Remote Deposit Capture
The unprecedented worldwide coronavirus pandemic has created a new set of values for people around the world. Toilet paper is a precious commodity (in spite of a robust supply chain, it should be noted); it is possible to be productive working from home (a good internet connection is a lifeline to remote meetings), and; you…
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OrboGraph’s dynamic webinar entitled Change is Inevitable – How Will You Respond? — co-hosted with NICE Actimize — provided fresh insight into the nature of fraud. The webinar provides information and scenarios to show how fraudsters are becoming more sophisticated in their methods of committing fraud and how incorporating new technologies like Artificial Intelligence and…
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From the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta comes an informative overview of check usage entitled U.S. Consumers’ Use of Personal Checks: Evidence from a Diary Survey. The authors look at 1,600 individual transactions to gain an understanding of what check payments are currently used for—by dollar value, and by payee—and who uses checks (in terms of demographics and income).
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OrboGraph recently co-hosted with Nice Actimize a dynamic webinar entitled Change is Inevitable – How Will You Respond? Along with OrboGraph’s Joe Gregory, Allegra Angus and Nithin Mangalore of Nice Actimize discussed with attendees different aspects of check fraud trends, best practices for combating check fraud, including incorporating machine learning and image analysis.
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The array of digital payment vehicles available is dizzying — Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo — the list is long. Still, checks remain popular. And, it turns out, a better payment instrument when it becomes necessary to stop payment due to error or suspected fraud! MoneyWise describes easy step-by-step directions for canceling or stopping…
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Accelerated funds availability allows depositors to instantly access the money they deposit via check. That way, there’s no waiting period for the check to clear and no penalty if the check writer’s account has insufficient funds. An article at BAI Banking Strategies by Victoria Dougherty, director of Payment Management Solutions, Fiserv, opens by wondering why…
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The Federal Reserve released the 2019 Federal Reserve Payments Study Executive Report on December 19, 2019. Based on 2018 compared to 2015, aggregate payment growth in “core noncash payments,” including debit card, credit card, ACH, and checks, were up as a whole by 6.7% representing an incremental 30.6 billion transactions valued at $97B! Comparing actual…
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In today’s world, abbreviations are utilized on a daily basis. Simple contractions such as “don’t”, “couldn’t”, and “we’ll” are all commonly used in the English language. In the banking world, abbreviations are most common in the date field, as many in society choose to abbreviate the year from 01/08/2020 to 1/8/20. Seems harmless, right? Maybe…
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We love this time of year! It’s a week when everyone the payments industry can take a deep breath, celebrate successes, reflect, and then blog about the future. And now that 2020 is upon us, what better time to “look ahead” toward 2030! PYMNTS.com is one of the first publications to make a prediction related…
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And another year comes to a close! It’s been our pleasure to share observations, insights, and solutions from across the industry via the OrboNation Blog. As 2019 comes to end, we have much to be thankful for. Most importantly, however, we’re thankful for the clients and customers that are crucial to OrboGraph’s success. Looking back,…
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