Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
A new report by FIS finds that business satisfaction has dipped slightly, but remains high. The FIS research found that 78% of U.S. SMBs report being extremely or very satisfied with their PFIs, down slightly from 81% in the 2018 study. SMBs with $25M-$75M in revenue reported the highest satisfaction in their banking providers (85%).…
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Moore’s Law famously states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, though the cost of computers is halved. A new essay on Medium.com explores how Moore’s Law had actually been “phasing out” for a period of time: Moore’s Law, one of the fundamental laws indicating the exponential progress in the…
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Let’s face it: Human beings are indispensable, but we are learning that in order to bring the level of service that is expected in today’s marketplace, machines and analytics have to work together and deliver quicker, more intelligent solutions than we’ve previously seen or experienced. This is the root of Artificial Intelligence and its value…
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The ability of fraudsters to create an image of a check is not necessarily a new technique. What is newsworthy is accessibility.
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It seems like not so long ago cloud computing was a nifty pie-in-the-sky idea (see what we did there?) that we’d eventually embrace along with personal jet packs and resorts on the moon. While the jet packs and moon lodgings are still off in the future, let’s make one thing clear: cloud computing is not…
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As reported at McKinsey.com, an analysis by the McKinsey Global Institute (covering more than 800 jobs and over 2,000 work activities) showed that: Globally, almost half the activities employees perform—which account for nearly USD 16 trillion in wages—could potentially be automated using existing proven technologies. Automation will transform far more jobs than it will eliminate.…
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Pymnts.com features a podcast with Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Karen Webster discussing the new risk of fraud related to remote mobile check deposits. “Mobile check capture fraud is now escalating so badly that some banks are thinking about shutting it off, because the losses just aren’t worth it,” Edwards states. It’s an interesting…
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Microsoft Corp. will stop supporting its Windows 7 operating system next January, which is a bellwether to both independent operators of ATM machines and large financial institutions — time to update! Digital Transactions reports that independent ATM operators seem to have the upper hand in the conversion race: Independent ATM owners’ decision to eschew Windows…
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In the banking industry, AML/KYC (Anti Money Laundering and Know Your Customer) was previously a very slow, methodic process — the government would put out their lists of sanctioned bad guys (hostile governments, drug kingpins, organized crime organizations and affiliates, etc.) and compliance teams would then carefully (and manually) check onboarding customers to make sure…
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In the third annual edition of its “The Best Bank for You” report, Kiplinger identifies top picks among national, regional, and internet banks, as well as credit unions, that offer the best combination of high rates, low fees, and a customer-friendly focus. Many of these institutions are customers of OrboGraph, so it’s is great to…
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