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Previously known as Bank Innovation, Bank Automation News has been a leader in monitoring the changes in digital banking since 2009. As the future of innovation leans towards automation, we have shifted our coverage to deliver insights that help industry professionals achieve better outcomes. Automation represents a significant advancement in financial services technology. It has the potential to enhance or completely change various banking processes, ranging from customer service to compliance, lending options, and investment strategies. This technology is set to bring about the most significant changes in financial institutions since the digitization of services following the Credit Crisis. Banks that haven’t yet invested in automation need to start focusing on this area to stay competitive. This shift will also require investment in training and educational resources. Bank Automation News is the first and only source dedicated to news and education in this growing area of financial technology. We offer a Premium subscription service that includes unlimited access to Premium articles, a weekly video update, exclusive discounts for events, and much more. Subscribers to the Premium plan gain access to valuable data and exclusive market insights. For those looking for even more benefits, our Premium Plus subscription includes everything in the Premium package, plus passes to all Bank Automation News events, a library of on-demand conference content, exclusive monthly webinars, and additional perks.

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15 questions FI leaders ask about agentic AI

2 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Vaidik Trivedi |Whitney McDonald

By Vaidik Trivedi, Whitney McDonald Manual processes still play a role in the financial services industry, making them ripe for change. And though Mastercard, Citi and Temenos are among the financial institutions that have deployed agentic AI, the technology will become more mainstream as it becomes more trusted and as returns on investment are realized. "Most agentic AI projects right [...]
FIs must comply with new 'on behalf of' payments rules

2 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald The Clearing House has implemented revised rules for "on-behalf-of" payments on its Real Time Payments network. On-behalf-of (OBO) payments are payments on the Real Time Payments (RTP) network. These transactions are originated by a sender to make a payment on behalf of another person. "The new rules apply to all intermediated RTP activity, introducing a [...]
SECU to automate 85% of application decisions with Mantl

4 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald State Employees' Credit Union of Maryland selected account origination solution provider Mantl to digitalize its in-branch and online account opening process. "SECU is implementing Mantl for retail and business account opening, integrating directly with their existing banking core," Nathaniel Harley, co-founder and president of Mantl, told Bank Automation News. SECU uses Alkami's digital banking platform, [...]
Bank Automation News hosts BNY, Truist and U.S. Bank leaders for embedded finance webinar

4 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

Bank Automation News presents the webinar "Seamless integration: The new frontier in embedded payments" on Tuesday, July 22, at 11 a.m. ET. In this free, 45-minute discussion moderated by Editor Whitney McDonald , payments leaders will discuss the technology behind direct integration for embedded finance, new solutions in the market and who is betting on the embedded finance business model for revenue and deposit streams. Register here for the webinar.
Envestnet to offload Yodlee to private equity firm STG

4 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald |Vaidik Trivedi

By Whitney McDonald, Vaidik Trivedi Wealthtech giant Envestnet has entered into an agreement to sell data analytics arm Yodlee to private equity firm STG. "This move sharpens our strategic focus at Envestnet and enables us to reinvest even more deeply in our core wealth management platform - anchored in data-powered financial planning, open architecture, and expanded capabilities across fiduciary, asset [...]
Finastra appoints Baptiste COO

5 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald Finastra added three key players to its executive team on June 23. The tech provider, which serves 8,100 financial institutions, appointed Dan Baptiste as chief operating officer and Mike Stawchansky as chief technology officer. "Our priorities this year are clear - deliver scalable, secure and intuitive technology, harness the power of generative AI and continue [...]
Citizens revamps its lending tech

6 days ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald Citizens Financial launched a new credit card suite this month on the heels of a platform revamp. Over the past 18 months, the $220.1 billion financial institution has moved to a new decision engine, a new credit analytics platform and a new point of sale system, Adam Boyd, head of lending at Citizens, told Bank [...]
Senate strikes One Big Beautiful Bill's attempt to cut CFPB funding to 0%, AFSA says

1 week ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald The U.S. Senate reportedly slashed the provision to drop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding to 0% from 12% in the One Big Beautiful Bill, the American Financial Services Association disclosed today. AFSA said its Federal Congressional Affairs team is "hearing" that the provision was struck by the Senate parliamentarian. The Senate parliamentarian's office did [...]
BNY's roadmap to international instant payments

1 week ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald BNY is working to expand cross-border, instant payments to new markets through the remainder of 2025 and into 2026. "We've been really focused on international real-time payments," Carl Slabicki, executive platform owner of treasury services at BNY, told Bank Automation News. "How do we bridge cross-border money movement into an instant 24/7 world." New York-based [...]
Inside Spring by Citi embedded finance, payments services

1 week ago | bankautomationnews.com | Whitney McDonald

's embedded finance service, Spring by Citi, is looking to expand its use cases in payments acceptance and foreign exchange by tapping the consumer bank, Managing Director and Global Head Vineeth Subramanyam tells Bank Automation News on this episode of "The Buzz" podcast. services organization and is built on Spring by Citi launched in 2020 and has a global presence in 23 markets.