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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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Rethinking card issuing in an age of fintech disruption

ATM Marketplace

Banks face challenges in modernizing card issuing to keep up with new competitors. Fintech disruptors and evolving consumer preferences could affect existing revenue streams, prompting urgency in card modernization.

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The time for generative AI in commercial banking is now

Accenture

Spring is a time when most people, bankers included, take a fresh look at the challenges they face and tackle them with renewed vigor. Commercial banking should be on this year’s spring-cleaning list. While it is often the bank’s largest revenue generator, its processes continue to be highly manual, constraining the potential for profit growth.… The post The time for generative AI in commercial banking is now appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Three Reasons Transportation Factors Must Automate Operations

Jack Henry

Funding broker clients is challenging. Working around common obstacles – everything from error-prone manual processes to communications breakdowns – can significantly impact efficiency, which in turn significantly impacts profitability. That’s where automation comes in.

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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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Optimizing small business lending: Best practices and strategies

Abrigo

Boost your small business lending efforts from the bottom up Small businesses play a crucial role in our economy, and one of the critical factors in their success is access to funding. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 Your loan policy sets the tone for the institution's approach to risk appetite, risk tolerance, lending philosophy, and organization of the lending function.

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BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank embrace cost discipline in Q1

BankInovation

European banks BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank plan to pull back on expenses this year as they lean into their tech investments. “We are maintaining our cost discipline,” Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Christian Sewing said during the $578 billion bank’s first-quarter earnings call April 25.

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Dividends payments soar globally as worker pay stagnates

TheGuardian

Shareholder payouts grew 14 times faster than wages over past three years, says Oxfam report Shareholders have proved to be more successful at securing bumper payouts than workers have at winning higher pay, according to two studies that show dividends outstripping wages by a considerable margin in recent years. Oxfam said analysis of global data showed that dividend payments to shareholders over the last three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies.

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How Higher Interest Rates Flipped Small Business Credit Needs

The Financial Brand

This article How Higher Interest Rates Flipped Small Business Credit Needs appeared first on The Financial Brand. Grasshopper Bank's head of SBA lending says high rates have led to 'credit compression' among smaller borrowers. This article How Higher Interest Rates Flipped Small Business Credit Needs appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Are recent deals a sign of bank M&A resurgence?

American Banker

Consolidation has slowed since the pandemic, but UMB's agreement to buy Heartland Financial — the largest deal in three years — is one of several merger announcements in the past two weeks. Talks among other potential buyers and sellers are said to be picking up.

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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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Mastercard, Visa tap AI for fraud solutions

BankInovation

Card giants Mastercard and Visa leaned into AI and generative AI for fraud detection in the first quarter. “We continue to enhance our solutions with generative AI to deliver even more value,” Chief Executive Michael Miebach said during Mastercard’s May 1 earnings call.

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Pay-by-bank holds promise

Payments Dive

“The value proposition of pay-by-bank is clear: merchants win from drastically lower payment costs and consumers win from lower prices,” writes one fintech executive.

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Core banking modernization: Unlocking legacy code with generative AI

Accenture

Early trials with generative AI show that the tangle of legacy code that hinders every aspect of the transformation of banks’ core products and services could be quickly and effectively resolved. By Alvaro Ruiz, Global Core Banking Lead, Accenture. At the heart of most traditional banks is a mainframe computer running the software that defines… The post Core banking modernization: Unlocking legacy code with generative AI appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Community banks do this profitably by turning transactional accounts into relationships.

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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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Tech agility is key for M&A, Fiserv exec says

BankInovation

Financial institutions that have gained agility through long-term technology investments are better prepared to complete mergers and acquisitions with limited client disruption. Technology integration during M&A activity is a customer-centric issue for banks, Danny Baker, vice president of market strategy at technology provider Fiserv, told Bank Automation News.

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Stripe unbundles services as industry shifts

Payments Dive

The company’s move to decouple embedded financial services from payment processing means it’s ready to pursue larger customers, analysts said.

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Do the 5 C’s of Credit Still Matter?

Jack Henry

Technology is making an impact on credit and risk management. Click to learn how credit risk tools can be sharpened to meet the demands of the work and make solid loan decisions.

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AI-powered avatars: Next stage in banking CX?

ATM Marketplace

Digital avatars, could hold the key to unleashing a new era of AI-powered excellence in customer service, especially at the digital banking level.

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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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Commercial Construction to Permanent Loans - Build Smoothly and Smartly

Commercial Lending USA

Commercial construction to permanent loans make getting money for your dream project easy. You can get the amount that you need for your dream commercial space without all the hassles that come with other loan options.

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US inches forward on real-time payments: report

Payments Dive

“Real-time payments are still in their infancy in the U.S., accounting for only a 1.5% share of the total payments volume in 2023,” ACI Worldwide said.

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Pay Your Way to Better Financial Health

Jack Henry

For many Americans, these are challenging financial times. Sixty-six million have low to moderate incomes, 51 million grapple with income volatility, and more than seven million are unbanked, navigating today’s troubled waters without the help of a local financial institution. Together, these high-risk households pay more than $250 billion in service fees.

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Q&A with Jack Henry’s Nicole Harper on financial literacy

BankInovation

Technology provider Jack Henry leans into its financial health training and offerings during April — Financial Literacy Month.

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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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The Guardian view on the cost of a cashless society: the most vulnerable will pay | Editorial

TheGuardian

The pandemic accelerated the shift away from notes and coins. But China and others are realising that transition has a price One of the idiosyncrasies of China’s huge appetite for luxury goods has been the high sales of man bags – a niche item in the west. Their popularity initially reflected not just the fondness of the newly rich for conspicuous consumption, but also the practical need to carry large wodges of banknotes in a country that hadn’t truly embraced credit cards.

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Automatic age verification comes to self-checkout

Payments Dive

Artificial intelligence is speeding up store checkout in a pilot by banking tech company Diebold Nixdorf using tech to verify a customer’s age.

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Celebrate Accountholders This Financial Literacy Month

Jack Henry

April is Financial Literacy Month, and that means it’s time to write your annual blog and social posts on the importance of understanding personal finances and making smart long-term planning decisions. And with 60% of Americans lacking the basic budget, financial plan, or savings , it’s time to rethink our strategy.

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Bank of Thailand to launch QR code cross-border payments to India

The Paypers

The Bank of Thailand has announced its initiative to launch secure and fast QR code cross-border payments between Thailand and India by Q3 2024.

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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.