Wed.Nov 29, 2023

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Achieving Real-Time Fraud Prevention Across Your Teams

Jack Henry

Discover how innovative technologies are reshaping processes and safeguarding against fraudulent activities in our latest FinTalk blog.

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PayPal tackles chargeback fraud

Payments Dive

PayPal is attacking illegitimate customer returns with new policies after a rise in e-commerce activity has fueled that type of fraud across the industry.

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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

South State Correspondent

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. Most national and regional banks allocate marketing resources to recently acquired customers to get them to build deposit balances and purchase other products, while most community banks do not.

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Apple seeks to end Goldman Sachs credit-card partnership: reports

Payments Dive

The proposed winddown would entail the entire consumer partnership, including the savings account that was rolled out this year, sources told The Wall Street Journal.

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5 Things Lenders Need to Know About Portfolio Loans & Their Documentation

Discover the key benefits of portfolio loans and learn how to streamline your lending process with our infographic, "5 Things Lenders Need to Know About Portfolio Loans & Their Documentation." Find out how portfolio loans can maximize borrower potential by consolidating multiple properties under a single loan, reducing paperwork, and lowering closing costs.

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Using A Commercial Step-Up Loan to Increase NIM and Fees

South State Correspondent

Community banks are striving to increase loan yield and maintain their cost of funding (COF). Unfortunately, pressure on COF is expected to remain, and loans will reprice slower than expected as borrowers with below-market rates will wait until the last maturity day to refinance their credits. We have created and used a novel structure to take advantage of the inverted yield curve to allow community banks to increase net interest margin (NIM) and fee income on these existing fixed-rate loans.

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CFPB Language Access Plan for Consumers with Limited English Proficiency

CFPB Monitor

Throughout the past few years, the CFPB has sought input from a range of stakeholders, including community-based organizations and financial institutions, for feedback about how it can improve consumer financial products and services for consumers with limited English proficiency (LEP). As a part of these efforts, the CFPB has taken the following actions: in 2020, it published a Request for Information regarding challenges faced by LEP consumers and hosted a roundtable to discuss these challenge

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Black Friday orders through Klarna jump nearly 30%

Payments Dive

As consumers feel the pinch of inflation, some are turning to installment payment services to stretch their budgets.

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How can banks improve customer communication?

ATM Marketplace

Are banks communicating effectively? How are they reaching underserved populations? Mack Turner, president and owner of Mack Turner Consulting and Insights, discussed this in detail in today's podcast.

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How the Indy 500 Can Help Banks and Credit Unions Improve Efficiencies

Jack Henry

Jack Henry™ Connect 2023 Takeaways Determining how to improve back-office and branch operations is similar to making racing decisions for the Indy 500.

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Top 3 Secrets to Staying Relevant with Gen Z

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant or getting "ghosted" if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. In this new webinar, Brian Muse-McKenney of Episode Six and Matt Simester of Payments Consultancy Limited will reveal key considerations banks should factor into their efforts to develop target products for the next generation of bank customers.

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CFPB issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress; CFPB Director Chopra to appear before House and Senate Committees this week

CFPB Monitor

Last week, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning October 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023. Today, CFPB Director Chopra appeared before the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing, “The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.” Tomorrow, he is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee for a hearing, “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.”.

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FDIC order against First Fed Bank latest example of third-party scrutiny

American Banker

The Port Angeles, Washington-based bank said it has already invested "significant resources" into enhancing its compliance management for fintech partnerships, after self-reporting a problem last year.

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Transactions: Alkami, Finastra, Temenos Q3 wins

BankInovation

Technology providers Alkami, Finastra and Temenos all brought on new financial institution customers in the third quarter as demand for cloud-based solutions and digital banking rose. “Digital banking is an essential product now for a financial institution.

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Community bankers eke out loan growth. Will it continue?

American Banker

Total loans at U.S. banks with less than $10 billion of assets grew by 1.9% in the third quarter, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. That was a slowdown from the previous quarter, and concerns about the viability of commercial real estate lending could dampen activity further.

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Breaking New Ground: Managing Innovation Fatigue With Effective Automation

Speaker: Gary Dmitriev

Our upcoming webinar aims to demystify the process of selecting and implementing automation tools for financial institutes. This session will provide your roadmap for vetting potential solutions, focusing on due diligence, vendor assessments, and aligning technology with strategic goals. We’ll also address the critical issue of innovation fatigue, offering tips on maintaining enthusiasm and momentum for new initiatives.

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What’s next for Apple Card: Fintech or traditional FI?

BankInovation

Apple and Goldman Sachs are parting ways on the Apple Card and the tech giant will be in the market for a new issuer — and whether that’s a traditional financial institution or card-issuing fintech is the question now.

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Diane Morais to exit Ally amid transition to new CEO

American Banker

Morais, who leads the auto lender's consumer and commercial banking divisions, is preparing to leave as Ally Financial conducts a search for its next chief executive officer. She had been seen as a potential candidate to replace outgoing CEO Jeffrey Brown.

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LAB Group partners with SuperGuardian

The Paypers

Australia-based regtech and onboarding provider LAB Group has entered the SMSF administration vertical by partnering with SuperGuardian for automated digital onboarding.

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FDIC reports falling bank profits, warns of CRE and other risks ahead

American Banker

Net income at banks fell 4.6% year over year in the third quarter, though it remained above pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest Quarterly Banking Profile. FDIC Chairman Gruenberg cautioned about deteriorating commercial real estate loans and unrealized losses on securities in a high interest rate enviroment.

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Case Study: First Mid Bank Fast-Tracks New Market Entry in Commercial Lending

Discover First Mid Bank's Expansion Success with Our Case Study! Discover how First Mid Bank & Trust fast-tracked market expansion through advanced automation and compliance solutions. This case study reveals their journey from facing challenges in Texas' complex legal landscape to achieving rapid market entry with GoDocs' innovative commercial closing platform.

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Paysend raises USD 65 million in funding round

The Paypers

UK-based Paysend has announced the raise of a USD 65 million in funding round, aimed at its development process and improvement of cross-border payments tools.

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Bank consolidation is choking off entrepreneurship in the Midwest

American Banker

Small towns, in which community banks are disappearing, have increasingly little to offer nascent businesses in the way of reliable credit.

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Brighty App launches EU payment platform

The Paypers

Switzerland-based Brighty App has launched Brighty Business, its European B2B payment platform, to simplify financial operations management for businesses.

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Small shops provide bigger business for Square's buy now/pay later loans

American Banker

Two years after acquiring the installment lender Afterpay, Block, which also owns Square, is seeing the payoff of a strategy that focuses on the sale of specialty items.

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Exploring the Liability Shift: A Comprehensive Guide to Fraud Loss Responsibility and Mitigation

Shifting liability for digital fraud losses represents a significant challenge for financial institutions and payment service providers. In response to the global surge in digital fraud, regulators are introducing policies that transfer the cost of fraud from defrauded customers to financial institutions. ThreatMark’s newly released white paper, "The Liability Shift: Understanding Fraud Losses Responsibility and Mitigation," provides an in-depth analysis of this shift, its implications, and stra

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XXImo to process payments entirely through AWS Cloud

The Paypers

Corporate mobility payments platform XXImo has announced that it is going all-in on Amazon Web Services as an EU Visa card issuer to process payments entirely through the AWS Cloud in Q1 2024.

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Charlie Munger's Berkshire legacy mixed banking critique with investments

American Banker

The Berkshire Hathaway legacy of Warren Buffett's longtime business partner includes large checks written to national banks as well as curt remarks about the industry's shortcomings. Munger died on Tuesday, a few weeks before of his 100th birthday.

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TrueLayer partners with Lendable

The Paypers

UK-based TrueLayer has partnered with Lendable to integrate its Account Information Services (AIS) and Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) products into the latter’s financial ecosystem.

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Australia to regulate Apple Pay, NatWest fights scams with board games

American Banker

Australia plans to put Apple Pay and Google Pay under the same rules that apply to credit cards, NatWest is inviting customers into its branches for a tabletop game about the perils of financial scams, and more.

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Thinking About How To Lessen Your Burden During Month-End Close? Skystem Can Help!

Most people dread the nearing of the month-end close and reconciliation process, and who can blame them? It's typically a tedious, long, stressful process; but it doesn't have to be. Implementing automation into your month-end process can significantly reduce this headache by automating up to 40% of your reconciliation and saving nearly 30% of your time spent.