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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Financial Services Trends for 2025: Fraud Prevention, Customer Account Management, and More

As the financial landscape continues to evolve, financial institutions (FIs) face a complex set of challenges and opportunities, including customer management, fraud prevention, and technological advancements. In 2025, FIs must position themselves for success amidst rising consumer debt, evolving digital banking platforms, and in making themselves ...

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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Embracing the Soon-to-Be $228 Billion Embedded Finance Revenue Opportunity

Companies across various sectors, from travel to retail and everything in between, are recognizing the value of embedded finance by creating super-apps or platforms that incorporate a variety of types of services (including financial) to enhance customer loyalty and create new revenue streams. Embedded finance is transforming financial services ac...

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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Remaining Relevant: Move Now to Tap Into These Top 10 Mega Banking Trends

From evolving lending practices to new competition, and changing fraud risks and compliance needs, banks are constantly adapting to a shifting landscape. Below are 10 mega trends in banking: More RegTech Spending to Comply with Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny: With global financial regulations becoming more stringent, banks will also face increased ...

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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Preparing for the Next Evolution of Buy Now, Pay Later...And Beyond

Recent holiday shopping season data showed U.S. shoppers spent $16.6 billion dollars using BNPL plans, with BNPL volume increasing 14% year-over-year. A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed 64% of respondents had been offered a BNPL loan, and 29% of that group had used it as a payment method within the past year. BNPL is also gro...

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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Making Good on the Promise of Open Banking Requires Technology and Solid Execution

Open banking is here and is showing no signs of slowing down. According to a recent Finastra survey, 56 percent of US financial institutions (FIs) surveyed regard open finance as a “must have”, up from 45% in 2021. Globally, the open banking market is expected to grow to $43 billion by 2026 from its value of $7 billion in 2018. Open banking is th...

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Kathy Stares

Kathy Stares EVP North America at Provenir

Embracing the Financial Services Innovation Opportunity of 2023

Financial institutions are trying to navigate the economic downturn, adjusting loan and deposit pricing to align with market expectations, increasing credit spreads on loan offerings to protect against losses, and taking steps to guard against defaults. They say, “necessity is the mother of all invention,” and we are indeed witnessing a period of r...

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