Tue.Jan 23, 2018

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BofA Eliminates Free Checking Accounts, Now Charging $12 Fee to Low-Balance Customers

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE- Bank of America has quietly shuttered its free checking account, now requiring customers to keep a certain minimum balance in their accounts, or set up direct deposit of at least $250, to avoid a $12 monthly fee, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The banks’s eBanking customers, all of which were switched into accounts […].

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Zelle sings a different tune in national marketing campaign

Payments Dive

The company behind the banking industry's mobile P2P effort had to think outside the box to get the service's core tenants across in three TV commercials.

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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange bitFlyer Launches in Europe

Bank Innovation

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer today announced its launch in Europe. bitFlyer, the first Bitcoin exchange to be regulated in Japan and the U.S., said it received a Payment Institution (PI) license to operate in the European Union. The company’s founder and CEO of bitFlyer, Yuzo Kano, said in a statement: When I set up bitFlyer […].

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Amazon Go May Be About More Than The Getting Of Groceries

PYMNTS

It’s been about a year in the making. But here we go with Amazon Go, newly out of beta this week and available to the public, in what the eCommerce juggernaut hopes will be a brick-and-mortar retail game changer. It seems the brick-and-mortar arena continues to entice online merchants, as the store opened its doors at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. The shopping is done via mobile, by app specifically, and customers get to leave with what they’ve bought without having to wait to checkout.

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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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As New Technologies Falter, Identity Remains a Top Concern for Businesses

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE—Facial recognition and other forms of biometric authentication may not have their golden moment in 2018, as the recent iPhone news suggests, but that doesn’t mean identity is less of a problem for business, merchants, and payment providers. “You need to encrypt the data when it comes to you, you need to provide tokenization when […].

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DBS, Xero Create Online Payment Solution for Singapore SMEs

Bank Innovation

Singapore-based bank DBS has partnered with technology provider Xero to build an online payment solution for small and medium-sized enterprises, the companies announced today. The DBS-Xero solution will allow SMEs on the platform to simplify their bill payments, focusing on eliminating problems such as cash-flow—an area of struggle for one out of every three SMEs […].

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BoA Puts The Kibosh On Free Checking Accounts For Low-Balance Customers

PYMNTS

The Bank of America has reportedly done away with a free checking account that was popular among low-balance customers, forcing them to save more money with the national bank or face a monthly fee. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal , all of the customers that still had eBanking accounts were moved to bank accounts that charge a $12 fee each month if they don’t have at least $250 directly deposited into the account or if they don’t maintain a daily balance of at least $1,500.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Announces New Virtual Payables Feature

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added a new feature to its Virtual Payables product, an offering which allows its commercial clients to automate post-invoice payments. The new feature (or Enhanced Virtual Payables Solution) was announced yesterday, although the feature had been available to clients since Q4’17, according to Louise Hennessy, senior vice […].

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QSR Automations Targets Restaurant Delivery, Take-Out Markets With Updates

PYMNTS

Food order-ahead mobile apps are exceedingly good at calculating the best route for drivers, but they don’t always keep consumers informed about the status of their orders in real time, according to Lee Leet, chief executive of QSR Automations, Inc. Customers want to be kept aware of potential delays to their orders and “when their food [is] going to be ready so they’re not sitting outside … with the car running, waiting to pick up an order because it’s running a little late,” Leet told PYMNTS.

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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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Innovation Hub Motive Labs Seeks to Solve Major Pain Points of Retail Banks

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – The two fundamental keys to most challenges retail banks and payment companies face on the innovation front are personalization and efficiency, according to Alberto Corvo, a founding partner at fintech focused investment firm Motive Partners. To help banks find these solutions, Corvo’s Motive Partners, along with Allied Irish Bank, Bradesco, Emirates NBD, Royal […].

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Voice Shopping Is Taking Over The World, Literally

PYMNTS

It appears consumers worldwide are migrating to voice, according to the latest edition of the Capgemini Consulting Digital Transformation Institute Conversational Commerce survey. Based on the results of conversations with 5,000 consumers in the U.S., France and Germany, the survey found 40 percent of consumers plan to use voice assistants as a substitute for apps or mobile sites within the next three years.

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APIs can beat payment and billing system problems

Payments Source

If your billing and payments system has API integrations it makes it easy for your most valuable business asset, your customers, to do business with you, writes Martha Salina, senior vice president at Multi Service Technology Solutions.

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Executives Brace For AI To Fuel Gig Economy Boom

PYMNTS

It’s a tale as old as technological innovation: Humans fear that robots will one day overtake their jobs. While it’s true automation, robotics and other cutting-edge solutions may take away the need for human intervention, the implementation of these solutions usually just redirects a human’s job, and doesn’t replace it outright. In the workplace, robotics and machine learning is already disrupting everything from accounts payable to customer support, but new research from Pegasystems in its “ T

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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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The existential crisis of ‘agile’ in banking

BankNXT

Are you really agile, or are you playing at agile while diluting people's creativity, innovation and expertise for the sake of legacy KPIs and fluffy targets? Story by Leda Glyptis. The existential crisis of ‘agile’ in banking on BankNXT.

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Visa Begins Testing B2B Connect

PYMNTS

Visa has begun testing its new cross-border B2B payments solution B2B Connect, according to various reports on Monday (Jan. 22). Inquirer Business reports said UnionBank in the Philippines has successfully piloted the solution before its commercial launch in the third quarter of the year. “Visa B2B Connect takes on an innovative approach and eliminates friction for cross-border transactions by using distributed ledger technology to enhance the speed, security and reliability of these transaction

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Stripe bails on bitcoin as the currency's drawbacks pile up

Payments Source

Bitcoin has lost touch with its original mission of being an alternative decentralized currency, and Stripe has decided that it is no longer worth supporting for payments.

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Neiman Marcus Looks To Associates For Social Media Commerce

PYMNTS

In an effort to drive sales, a luxury department store chain is connecting customers with their sales associates through personal social media accounts, The New York Post reported. At the National Retail Federation (NRF) show last week, Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Karen Katz said that her 4,500 associates are generating sales for the company via their personal Instagram and Snapchat accounts.

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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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01.23.18 Your morning briefing

Payments Source

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Researcher finds a potential vulnerability at Uber; Visa bolsters executive ranks; Grab adds tech for bike sharing; The impact of PSD2.

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Experimental Robot In Supermarket Booted From ‘Job’

PYMNTS

An experimental run of a robot designed to assist shoppers in a European supermarket was cut short after it frustrated customers, according to Monday (Jan. 22) reports by U.K. news source Mirror Online. The robot, named “Fabio,” was put to work in the Edinburgh store of Scottish supermarket chain Margiotta as part of a BBC program to see if it could serve human shoppers.

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A community bank's mobile strategy drives digital payments

Payments Source

Much like small businesses, small banks can't take on huge IT projects and rely more on targeted deployments to build a user base for future technology.

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Bitcoin Breaches $10K Barrier, Yet Again

PYMNTS

The dominant name in cryptos slipped through an important psychological threshold, making the break below $10,000 for the second within a week’s span. As CNBC.com reports , trading Tuesday, as measured by CoinDesk’s price index (tied to a number of exchanges ranging from Coinbase to Bitfinex, among others), showed bitcoin at $9,972.29, off more than seven percent in intraday trading.

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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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Mastercard plans online biometric authentication in Europe by early 2019

Payments Source

Mastercard plans to deploy its biometric authentication option for European consumers to use through their smartphones when shopping online or conducting mobile banking.

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Instagram Infomercials Have Their Roots In Vitamix Blenders

PYMNTS

If there was a modern kitchen product in the 1920s, there was a good chance that William Grover Barnard sold it. A health food pitchman pioneer, he traveled around the country to sell all sorts of kitchen wares. And, when he came across the blender in 1937, he thought he had a winner on his hands. Barnard named his blender the “Vita-mix.” After his son suggested television as an advertising medium, he took his live demonstrations of the product to the airwaves in 1949 and arguably created the fi

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China's influence will drive mobile pay's next chapter

Payments Source

Alipay and WeChat have become so common in China that many tourists are finding it difficult to pay for goods and services without the apps, writes Mike Ward, CRO and CEO of North America for WorldFirst.

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ADP Lands WorkMarket Buyout

PYMNTS

Payroll company ADP is expanding through the acquisition of WorkMarket, the company said Monday (Jan. 22). In a press release, ADP announced its takeover of WorkMarket, a company that helps employers manage a range of workers including full-time, part-time and freelance. ADP noted that the acquisition positions the company to help its corporate clients address the rise of contingent and freelance workers.

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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.