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Fiserv Survey: 64% Would Increase Check Usage if Funds Were Immediately Available

April 20, 2022

Victoria Dougherty, Fiserv’s Director of Product Management, Financial and Risk Management Solutions, notes that “reports of the paper check’s death have been greatly exaggerated.” Most people still write and cash checks, even if they do it less frequently. Plus, with fewer checks in circulation, the checks people write and receive – and the funds tied…

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Automated Banking: Next Big Thing or Already Here?

April 14, 2022

A recent Forbes article takes the reader on a nostalgic trip to another era: If you’re of a certain age, you might remember going to a drive-thru bank, where you’d put your deposit into a container outside the bank building. Your money was then sucked up via pneumatic tube and plopped onto the desk of…

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EPAM Continuum Identifies Key Trends from Global Consumer Banking Report

April 8, 2022

EPAM Continuum released a report entitled Regional Banks Reimagined. This project presents the results of their annual survey covering attitudes and behaviors of banking customers around the globe. In their inaugural effort, they surveyed 4,500 consumers across four countries to understand their beliefs; for 2021, EPAM surveyed more than 21,000 consumers across seven countries. The…

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AP Takes Blended Approach for Checks and Electronic Payments

March 31, 2022

PYMNTS.com reports that many businesses are looking for ways to optimize their accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) processes in line with their emerging digital needs. One might imagine that check payments are becoming scarce. Wrong. In fact, some experts estimate that 40% of all B2B payments in the U.S. are still made via…

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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – March 2022

March 30, 2022

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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OrbNet Forensic AI Receives 2022 AI Excellence Award – Hybrid Intelligent System

March 29, 2022

As a leader in the check fraud prevention industry, OrboGraph continues to invest in the development in its technology and solutions designed to increase financial institutions’ capabilities for check fraud detection. This level of investment and dedication has led to OrboGraph’s OrbNet Forensic AI being recognized a winner of 2022 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards –…

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Why Paper Payments — Cash & Checks — Are Holding “Challenger Banks” Back

March 24, 2022

PYMTS.com reports, via their January 2022 ConnectedEconomy™ Report, that a substantial amount of U.S. consumers — 67% — say they interact with their bank using digital channels, including such functions as checking their balances, paying bills, and monitoring transaction alerts. As Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC in February 2022, just 15% of…

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Deep Dive: Why Paper Checks Still Factor Into B2B Firms’ Payment Optimization Plans

March 16, 2022

In an era of digital payment avenues that seem to double in number every month, checks may seem old fashioned and ready to be left behind, However, as we’ve illustrated here previously, checks remain key tools for many individuals and businesses. As noted in PYMNTS.COM: Eighty-one percent of business professionals expect the growing availability of real-time…

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Post Office Banking Trial is a Dud — Time to Refocus?

March 10, 2022

This past October we reported that the US Post Office was experimenting with offering some banking functions to aid underserved neighborhoods and populations. These services were to include check cashing, bill paying, ATM access, expanded and improved money orders and expanded wire transfers, with select Postal Service locations in Washington, D.C., Falls Church, Virginia; Baltimore,…

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OrboNation Newsletter: Check Processing Edition – February 2022

March 1, 2022

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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