May, 2025

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The Bank AI Talent Roadmap

South State Correspondent

A central part of any bank AI strategic plan is the path banks will take to acquire and train human capital to manage this challenge. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its component parts, machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI, is unlike any technology we have ever seen. While undoubtedly some of the complexity will fade into the background like how the innovations of steam, electricity, computers, and the internet did, AI is fundamentally different in that humans will need a certain lev

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How to develop a small business lending program that works for your institution & community

Abrigo

A practical framework built for speed, efficiency & community impact Supporting small businesses in your community while meeting the bank or credit union's expectations around risk and reward demands a well-structured, deliberate small business lending program. Here's how to build one. Key topics covered in this post: Simply offering loans to small businesses doesn't cut it.

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Addressing Bank Risk When Economic Uncertainty Is At All-time High

South State Correspondent

During first-quarter updates, many US banks amended their expectations because of economic uncertainty and a possible business downturn. How should community banks interpret the current economic uncertainty, the possible reset to the business environment, and how should managers address risks? Economic Uncertainty We considered two bellwether indices that measure policy-related economic uncertainty.

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Man in the middle: Dealing with a big ATM threat

ATM Marketplace

Man in the middle attacks are increasing in intensity against ATMs. Here's what they are and how to prevent them.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Digital dollars? The stablecoin impact on banks, payments

American Banker

With licensing bills progressing through both the House and Senate, stablecoins are poised to become part of the regulated financial sector. How the banking and payments landscape will respond to that is up for debate.

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Perficient is Shaping the Future of Salesforce Innovation

Perficient

Perficients longstanding partnership with Salesforce is a testament to our belief in this platforms transformative power in solving complex business challenges and designing superior digital experiences. We strive to stay ahead of the evolving Salesforce ecosystem and actively shape its future. Our talented Salesforce professionals go beyond mere implementation; we focus on driving innovation, fostering connections, and creating meaningful change for our clients and the broader technology lands

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The value of loan review worksheets: Bringing structure to analysis

Abrigo

This article covers these key topics: What is a loan review worksheet? 5 Benefits of using worksheets Worksheet examples for loan reviewers Utilizing loan review worksheet for consistent analysis Analytical inconsistency is a persistent challenge in the loan review profession, often leading to wildly different approaches across reviewers. Striking the right balance is essentialand a structured tool like the loan review worksheet can help reviewers achieve clarity, consistency, and more meaningf

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Measuring Relevance For A Sustainable High-Performance Bank

South State Correspondent

When it comes to bank performance, there are lots of metrics to manage. The two that we would submit are the most important, are risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) and customer relevancy. While we have spoken at length about managing loans, deposits and customers around RAROC, in this article we focus on measuring relevance. Producing a RAROC above your cost of capital needs to be balanced with creating a bank that impresses your customers so much that they engage with you and talk about yo

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Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension

TheGuardian

Government expected to sell last shares in banking group this week, drawing a line under 2008 financial crisis bailout Fred the Shred Goodwin, the disgraced ex-boss of Royal Bank of Scotland, is estimated to be receiving an annual pension worth nearly 600,000, as the government prepares to declare a 10bn loss after selling its final stake in the bank as early as this week.

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Case Study: Anchor Loans Cuts Doc Prep Time by 90% with GoDocs Automation

Anchor Loans, one of the nation’s top private lenders, turned to GoDocs to modernize its document preparation process and keep pace with growing loan volume. By automating doc generation and integrating seamlessly with internal systems, Anchor Loans drastically reduced prep time and minimized risk—without adding headcount. Learn how GoDocs helped Anchor Loans begin finalizing loan packages in just minutes, enabling faster, more scalable lending with real-time compliance across 48 states.

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Memorial Day: Remember 1st Lt. John Fox

Jeff For Banks

The biting December air, thick with the acrid scent of gunpowder and the chilling reality of war, clung to the shattered stones of Sommocolonia. In this small Italian village, nestled precariously in the Apuan Alps, a drama of extraordinary courage and selflessness unfolded on December 26, 1944. At the heart of this pivotal moment stood First Lieutenant John Robert Fox , a forward observer attached with the 598th Field Artillery Battalion of the 92nd Infantry Division the famed Buffalo Soldiers

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Visa pursues stablecoins for cross-border payments

Payments Dive

The biggest U.S. card network is setting up partnerships and innovating behind the scenes to develop stablecoins for cross-border uses.

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Collateral re-use: unveiling the risk of delivery failures and higher volatility in the repo market

BankUnderground

Miruna-Daniela Ivan The widespread practice of financial institution to re-use securities received as collateral plays a key role in the repurchase agreement (repo) market functioning. By increasing the availability of securities which can be used as collateral, collateral re-use lowers funding costs under normal market conditions, allowing collateral to flow to where it is most needed.

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What are the challenges to the ATM industry in 2025?

ATM Marketplace

Effectively responding to challenges in the ATM industry requires detailed analysis and planning, as well as a comprehensive execution strategy that includes robust testing tools.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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If the Fed is Uncertain, How Will Bankers Get it Right?

South State Correspondent

As of May 2025, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained the federal funds rate at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5%. This decision not to move reflects the Fed’s cautious approach amid rising risks of both inflation and unemployment, influenced by recent tariff policies. Fed Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the heightened uncertainty, stating, “It’s not at all clear what the appropriate response for monetary policy is at this time.” Essentially, the Fed stated tha

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Stock markets gain as China ‘evaluates’ offer of US trade talks – business live

TheGuardian

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as FTSE 100 gains on hopes of US-China trade thaw; Shell profits drop 28% to $5.5bn Commodities companies are among the best performers on stock markets this morning. They would be among the best placed to benefit from the US backing down in its trade war with China. The FTSE 100 has a lot of Europes big mining listings, and they are leading the way on Friday.

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The Case for Product Management in Banking

Jeff For Banks

In a discussion today, I asked a bank CEO and Chief Banking Officer: Why can't we design a business checking account that uses technology to determine the average balance that receives interest over a certain amount instead of this Analysis Checking product? Instead of applying all of these transactions to burn down what would be interest paid to the customer.

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Banks struggle to talk about fraud

Payments Dive

Financial institutions battling an increase in fraud, particularly push-payment scams, have been stymied in sharing information that might help them better protect customers.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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A future full of AI agents will require a different payments system

American Banker

Legacy payment systems won't cut it as autonomous software agents begin transacting and collaborating at scale. New payment rails that take advantage of blockchain technology will be vital in the future.

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Retail ATMs: 5 benefits to installing

ATM Marketplace

There are big benefits to installing retail ATMs. Check out five of them down below.

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MCPs in Banking: What Executives Need to Know

South State Correspondent

Larger banks have long relied on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to streamline operations, enhance interoperability, and enable digital transformations. Yet, as we enter a new era dominated by agentic artificial intelligence (AI)AI that autonomously executes actions on behalf of userstraditional APIs are increasingly showing limitations. Banks need to begin thinking differently, considering the adoption of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) as either a complement or replacement to their ex

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UK banks put £75bn into firms building climate-wrecking ‘carbon bombs’, study finds

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Britain is key financial hub for destructive fossil fuel mega-projects, according to research Banks in the City of London have poured more than $100bn (75bn) into companies developing carbon bombs huge oil, gas and coal projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global consequences according to a study.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Instant Payments Strategy: How to Think About Being a Sending FI

Jack Henry

For the past two years, weve been advising financial institutions to add both the FedNow Service and RTP Network to their digital payments offering. From the start, our mantra has been, Receive now, receive on both, and decide later which network to send on. The rationale was simple: Why miss out today on easy deposits from receiving instant payments?

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Senate to vote on Fiserv CEO for SSA post

Payments Dive

The Senate Finance Committee chair urged colleagues to support Frank Bisignano to become head of the Social Security Administration when they vote on his nomination this week.

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Federal snooping enabled by the Bank Secrecy Act has gone too far

American Banker

The Treasury Department is claiming extensive authority to pry into the private financial information of Americans on the flimsiest of pretexts. It's time for the courts to step in.

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Protecting ATMs from cyberattacks

ATM Marketplace

Although there are still reports of traditional hook and chain ATM thefts, a new more dangerous trend of cyberattacks has become increasingly prevalent.

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Future-Proof Your Firm: Smarter Tech for Stronger Returns & Simpler Workflows

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Senior Sales Engineer

Is your tech stack working for you—or are you working for it ? 🤖 In today’s world of automation and AI, technology should simplify workflows—not add complexity. Seamless integration and interconnectivity are key to maximizing productivity, optimizing workflows, and improving collaboration. Join expert Joe Wroblewski for a practical and insightful session on how you can build a smarter, more connected tech stack that drives efficiency and long-term success!