Category: Operational

November 15, 2022

Banks of all sizes are tuning up their technology to better compete for customer loyalty by focusing on areas involving consumer interactions. But bank leaders need to understand that artificial intelligence, or AI, alone can’t revolutionize the customer experience. In […]

October 25, 2022

Banks’ relationships with fintechs, particularly banking-as-a-service (BaaS) arrangements, have garnered increased attention among regulators and lawmakers in recent months. BaaS, a business model that allows fintechs and corporations without a charter to offer their customers financial services by using the […]

October 20, 2022

Decentralized finance, the once red-hot slice of the crypto universe that was at the center of this year’s collapse of the digital-asset world, is facing a rapidly increasing new challenge: financial hacking. After being plagued for years by hackers seeking […]

October 17, 2022

Vert is the only German provider that combines the two payment and banking services, “meeting market demand” for an integrated offering, Deutsche Bank says. The new platform also offers next-day banking-day pay outs, providing merchants with faster access to their […]

October 12, 2022

The bank says customers can now transfer data directly through an API from their accounting software package “with a few clicks”, and they also have the option to upload their data through a user interface (UI). Digital RF automatically generates […]

October 10, 2022

Fintech partnerships, specifically banking as service arrangements, are changing the risk profile at community banks and require heightened risk management from executives and the board. Banking as a service has evolved from the niche domain of certain community banks to […]

September 22, 2022

The new “global strategic alliance” will see Cleareye work with JP Morgan’s Trade and Working Capital Group, leveraging the former’s digital solution ClearTrade to simplify the due diligence processing associated with trade finance transactions and related physical documents. Over the […]

September 21, 2022

In an e-mail to affected customers, the fintech says that while their money is safe and no card details, PINs or passwords were accessed, some individuals may be vulnerable to fraud and phishing attacks. A Revolut spokesperson says: “Revolut recently […]

August 16, 2022

The finance industry is no exception when it comes to the general shift toward automation in daily life. Automation is a powerful tool that eliminates repetitive manual processes, whether it’s to improving the bottom line by increasing productivity and output […]

August 1, 2022

Long gone are the days of going into a branch for our everyday banking needs, with everything from online banking and buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to cashless and contactless payments soaring in popularity. Last year alone, 93% of […]

July 27, 2022

Hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with attacks designed to use their computer systems to mine cryptocurrencies, according to cybersecurity firm SonicWall. The number of so-called cryptojacking attacks on financial companies more than tripled […]

July 19, 2022

Over the last couple of decades, data analytics has become the ultimate business dialect for better decision-making, with organizations integrating some form of data science into their business operations. And the finance and accounting niches are no exception. However, the […]

July 12, 2022

Equitable Bank, Canada’s Challenger Bank™, has announced a new three-year strategic acceleration with Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform. This will enable Equitable to continue delivering award-winning cloud-based banking services to over 340,000 customers across the country. “We will […]

July 11, 2022

As more governments consider launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), they face many important questions: Why create a digital dollar, euro, or rupee? What technology best fits that purpose? How might a CBDC affect competition in the market? Policymakers […]

June 23, 2022

The collaboration aims to aid companies and their operations through AI, machine learning, automation and data and analytics applications on the KPMG proprietary Digital Gateway platform, enabled by the Microsoft Azure cloud. The companies say that the investment in new […]

June 22, 2022

Flagstar said it has no evidence that any of the information obtained in the breach has been misused. The bank has hired the global consultant Kroll in the aftermath of the breach. “Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution we […]

June 9, 2022

BLKB selected NetGuardians’ fraud mitigation software and plans to go live with it in H2 this year. “Everything we do is for our customers,” states Christoph Schaer, chief operating officer (COO) at BLKB. “By working with NetGuardians we will be […]

June 6, 2022

The announcement by Fidelity that it will provide 401K asset management services for Bitcoin is just the latest sign of crypto becoming a mainstream asset. Now, the question for investors is how to approach this immature and extremely volatile market. […]

June 6, 2022

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently issued guidance on the use of blockchain analytics for all virtual currency businesses that either have a BitLicense or are chartered as limited purpose trust companies under the New York […]

May 16, 2022

The global COVID-19 pandemic has shone a floodlight on financial vulnerabilities and the stress they cause for families. A recent survey shows that only 22% of Americans give themselves high scores on their own financial wellness. This is a failing […]