safeguard access to cash, especially for the most vulnerable members of society, says Moorwand's Luc Geuriane.

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Jumia Encounters New eCommerce Rivals In Africa Amid Pandemic

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As the coronavirus has led to greater popularity of eCommerce deliveries, Jumia Technologies AG is encountering new rivalry from upstarts in the online shopping and transportation space in Africa. Sacha Poignonnec , the co-chief executive officer of the company, told Bloomberg that more rivalry is to be greeted warmly, since there are not many individuals in the area who make transactions via the web.

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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.