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Rise of the Machines — Interactive Teller Machines (ITMs), That Is…

July 21, 2021

No, this is not a scene from a sci-fi action movie starring the immortal Arnold Schwarzenegger. As far as we know, there is no “Skynet” that has developed an artificial intelligence with the motive of eradicating all human life.

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A Look Inside the New FFIEC Information Technology Examination Handbook

July 15, 2021

The Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations Booklet is one in a series of booklets that compose the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Information Technology Examination Handbook (IT Handbook), prepared for use by examiners. As described at the FFIEC website: With the publication of this booklet, the FFIEC member agencies replace the “Operations” booklet issued in July 2004.…

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Building a Platform Requires AI Diversity & Partnership

July 8, 2021

Artificial Intelligence can be a dizzying technology to understand. While the term gets tossed around everywhere you turn, it’s important for financial institutions to have a strong baseline of knowledge on the different types of AI, in order to better leverage the technology.

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A Real Life Innovation Lab Story at Royal Bank of Canada

July 1, 2021

Recently, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has taken an approach similar to that of OrboGraph’s OrbNet AI Innovation Lab to bring AI technology to the financial industry; partnering with NVIDIA and Red Hat to create Borealis AI. But what is Borealis AI? And what do they do? Well, Borealis AI describes themselves as: A world-class AI research…

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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – June 2021

June 29, 2021

In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.

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The New Standard: AI and GPU White Paper

June 24, 2021

As a subscriber to the OrboNation Blog, you have undoubtedly seen articles involving Artificial Intelligence (AI) and GPUs and how this combination of breakthrough technologies are part of the future for banking. The adoption of GPU hardware is enabling the combination of a “New Standard” for solving the difficult problems of the industry in many…

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Enhancing the Value of Existing Bank Branches as Customer Visits Increase

June 18, 2021

With “never go to a bank” Millennials becoming a bigger and bigger market force, compounded by the fact that pandemic lock-downs have encouraged even formerly tech-averse people to use online banking tools, one might think the reign of the bank and credit union physical, walk-in branch system is coming to a close.

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News Release: OrboGraph Completes Market Launch of OrbNet Forensic AI

June 7, 2021

Billerica, MA, June 7, 2021 – OrboGraph, a premier developer and supplier of intelligent electronic and paper automation for check fraud detection, recognition solutions as well as healthcare payment electronification, announced the market launch of OrbNet Forensic AI as the core image analysis technology to the Anywhere Fraud software application version 4.1. Details are now available on recently modernized company’s website, www.orbograph.com.

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Credit Unions Bring Digital Technology To Customer-Centric Strategy

June 3, 2021

Credit Unions and their members tend to pride themselves — rightfully so — on being much more “customer-centric” than the average financial institution. They are, after all, serving “members,” and that spirit permeates their approach in all aspects of their business. The relationship has become, in fact, a differentiator that draws (and keeps) loyal members on a long-term basis.

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Modernization Pains Eased for Community Banks by Jack Henry & Associates

May 27, 2021

The Federal Reserve is actively exploring ways to streamline FinTechs’ access to the payment system, and pymnts.com reports that financial institutions will need sharpen their systems to retain a competitive edge.

The Federal Reserve could be taking steps toward a much more open and competitive financial services landscape as it considers allowing FinTechs to gain access to the payment system directly. The Fed announced last week that it is inviting comment on the proposal to develop guidelines for allowing non-banks to access accounts and payment services, rather than relying on bank partnerships to facilitate that connectivity.

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