CSI Blog

by David Culbertson When it comes to delivering statements and notices to customers, will you join the paperless movement? According to the just-published CSI 2013 Annual Banking Priorities Study, more than 85 percent of your financial industry peers a...
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by Sean Martin So, May 7 was supposed to be a day of dread for financial institutions across the country as the hacktivist collective Anonymous announced it would slam banks and credit unions with system-halting distributed denial of service (DDoS) at...
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by Paul Reymann Going strictly by the numbers, the 2013 forecast for the financial services industry is bright indeed. According to reports by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), industry earnings totaled $141.3 billion in 2012—a...
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by Matt Herren Each year, debit card fraud grows in sophistication. Years ago, it might’ve been a petty thief looking over your shoulder at the ATM, and while that kind of fraud still happens today, it’s more likely that your banking custo...
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by Amber Goodrich It’s hard enough protecting your financial institution from the various types of criminals out there, but what if the worst offender is sitting the next office over? None of us wants to think our trusted employees and co-worke...
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by: Steve DuPerrieu Your customers want easier ways to exchange money from one to another. And while cash and checks don’t cut it anymore, savvy consumers still expect “instant” ways of trading money. Enter person-to-person (P2P...
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by Bill Kane With the introduction of the new qualified mortgage (QM) definition as well as its concurrent proposed rule requesting comments on a safe harbor exception, you have much to consider and do in 2013 to plan for your 2014 lending program. The...
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by Cliff Skrdlant Does all the talk about cloud computing and its many capabilities make you feel that your organization must jump feet first into full cloud adoption to compete in today’s financial industry? Depending on your current situation, ...
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by Steve Powless Most of us are truly glad when April rolls around, with the promise of new beginnings literally in the air and all around us. But April 1 marks another reason to celebrate, as it officially kicks off Community Banking Month. It’s...
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by Lori Moore One of the biggest consequences to emerge in the year since the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Prepaid Access Rule went into effect is that regulators have placed greater focus on a financial institution’s r...
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