April 23, 2014
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The competition among banks for commercial customer deposit dollars is as heated as ever. Banks are using advanced data mining and segmentation techniques to find and market to these valuable commercial accounts. Yet, even with this drive to capture and retain commercial customers, many banks are finding it hard to invest in the very services that promote new and longstanding customer relationships.
Millions of customers transfer money domestically each year, many of them struggling to navigate the complex and costly fees that come with each transaction. Walmart and Ria are launching a retail industry first - Walmart-2-Walmart Money Transfer Service.
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Properties Under Water at Lowest Level in Two Years   

According to RealtyTrac's recently released U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report, in the first quarter of 2014, 9.1 million U.S. residential properties were seriously underwater -- where the combined loan amount secured by the property is at least 25 percent higher than the property's estimated market value - representing 17 percent of all properties with a mortgage in the first quarter.
A new research report from Barlow Research investigates the mobile opportunity in the small office/home office (SOHO) segment and makes comparisons across five major banks' mobile offerings: Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chase, PNC and U.S. Bank.

Community Rewards 2014: Families Helping Families

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Leading payments consultancy FIME has launched a customized consulting offer to help U.S. payment card issuers and acquirers accelerate their move to secure EMV chip payments.
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The Electronic Payments Association has launched a new opt-in program designed to mitigate the increasing volume of business bill payment exceptions originated to billers through online banking channels. Through the Bill Payment Exception (BPE) Mitigation Opt-in Program, NACHA seeks to improve the reliability of online banking bill payment channels, reduce costs and checks issued in association with bill payment exceptions, and improve overall efficiencies for billers and bill payment originators.

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