July, 2024

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FedNow zooms past RTP participation in inaugural year

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve’s nascent instant payments system has collected hundreds of bank participants across the country in its first year of operations, although a few major banks are holdouts.

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Here is The Math Behind the High-Yield Account

South State Correspondent

There have been many a banker who has said they want to offer a high-yield account because the “higher interest expense is just like paying marketing costs.” This banker may even be thinking of starting a completely new digital bank using a high-yield account as its flagship product. The logic that “rate sells itself” is true.

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Navigating the storm: Strategic focus areas for retail banks in uncertain times

Accenture

In part one of my blog, I explored how current macroeconomic events are akin to a solar storm and the Northern Lights are the manifestation of the banking industry’s reaction to uncertainty. In part two, I will discuss key areas banks should focus on to avoid becoming paralyzed by the challenges they face. Over the… The post Navigating the storm: Strategic focus areas for retail banks in uncertain times appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.

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3 Areas of Focus for Building a Sustainable Deposit Strategy

Gonzobanker

Now is the time to fortify your defenses for the war on deposits. Halfway through 2024, most banks and credit unions have settled into the current environment— for better or worse. Yes, the initial panic has worn off, but dwindling deposits and sustained interest rates have considerably impacted funding costs and growth outlooks. But a faint light is starting to show at the end of the tunnel.

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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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Are your ATMs ready for PCI DSS 4.0 changes?

ATM Marketplace

The payment industry has evolved significantly in the past 20 years and so has PCI. The aftermath of PCI DSS 4.0 is still being felt. Here are a few changes to make to ensure your ATM fleet stays up-to-date.

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Congress members egg on US payments system expansion

Payments Dive

A bipartisan group is nudging the Federal Reserve to explain why it can’t speed up a plan to extend the operational availability of the U.S. payments system.

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Guest Post: 2Q Financial Markets and Economics Update - Second Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

Financial Markets Update – Second Quarter 2024 A dream vacation! I went with family and friends to Holland and Belgium during peak tulip season during April. It was so beautiful and lots of fun. We saw so many fabulous places, including Amsterdam, Kinderdijk and its windmills, Keukenhof Gardens, Brussels, Bruges, and Antwerp. We learned how Holland keeps the floodwaters away.

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Maintaining Digital Compliance with the PCI DSS 4.0

Cisco

Cisco plays a pivotal role in the evolution and implementation of the PCI DSS 4.0.1 standards, offering a suite of compliant products and advisory expertise to assist customers in navigating the significant security updates and phased rollout through March 2025.

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The Cost of Inaction: Three Reasons to Modernize Your Core Banking Platform

Jack Henry

Improve your banking operations strategy with core modernization. Discover how your financial institution can compete more effectively in 2024 and 2025.

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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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ATM fraud: How to combat it

ATM Marketplace

ATM fraud continues to be a global problem, with criminals choosing to strike wherever the money is and wherever they find vulnerabilities to exploit. Here are a few ways to prevent it.

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CFPB proposes earned wage access rule

BankInovation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed an interpretive rule affecting earned wage products, or paycheck advance products, ensuring that employees are aware of costs and fees for these services, according to today’s CFPB release. Paycheck advance products allow employees real-time access to earned wages.

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Payments industry to use AI to detect fraud, improve efficiency

Payments Dive

Research from the investment bank Jefferies suggests generative artificial intelligence could be used in the payments industry to improve fraud detection and make transactions happen faster.

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Northern Rock ‘mortgage prisoners’ sue TSB subsidiary that bought their loans

TheGuardian

Borrowers say Whistletree charged inflated interest rates when it took on their debt after lender’s collapse A group of Northern Rock customers who claim they became “mortgage prisoners” after the lender’s collapse are to go to court on Tuesday to try to get compensation from the bank that bought their loans. About 2,500 borrowers whose home loans were sold to TSB’s subsidiary Whistletree are involved in a case over what they say are inflated interest rates on their debt.

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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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‘No one length fits all’ – haircuts in the repo market

BankUnderground

Miruna-Daniela Ivan, Joshua Lillis, Eduardo Maqui and Carlos Cañon Salazar Funding markets are crucial for healthy and active financial institutions, and consequently for everyone in the economy. The repurchase agreement (repo) market plays a key role in bank and non-bank financial institutions’ (NBFIs’) daily activities by facilitating short-term financing and risk hedging.

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Branching out into telehealth

ABA Community Banking

Partnering with a regional healthcare provider, Five Star Bank is looking to become a ‘solution center for the community.’ The post Branching out into telehealth appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Bank Customer Experience Summit keynote shares content strategies that work

ATM Marketplace

Regina DeMars at First National Bank of Omaha and this year's keynote speaker for the Bank Customer Experience Summit, shared how banks can develop content that works.

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ConnectOne Bank builds data lake in-house

BankInovation

ConnectOne Bank built its own data lake and data warehouse in-house to allow for access to insights for all departments. One of the first assignments for the $9.8 billion Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

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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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Visa, Mastercard say CrowdStrike didn’t impact networks

Payments Dive

Still, cardholders may have been affected, particularly in Europe, as some bank card issuers were hit by the cybersecurity company’s update snafu.

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Disused Lloyds office sites to be converted into social housing

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Bank launches project by selling Pudsey site as CEO says Labour’s commitment to sector is ‘clearer’ than last government’s Lloyds Banking Group will start converting its disused office sites into social housing, as the UK’s largest mortgage provider lays the groundwork for a fresh housebuilding boom after Labour’s election win. The bank, which started reviewing its property portfolio during the Covid lockdown in 2020, is launching the programme with a decommissioned data and office sp

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Bankers should link arms, at least figuratively, with oil protestors

American Banker

Arrested four times for blocking the entrance to Citigroup, a veteran climate protester wonders why more rank-and-file bankers don't make common cause with activists trying to prevent the funding of fossil fuel development.

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Futures under stress: how did gilt futures behave in the LDI crisis?

BankUnderground

Joel Mundy and Matt Roberts-Sklar When markets are volatile, liquidity tends to worsen. This makes it harder to intermediate buyers and sellers. We saw this during the 2022 liability-driven investment (LDI) stress, when the UK government bond (gilt) market exhibited extreme volatility. This illiquidity was also evident in gilt futures, derivatives that support functioning in the cash gilt market.

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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.

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Liberty Bank embraces tech for 200th anniversary

ATM Marketplace

As it approaches its 200th anniversary, Liberty Bank is embracing major technological changes and investigating others.

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Morgan Stanley using AI to grow adviser operations

BankInovation

Morgan Stanley is using AI to improve efficiency and deepen the relationship between its advisers and customers. The bank is deploying technology to aid growth across its three divisions — investment banking, wealth management and institutional securities — Chief Financial Officer Sharon Yeshaya said during Morgan Stanley’s second-quarter earnings call today.

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How retailers can drive more sales by meeting the financing needs of more customers

Payments Dive

Embracing secondary-credit offers enables retailers to offer credit to customers who have less-than-perfect credit, otherwise known as nonprime consumers.

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Senators accuse JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon of backtracking on climate commitments

TheGuardian

Exclusive: Letter from senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, says JPMorgan may have misled investors and public JPMorgan Chase, the world’s biggest investor in fossil fuels, may have misled investors and the public by backtracking on its already weak climate and environmental commitments, six US senators have warned in a letter to the CEO Jamie Dimon. Although a climate-disrupted world demands stronger action by the financial sector to reduce emissions and protect nature, the Wall Street firm is he

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The State of Automation in Financial Services 2024 Report

In this report, you’ll find a comprehensive analysis of survey responses from executives at banks, credit unions, and insurance companies concerning their organization’s current and future use of automation. The report’s key insights include: Which types of automation are saving organizations the most time and money How to overcome the biggest barriers to automation implementation and adoption Why automation investments will continue to grow over the next few years How much you could save in 202