In discussion with a client the other day, we got into a debate about how to structure the next workshop with management. The result is that there were five critical questions propose: How far can we automate everything? How can we use technology differently? Can regulators keep up with these changes? Could the network run……

Things we’re reading today include … Ripple Will Launch Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin (pymnts.com) Goldman Sachs’s UK gender pay gap widest in six years (ft.com) Chinese fintech Ant Group targets global growth without Jack Ma (ft.com) At Indonesia’s biggest bank, customers’ savings can vanish with a click | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera US banks ‘sabotaging’……

TD Bank is experimenting with virtual reality to build practical skill sets through controlled customer simulations, leading to improved employee training.  “TD has been experimenting with different immersive experiences for colleagues and customers,” TD Product Manager Kerry Narduzzi told Bank Automation News. “This is a new technology and we want to really understand it and…

ACI Worldwide is exploring the use of its cloud platform to onboard bank clients to The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payments network.  The payments service provider already onboards bank clients to the Federal Reserve’s FedNow payments network through its real-time payments cloud, so moving The Clearing House’s (TCH) deployment to the cloud will offer “similar benefits,”…

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Fifteen years ago, social media was becoming popular. Facebook was growing fast, and Twitter had just launched. Ten years ago, banks were cautious about such media as it might compromise customer information. Five years ago, many were starting to get the idea, but were still trying to work out how to be social and compliant….…

Things we’re reading today include … The EU wasted €60M on a pointless fintech fad — but the Belgians won’t let it die – POLITICO Scayl comes out of stealth with its “fintech for fintech lenders” and €100M funding – Tech.eu Bitcoin Is Soaring This Year. This Goldman Sachs Skeptic Isn’t Biting. – WSJ Deutsche……

Lending-as-a-Service platform Epic River has integrated Finastra’s loan documentation system LaserPro into its platform to give customers a place to send the additional borrower information being collected.  “We had a lot more banks generating loan application data in our system instead of having borrowers fill out PDFs,” Epic River Chief Executive Jeff Grobaski told Bank…

Citizens Bank is expanding its use of cloud-based banking platform Blend to offer bank customers easier access to credit through the tech provider’s credit card solution.  The $222 billion bank is preparing for high consumer demand for credit when interest rates start to fall, Adam Boyd, executive vice president, head of home equity, credit card…

It’s interesting how people interpret things. Many think it’s old banks versus new banks; branch versus app; physical versus digital; government currencies versus cryptocurrencies; and more. For me, it’s not versus though. It’s and. We live in a world of transition where new and old banks work together well. My old bank does my boring……