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Checks have become a punch line on late night TV In spite of their “antiquity,” checks remain popular Are “experts” and media the root of inherent issues with check payments? Evan Sparks, editor-in-chief of the ABA Banking Journal and senior vice president for member communications at the American Bankers Association, poses the question: Is it…

A recent CrowdStrike outage impacted an array of businesses and individuals Airline travelers found themselves significantly inconvenienced Financial institutions were not immune from impact A few weeks ago, the world was disrupted by the CrowdStrike outage — with air travel, healthcare, and even the financial industry feeling the impact. Almost everyone knows someone who was…

The world is becoming “more and more plastic” In the current market, small credit card issuers face an uphill battle Partnerships and collaborations are effective strategies PaymentsJournal addresses the challenges smaller banks face in a financial environment that has become more and more “plastic” — that is, reliant upon credit and debit cards. Credit cards…

Is cash “on its way out”? COVID-19 caused a steep decline in cash usage Predictions of a “cash crash” appear to have been premature ATM Marketplace — an organization with particular interest in paper currency — asks the question: Will Cash Ever Go Away? They note that cash usage in the U.S. declined from 26%…

Bank infrastructure has changed For modern banks, customers are more important than money The Cloud has become more and more integral Michael Haney, head of product strategy at Galileo Financial Technologies, recently spent time with Hal Levey, senior writer at PYMNTS, discussing the fact that banking infrastructure has undergone a significant evolution over the past few…

Open Banking is popular worldwide United States financial institutions are “late to the party” Collaboration, innovation, and interoperability are keys to success A few weeks ago we explored Open Banking and its impact. Open Banking is a system that allows consumers to share their financial data with third-party providers and enables access to a wider…