Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Community bankers are embracing innovation like never before—with impressive results. But with so much emphasis placed on customer-facing products and technologies, innovating back-office operations can fall to the bottom of the priority list. Unbundle your end-to-end operations and conduct a SWOT analysis.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Kristen Larson, an attorney with almost two decades of in-house experience advising midsized and large national banks on financial services matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 14, 2024

This all compares to about a 40%+ return invested in improving processes (loan, branch, cash management, etc.) Bank management should, of course, strive to increase cash flow as soon as possible. Now, with customers, and relationship managers switching banks at one of the highest rates, banks need to adapt to remain relevant.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The seed of FinTech innovation often comes from a desire to do things differently. But as finance and payments tech expands, these traditional FIs are learning that perhaps the best way to meet the demands of their corporate clients isn’t to compete with FinTech innovators but to collaborate with them. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

David Watson, the former managing director and head of cash management for Deutsche Bank in the Americas, as well as the head of global digital cash products, has joined SWIFT as the new strategic relationship director in North America, according to a release. He has also been a member of TCH’s Company Board since 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The pandemic has forced businesses to pivot quickly to continue their operations — both domestically and internationally — with relative ease as the health crisis affects everything from supply chains to payment schedules. They will need to continue innovating these processes to stay on top of shifting B2B trends worldwide.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today. If a community bank has just a handful of vendors, managing those vendors is fairly straightforward. AI and innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Shifting employee landscapes, changes in workers’ demands over how and when they get paid, and technological innovation have combined to open the floodgates for payroll FinTech. Furthermore, human-driven payroll operations mean businesses can struggle if their in-house payroll experts are sick, on leave or exit a company.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The world’s largest gathering of insurance innovation, InsureTech Connect (ITC) , is right around the corner. Following last year’s conference, Perficient Insurance Principal Brian Bell shared three key takeaways from the 2022 event: First, data and analytics investments still topped many insurers’ list of operational priorities.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 15, 2019

It is this revolution that has led us to present Bank Innovation Build, our newest conference, on Nov. There is a revolution going on inside banking. And that’s not just a cheap cliche. Allow me to explain: A few days ago, Dana Maor, a senior partner at McKinsey, wrote that the consultancy believes “that […].

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FICO

JULY 15, 2021

But thanks to nonprofit organizations like Operation HOPE — which collaborates with financial institutions, corporations, municipal agencies, and community organizations to help low- and mid-income Americans achieve financial independence — credit education is available more widely than ever before. Operation HOPE Global Board of Advisors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Among PingPong’s sellers, the fact that the outbreak was caught between the Chinese New Year and spring festival celebrations meant there were already significant inventory build-ups going into the season, which managed to absorb many of the supply chain and production issues. An Opportunity for Innovation .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Norwegian banking alliance Eika Group is teaming up with EedenBull , India’s FinTech startup BharatPe notched $15.5 Kudi Co-Founder and CEO Yinka Adewale said the company will be “hiring engineers, product managers and product designers,” according to the reports. With the latest round, the company’s total investment has arrived at $6.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Over the next two years, the Belgium-based cooperative said the initiative will provide transaction management services. We will introduce data innovation that embeds risk and control elements expected from SWIFT, creating peace of mind for business-critical operations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2018

Earlier this week, five healthcare firms operating across the U.S. insurance landscape said they’re launching a pilot program that will help boost the management of healthcare provider data. Optum and UnitedHealthcare are part of UnitedHealth Group). The record trail is far-flung and often duplicative.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 13, 2022

– Group EBT up by 91 percent compared to first quarter of 2021, revenue up by 40 percent. – Group revenue guidance for 2022 upgraded from EUR 680 million to around EUR 720 million and EBT guidance from EUR 54.5 Pre-tax earnings for the full year are likely to reach around EUR 58 million at Group level (previously: EUR 54.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It’s also the start of another football gambling season — one that involves mobile commerce and digital payments, and companies trying to innovate their way to success in this growing field of transactions. More Innovation. Such desire for speed is also helping to drive innovation in other forms of gambling-related payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Whether embracing development and adoption of new payment rails or developing solutions for legacy versions, the latest in payments innovation is all about speed – even for corporate payments. New research from Mercator Advisory Group predicts B2B payments will become the largest payment segment in the U.S. Finance reported last week.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Through focused, innovative products, services, and a redefined operating model, BDB has been stimulating and driving entrepreneurial activity in the country. Furthering the government’s vision of moving operations and infrastructure to the cloud, BDB wanted to host the entire core banking platform on a public cloud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Chinese supply chain management startup YH has just secured an impressive Series A funding round. Stone Capital, Tangrong Capital and Shenzhen Grandland Group also participated. YH provides supply chain management and logistics services to companies and eCommerce firms. Reports on Friday (Sept. In the Industrial 4.0

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The TTS unit, which links multinational corporations to cash management and trade finance solutions, revealed that it has now processed more than $1 trillion worth of transactions through its mobile and tablet solutions, CitiDirect BE Mobile and CitiDirect BD Tablet, since 2011. “As

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We’re operating at this intersection of finance and technology, which are both industries that are woefully underrepresented by women in the first place,” Alaina Sparks , a managing director and the U.S. Female Innovators Lab is a New York program run by the Anthemis Group and Barclays that champions female FinTech founders.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

last year, according to the National Retail Federation , a trade group. Even so, the trade group said that “with fewer families surveyed saying they have children in grades K-12, spending is expected to total $26.2 Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70 this year, up from $684.79

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This week's look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives finds treasury management in the spotlight. Commerce Bank has broadened its partnership with treasury management and order-to-cash solution provider HighRadius to augment its own offerings to corporate clients. HighRadius & Commerce Bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

B2B payments have a reputation for being slow to innovate , though the last couple years has challenged that notoriety. Still, according to the latest Mercator Advisory Group report on FinTech disruption, B2B payments will have to wait a bit longer to see true change from these innovations.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 23, 2019

David Wilson was appointed chief executive officer of Accuity in January, having joined the compliance software firm as chief operating officer in July 2017. Prior to that, he held several senior management positions within the RELX Group, Accuity’s parent company. Bobsguide sat down with the.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Banking giant HSBC and Cainiao Network Technology, which is a logistics arm of Alibaba Group , have announced they will offer rapid finance approvals to online merchants that use Chinese shopping site Tmall, according to reports. It will have first-mover advantage,” said Louis Tse Ming-kwong, managing director of VC Asset Management.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 12, 2022

Dublin, 1 April 2022: Leading Irish private equity firm, Melior Equity Partners, has agreed an investment in Salmon Software, a fast-growing financial software business that provides customers with a world-class treasury management software system.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Globe Fintech Innovations of the Philippines, the FinTech arm of Globe Telecom , landed $175 million in additional venture funding this month. and China-based Ant Group. Mynt is the operator of the mobile wallet GCash. Mynt's funding round this month was led by Bow Wave Capital Management, a new investor.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. Envoy Group. The $13 million raised for U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

With initiatives like the Faster Payments Task Force and the Secure Payments Task Force, the Fed is pushing for innovation and progress in the nation’s payments infrastructure and market. This month the Federal Reserve named Dave Sapenaro , its current first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Middle Eastern finance group Emirates National Bank Dubai (NBD) has deployed a centralized international payments hub on Tata Consultancy Services ' TCS BaNCS For Payments, according to a press release , which will help to boost payments in numerous countries across the world.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. Civilization has progressed enough that many of us know it’s wrong to demonize a group of people due to a personal characteristic, as it isn’t based on evidence or reason, and it simply shows base prejudice. Innovating The ATM Beyond Cash.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Chinese eSports provider VSPN has raised $60 million in a Series B+ funding round to help it expand its operations overseas. Investors in the latest financing included Prospect Avenue Capital, Guiotai Junan International, and Nan Fung Group. Banana Gaming has operations in Shanghai and Seoul, Korea.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

The effort provides innovative early-stage startups with access to an immersive six-month program where they receive guidance and support from MasterCard on scaling their operations and entering new markets and industries. “It’s not a random set of companies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Carrefour Group , one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, and Google are launching a voice-activated grocery shopping service in France. Carrefour and Google said Tuesday (June 16) their latest innovation is part of the French retailer’s ambition to accelerate its expansion into food eCommerce. .

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