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Regions and Zions execs share advice gleaned from core system overhauls
Wisconsin bank out to prove tech overhauls possible for tiny players
Playing catch-up in crypto, banks ask core providers for help
Microsoft wants bigger piece of cloud banking market
The company is emphasizing the software interoperability of the service it's launching that caters to banks, which are making huge investments in cloud computing. It will face off against big-tech rivals in the market like IBM, which touts the ... Read full article
This startup bank's mission: Environmental justice
Ken LaRoe, whose First Green Bancorp was sold a few years ago, is seeking approval for a de novo called Climate First Bank that would cater to low-income communities hurt by climate change and favor ecology-minded tech vendors. ... Read full article
What PNC has in mind for BBVA's technology
BBVA USA was one of the first U.S. banks to deploy a real-time core system and to purchase a neobank. Here's what PNC may keep, and what it may jettison, after it acquires the U.S. unit of the Spanish banking giant. ... Read full article
Most Powerful Women to Watch: Jennifer Smith, Zions Bancorp.
Smith, Zions' chief information officer, is overseeing a broad range of tech projects, the largest being a multiyear overhaul of the bank's core system. ... Read full article
New PPP angst, forbearance balloon payments, Scharf backlash: Top stories of the week
Waiting for the SBA to sign off on PPP loan forgiveness; banks criticized for requiring balloon payments on loans in forbearance; how backlash over Scharf remarks affects Wells Fargo’s diversity push; and more from this week’s most-read stories. ... Read full article
Live Oak outpaces larger rivals in moving core system to public cloud
The North Carolina bank deployed Finxact's new technology, which runs on Amazon Web Services, to make Paycheck Protection Program loans and will use it next to offer business savings accounts and CDs. ... Read full article
Even in pandemic, small banks forge ahead with core conversions
Many community banks, like Peoples Community in Wisconsin, say they proceeded despite the technological challenges presented by social distancing because the crisis has exposed the shortcomings of their digital systems. ... Read full article
Core conversions go virtual amid pandemic
Switching core banking systems has long been done face to face, but the coronavirus has driven the process into the digital arena. The change could be permanent. ... Read full article
Bisignano’s priorities as Fiserv CEO: Bond with banks, invest in tech
Incoming chief Frank Bisignano downplays any pressure to find $1.2 billion in cost cuts promised to shareholders from the acquisition of First Data. Instead he emphasized his track record of producing revenue growth and pledged to keep funding innovation ... Read full article
Mnuchin backs designating financial sector workers as 'essential'
Financial services personnel were among critical infrastructure groups that the Department of Homeland Security said were crucial for “public health and safety as well as community well-being” during the pandemic. ... Read full article
Bank tech vendor Finastra hit with ransomware attack
The attack knocked out core and mobile banking systems at several U.S. banks, and Finastra is working to get them up and running. ... Read full article
Colorado bank joins growing list of cloud-based-core converts
FirstBank, the initial customer of the startup Finxact, sought a modern core system that jibes with fast payments and other new technologies. ... Read full article
M&T snags JPM exec, banking deserts, goodbye legacy cores: Top stories of the week
M&T hires Aarthi Murali away from JPMorgan Chase as its customer experience chief; when a small town loses its only bank; why more banks are ditching their legacy core vendors; and more from this week’s most-read stories. ... Read full article
Why more banks are ditching their legacy core vendors
Newcomers Nymbus, Neocova, Finxact and Technisys and older competitors like Temenos, Infosys and Oracle are winning over community and regional banks by offering what some bankers describe as more flexible technology at fairer prices. ... Read full article
Western Union alum starts digital bank for low-income Americans
Rellevate, founded by Stewart Stockdale, will offer pay advances, fast bill pay payment and international remittances for consumers who live paycheck to paycheck. ... Read full article
Gene Ludwig, Chip Mahan launch $545M fund for bank-friendly fintechs
Ludwig, a former regulator and CEO of Promontory Financial, and Mahan, the head of Live Oak Bancshares, say they want to back tech startups that support community banks. The ABA and ICBA are among the fund's investors. ... Read full article
