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The Ultimate Guide to Product Innovation in Banking

Accenture

The pace of change is not slowing down. Customers’ expectations have radically changed, and they expect much more from their banking products and services than ever before. To maintain relevance, banks need to be on the pulse of these needs and create products to solve them—to unlock value for both their customers and the bank.…. The post The Ultimate Guide to Product Innovation in Banking appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Why money in the metaverse is a huge opportunity for banks

Accenture

You can divide the history of money into five epochs, with each creating a new paradigm for the exchange of value. We are about to enter the next one—and it might just mean that the idea of money will come full circle. Direct exchange of the goods being traded is the oldest form of value…. The post Why money in the metaverse is a huge opportunity for banks appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Cross-border payment plays rev up

Payments Dive

The Clearing House, Swift and rivals are jostling to speed up cross-border payments, with collaboration and competition likely to emerge at an international conference this week.

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Brad M. Bolton: Community continuation

Independent Banker

Photo by Chris Williams. Community continuation is not about checking a regulatory box; it means putting a name to the people who will be the future of our banks. One of my favorite sayings my dad passed onto me is also a motto I live by: “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong.

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The Executive Guide to Generative AI

Generative AI is taking the world by storm, but the questions that all CEOs, data leaders, and AI leaders are being asked are: What are we going to do about it, and what is our plan? The business and creative possibilities are practically limitless with generative AI. From productivity gains to finding new routes to revenue generation, generative AI is going to radically transform how we work.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

OK, show of hands. Who saw 2022 coming and accurately predicted the headlines? All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. Pull ’em down. No, you didn’t. Nobody did. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. A few modest examples of the 2022 roller coaster ride: The Fed rate hikes in 2022 totaled 425 basis points.

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NatWest’s Sir Howard Davies: ‘I’m quite pessimistic. Brexit was a significant mistake’

TheGuardian

The banker and former regulator has seen many crises in his career, but war and political division have him worried Sir Howard Davies is a worried man. He is worried about political polarisation. He is worried about the long-term impact of Brexit on the City of London. And he is worried by the pushback against globalisation. One thing he is not especially worried about is the health of the bank he chairs, NatWest, which in its former guise as Royal Bank of Scotland was on the edge of collapse du

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A match made in transportation heaven: AI and self-driving cars

Dataconomy

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the way we drive and transport goods and people. Self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles, are a type of vehicle that use AI and other advanced technologies to navigate roads and highways without the need for a human driver. There are several benefits to self-driving cars. […].

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The Fintech 250: The most promising fintech companies of 2022

CB Insights

CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Fintech 250 — a list of the 250 most promising private fintech companies worldwide. . Some of this year’s winners are building safer and more efficient ways to send and receive payments. Others are striving to make banking, loans, mobile wallets, and investing products available to historically underserved populations all over the world. .

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U.K. fintech Wise goes on hiring spree as rivals downsize

American Banker

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8 Sins of a Manual Reconciliation

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Business operations are getting increasingly complex, shareholders are demanding more, and your auditors are breathing down your neck like never before. In this high-pressure environment, it’s important to remember that reconciliation activity is your last line of defense against financial fraud and errors. Insisting on a manual process to handle month-end reconciliations is a risky endeavor that places an undue burden on your accounting team.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Lessons for Bank Leaders

The Financial Brand

This article Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Lessons for Bank Leaders appeared first on The Financial Brand. Whether or not you approve of how Elon Musk is changing Twitter, his high-stakes actions offer important leadership lessons. This article Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Lessons for Bank Leaders appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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UK and Singapore sign fintech agreement

The Paypers

The Government of the UK and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a cross-country memorandum of understanding (MoU), deepening collaboration in fintech, and strengthening their financial cooperation.

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Can payments embrace both innovation and security?

Accenture

It’s an exciting time to be in payments—new technologies and business models are opening up more opportunities and markets. But that excitement is often tempered by concerns that efforts to capture compelling business opportunities may expose the new venture—and the firm—to unnecessary cybersecurity risk. But what if both the business and cyber teams were fully….

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FedNow to launch by mid-2023, Fed official says

Payments Dive

The federal government’s new real-time payments system should be ready for use by the middle of next year, Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said in a speech this week.

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A Modern Approach to C&I Lending: 8 Facts Lenders Need to Know

What to expect? The commercial and industrial (C&I) lending sector has been undergoing a transformation in recent years thanks to technological advancements and changes in customer expectations. The traditional way of lending, where commercial lenders relied on manual attorney processes and legacy software solutions, is slowly becoming obsolete.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Photos by Chris Williams. From credit union overreach to onerous overregulation, the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors has plenty on its to-do list. Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking.

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Banks push back against CBDC

Payments Dive

The nation’s biggest bank and bank trade groups stressed the risks of creating a central bank digital currency in comments to the Fed, and largely rejected the idea that a digital dollar would accomplish stated goals.

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Savvy banks look to AI to regain customers’ trust

Accenture

The pandemic has shown us the dangers of putting efficiency above all else. Systems and processes, at organizations around the world, that were tuned close to perfection were upended when an unexpected catastrophe struck. Human ingenuity and empathy came to the fore in crafting a multitude of responses to the calamity. Now as we emerge…. The post Savvy banks look to AI to regain customers’ trust appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Banking in the metaverse: the next frontier

Accenture

As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been around for some time, the topic’s momentum has recently accelerated with some analysts now predicting the metaverse to be an $8 trillion opportunity.….

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You Put in a Full Work Week. Shouldn’t Your Collections Software Do the Same?

Discover a modern, cloud-based collection system that never takes a rest day. MeridianLink® Collect is an intuitive platform with advanced customization options developed to simplify the collections process. Here are four ways MeridianLink Collect can support your team: Omnichannel communications Compliance rules & checklists Workflows & queues One interface with supporting integrations And that’s just the start.

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Shift to green could be worth trillions for banks

Accenture

It’s important but not critical. That’s been the dominant narrative around sustainability. Until now, that is. There seems to be a definite shift to changing this narrative, a shift that could be worth trillions of dollars to the banking industry. In 2007, Google famously became the first major company to be carbon neutral. According to…. The post Shift to green could be worth trillions for banks appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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The ultimate guide to banking in the metaverse

Accenture

When Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash, he could hardly have foreseen that the phrase would be everywhere by late 2021. With bigtech giants like Tencent, Meta and Microsoft all making big bets on the metaverse, there is little doubt that the internet is on the verge of…. The post The ultimate guide to banking in the metaverse appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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Feds crack down on improper payments

Payments Dive

A federal government report released this week takes aim at the problem of fraudulent public benefit payments, which mushroomed to $281 billion for fiscal year 2021.

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European banks gain vital edge in race to the cloud

Accenture

European banks are starting to overcome the obstacles that slowed their shift to cloud computing. And in the race to recover lost ground, they can learn from the experiences of their counterparts in the US and Asia. One of the biggest lessons European banks need to take to heart is the importance of selecting the…. The post European banks gain vital edge in race to the cloud appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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These Top Financial Services Marketing Trends Will Help You Stay Competitive

Today’s B2B clients have developed consumerized expectations, which means that financial services firms need to create a differentiated digital experience to grow a dedicated client base. Read three marketing trends — backed by data — that will give your firm a competitive edge in the digital era.

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4 strong ideas from the payments disruptor playbook

Accenture

If there’s one thing the payments industry has learned to expect over the last decade, it’s the unexpected. Even before the pandemic rewrote the rules on customer expectations, industry incumbents were being compelled to innovate by forces such as the advent of new technology like artificial intelligence, disruptive new competitors of all sizes, and shifting….

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FedNow chases real-time payments front-runners

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve plans to unleash a U.S. real-time payments system next year in the form of FedNow, but it’s an open question as to whether, or how, consumers and businesses will adopt instant payments.

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Two key factors for a successful fintech integration

Accenture

As promised in our last post, today we are diving deeply into why a technology integration strategy is a critical enabler for a successful fintech acquisition and for fostering (and, ideally, for accelerating) the growth of the fintech. Historically, the banking industry has been slow to modernize. This makes it challenging for most incumbent banks….

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How old habits are the 4-letter word in your growth progress

Accenture

Muscle memory is the enemy of innovation. When it comes to transformations, process optimization is often under-valued by auto and equipment finance organizations as they implement a modern core or move their data and applications to the cloud. Adam Little and I think that’s a mistake. You must let go of old habits and challenge…. The post How old habits are the 4-letter word in your growth progress appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms: Vendor Strategy, Market Presence, and Capabilities Overview

As enterprises evolve their AI from pilot programs to an integral part of their tech strategy, the scope of AI expands from core data science teams to business, software development, enterprise architecture, and IT ops teams. Enterprises need a platform that can make broader AI teams more productive, implementing more complex use cases and harnessing the fast pace of new AI technologies.