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Coffee Culture And Its Impact On Personal Spending Habits

BankBazaar

On this International Coffee Day, as we breathe in the rich aroma that somehow makes every moment feel a little warmer, it’s hard not to reflect on how deeply coffee has woven itself into our daily lives. What was once just a simple cup in the morning has evolved into something much bigger—it’s a lifestyle, a social ritual, a small indulgence that we don’t think twice about.

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Unlocking Insights: What Recent Security Events Reveal About Protecting Your Data

Jack Henry

Unlock key takeaways from recent cybersecurity attacks to help you reduce the impact of breaches and outages with security awareness, robust incident response, and business continuity.

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Bank Community Engagement: Protecting teens from financial scammers

ABA Community Banking

Open communication and education with mindful, real examples are the best steps in demonstrating that scams and fraud can happen to anyone. The post Bank Community Engagement: Protecting teens from financial scammers appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Affirm may offer discounts after Fed interest rate cut

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate reduction may give the company leeway to offer more consumers 0% interest or a lower APR, Affirm CFO Michael Linford said this week.

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If It Aint Broke, Don’t Fix It: A Dangerous Mindset

Time and time again we tell ourselves and others NOT take action on something that is not "broken." We apply that mindset at home and at work. Sometimes, it doesn’t work out so well. Because when it's truly broken, it's usually an emergency, costs more and causes stress. Join us in this webinar where we share ways where you are able to anticipate your needs, understand benefits that you will get from getting better now instead of later, and relieving your team of tasks that they don't need to be

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Fintech funding: Citi Ventures cautious of AI hype

BankInovation

Citi Ventures is aware and wary of a potential hype cycle relating to AI and aims to avoid investing in overvalued startups. “The over-hype, under-hype cycle is something that happens continuously, and AI has not been immune to that,” Managing Director Luis Valdich told Bank Automation News. “We try to make investment decisions carefully […] The post Fintech funding: Citi Ventures cautious of AI hype appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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How to End Price Your Deposit Accounts

South State Correspondent

You oversee pricing your checking accounts and you are trying to decide between $10.00 per month, $9.99, or $9.95. Which one do you choose? In a prior article where we tested “charm” account pricing, where we showed that conversion rates were almost twice as high when we used a $1.99 price point for a product compared to $2.00 ( HERE ). In this article, we go a level deep in pricing deposit accounts and look at various tactics around “pricing syntax” or “end price.” Pricing Tactics for Dep

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Hurricane Helene aftermath prompts card, cash troubles

Payments Dive

After the storm ripped through the southeastern U.S., consumers and merchants have been left grappling with card network outages and cash shortages.

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FDIC Digital Sign Requirement Deadline Fast Approaching – Part 1 of 2

Perficient

Just before Christmas in 2023, December 23, 2023, to be precise, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Board of Directors gave a Christmas gift that was the equivalent of coal in their stocking. Since the 1930s, when the FDIC was founded as part of the New Deal, the black and gold official sign (shown below) displayed at bank branch teller windows has given bank customers confidence that their deposited funds are safe.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update- Third Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

Financial Markets Update – Third Quarter 2024 I had a fantastic September traveling to France and Luxembourg with my sisters. We joined my dear friend, Elisabeth, Thanks GIs Association, and other American families for the dedication ceremony of a new monument to the 11 th Infantry Regiment, who fought in the Dornot-Corny battle along the Moselle River in 1944 for their freedom.

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The 2024 Lenders Guide to Automating the Complex Loan

Download the latest edition of GoDocs' "The Lender's Guide to Automating the Complex Loan." This comprehensive guide offers financial institutions valuable insights into document automation for complex commercial loans. It unpacks the intricacies of complex loans and showcases how an automation platform like GoDocs — the leading commercial loan closing platform — delivers impressive benefits and ROI to any FI.

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4 Winning Loan Tactics to Improve ROA

South State Correspondent

In Q2/24 the average return of asset (ROA) for community banks (under $10B in assets) was 1.08%. But within the community banking sector, performance varied among banks significantly and a large swath of banks need to improve ROA. While the average ROA was 1.08%, approximately 5.7% of community banks reported negative ROA. Another 16.2% of community banks reported a positive ROA of less than 0.50% – these are troubling results because the economy is growing, and non-performing assets ar

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Fiserv nets special banking charter in Georgia

Payments Dive

The payments processor is only the second company to win the special bank charter since Georgia made it available.

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Creating the best retail banking experience

ATM Marketplace

A panel at the Bank Customer Experience Summit held in Charlotte, North Carolina from Sept. 9 to 11 did a deep dive into ideas and innovation for retail banking.

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Bank of America mobile app, digital interface down

BankInovation

Tens of thousands of Bank of America clients reported outages of online and mobile banking services today. At 1 p.m. ET, more than 20,000 clients had reported issues with the $3.2 trillion bank, according to website Downdetector, which publishes the status of outages in real time. Many clients posted to social platform X to alert […] The post Bank of America mobile app, digital interface down appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Is Your Current Card Platform Holding You Back?

Have you ever felt the pain and loss of a client suddenly going silent, leaving you questioning everything? Ghosting can cause heartbreak; in business, it drains resources, and emotionally, it shatters your confidence. A modern credit card program can give you the tools to deliver the digital-first experiences your customer’s demand. Our eBook, “5 Signs Your Credit Card Offering Needs an Upgrade,” will help you identify key indicators that your current card platform may be holding you back and w

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Monitoring UK bank accounts for benefits fraud would be ‘huge blow to privacy’

TheGuardian

Exclusive: privacy and rights groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have been warned not to resurrect Conservative plans to tackle welfare fraud by launching mass algorithmic surveillance of bank accounts. Disability rights, poverty, pensioner and privacy groups fear the government is poised to deliver a “snooper’s charter” by using automation and possibly artificial intelligence to crack down on benefit cheat

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P2P payments tools lack transparency, consumer group says

Payments Dive

Zelle, the popular peer-to-peer payment service, and rivals should be more upfront with consumers about the ability to ask for money back, Consumer Reports says.

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What's pulling banks down on customer satisfaction?

ATM Marketplace

A recent survey for UK’s Institute for Customer Service found that banks didn't make the cut for good customer service. How can they improve?

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Mobile solutions offer competitive edge for credit unions

BankInovation

Credits unions tapping Dublin-based fintech Pulsate for mobile solutions see a return on investment with a major uptick in funded loans, engagement and transactions. It is imperative that “community financial institutions [are equipped with] the tools they need to not just survive in this digital-first world, but be competitive,” Sarah Martin, chief executive of mobile […] The post Mobile solutions offer competitive edge for credit unions appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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3 Ways Managed Device Services Help Community Banks Cut Costs

Community banks seek ways to leverage their technology infrastructure to drive productivity and growth. However, the sheer volume of technology devices, capital constraints, and lack of skilled resources stand in the way. This Strategy Brief explores how a managed device services partner can help bridge this resource gap. Managed device services partners empower community banks to take charge of mission-critical device management activities with: Logistics and installation services to support se

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Data Analytics in the Cloud: It’s Not If, It’s When

Gonzobanker

Bankers are finally realizing that their first-generation approach to data analytics won’t serve them for long. Bluntly speaking, the banking industry is falling behind when it comes to leveraging and monetizing data strategically. With all the customer, transaction, credit, delivery channel and market data that banks hold, it’s ironic to hear executives lament, “We don’t have our arms around data yet, and we’re not using it to drive the business.

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Visa expected to temper competitive moves after DOJ action

Payments Dive

The card network may bend to emboldened fintech rivals and more assertive merchants following the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit.

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Can I Get SBA Loan to Buy an Existing Business for 1.9 M

Commercial Lending USA

Get expert advice on SBA loan to buy an existing business for 1.9m. Learn about Commercial Lending USA eligibility, application, and benefits.

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UK banks given extra three days to delay payments in effort to beat scams

TheGuardian

High street banks handed new powers by the Treasury to delay and investigate payments suspected of being fraudulent Bank payments can be delayed by an extra three days if lenders suspect consumers are being scammed, as part of a crackdown on booming levels of digital fraud in Britain. Under changes designed to protect consumers against online scams, high street banks are to be handed new powers by the Treasury to delay and investigate payments suspected of being fraudulent.

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How Unify Turned Month-End Mayhem Into a Growth Party With Automation!

By ditching paper and manual checklists, UNIFY embraced ART’s cloud-based solution for seamless automation. The robust dashboards, exception reports, and completion date reports allowed the team to easily track progress and resolve bottlenecks. ART’s flexible access for auditors ensured tight deadlines were met effortlessly. With competitive pricing and a rapid setup, ART cut costs and minimized disruptions, enabling UNIFY’s team to concentrate on high-impact tasks.

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Visa launches the Visa Commercial Solutions Hub

The Paypers

Multinational payment card services corporation Visa has announced the pilot launch of the Visa Commercial Solutions (VCS) Hub, a new commercial payment ecosystem.

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Oportun inks deal to sell credit card portfolio

Payments Dive

The deal, expected to close in November, is a push by the online lender to pursue profitability by simplifying its business and focusing on its core products.

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The FDIC is proposing an unnecessary rule that will kill index funds

American Banker

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. wants to remove an exemption that allows index funds to invest freely in bank stocks. The result will be damaging to the investors who have come to rely on the funds' steady returns.

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Many cheered when banks eliminated ATM fees in 2017 – but now it’s a struggle to find one

TheGuardian

Bank-owned ATM numbers are down almost 60%, with many spots now taken by privately-owned machines charging about $3 per withdrawal Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It is getting increasingly difficult to find an ATM and harder still to find one that doesn’t charge fees, prompting warnings that the push toward a cashless society is neither equitable nor wise.

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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.