How digital wallets are reshaping the payments landscape
Payments Dive
MAY 13, 2024
Digital wallets have grown in popularity as consumers have become accustomed to the convenience and flexibility of contactless payments.
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Why Diversification Fails at Banks
South State Correspondent
MAY 15, 2024
Bankers have been taught to diversify their loan portfolio to reduce idiosyncratic (individual borrower) risk and to stabilize earnings. The thinking is that diversification-induced lending leads to banking resiliency. We believe that while lending diversification leads banks to lend more in normal times (especially for banks over $50B in assets) and does benefit the general economy, community banks should be careful in how and where they choose to diversify.
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Digital Banking Metrics: Adoption, Usage, and Impact of Digital on Banks and Credit Unions
Gonzobanker
MAY 16, 2024
Digital metrics at banks and credit unions are not all trending up and to the right. But there are some bright spots. A new report on digital banking metrics and the impact that digital banking is having on banks reveals some positive developments, but also a host of troubling trends that should give bank executives cause for concern. The fourth edition of the Digital Banking Performance Metrics study from Cornerstone Advisors, commissioned by Alkami, captures digital banking metrics from banks
Unlocking the financial data ‘treasure trove’
BankInovation
MAY 15, 2024
AI and generative AI applications continue to dominate conversations within the financial services industry, but implementing generative AI is near impossible if bank data isn’t standardized and accessible. What makes good data?
5 Things Lenders Need to Know About Portfolio Loans & Their Documentation
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7-Eleven testing financial services in stores
Payments Dive
MAY 14, 2024
The retailer will add terminals to 3,000 of its Speedway locations and test services like cryptocurrency purchases with ATM solution provider FCTI.
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Are 25-year UK mortgages a thing of the past?
TheGuardian
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Fed bombarded by debit card fee commentary
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The Federal Reserve Board said it has received some 2,500 comment letters regarding its Regulation II proposal to cut the fees that merchants are charged when they accept debit cards.
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