Technology

Mobile Advantages

On average, how many hours a day do you use your mobile device? 1 hour? 2 hours? Maybe 4+ hours? Perhaps, you're one of the very few people that don't use one. Since their induction back in 1992, smart phones have completely changed how humans communicate with each other, proving their full social integration. You [...]

Selecting the Right Social Media Platform for Your Business

As technology advances, social media accounts for businesses are now essential to reaching out to your customers and growing your brand. The broad term of 'social media' should not be considered the same across the board, as each available platform is unique in its offerings and audiences. When thinking about the overall use of social [...]

Three Steps to Reduce Your Attack Surface

As more and more malicious actors are roaming into the wild trying to gain access to any system they can, it is important that banks review and reduce their “attack surface.” An attack surface is simply, the number of possible ways a malicious actor can get into a device or network and extract data. This [...]

Bank Customers of the Future Today

In retail, marketers expend countless hours every year trying to forecast what consumers will want to buy in the future. It takes a long time to design, source, manufacture, package, and get products on shelves (to summarize the retail production process) at the right time for consumers to purchase. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has [...]
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Digital Banking: Vital Now More Than Ever

The outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in several, impactful health initiatives emphasizing social distancing and even, in some cases, mandated lockdowns. In the banking industry, this led to a heightened need to provide reliable, no-contact access to accounts and funds through digital banking channels. Financial institutions began heavily promoting their available digital platforms, as [...]
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Mobile Banking Security

There is little doubt that mobile apps have made the banking process more convenient for people. According to the FBI, United States financial providers estimate more than 75% of Americans used some form of mobile banking in 2019. And since the beginning of 2020, there has been a 50% surge in mobile banking. With this [...]
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Securing Your Bank’s Internet of Things

I recently heard about a number of stories circulating in regard to malicious actors using everyday devices you have installed and connected in your businesses and homes to hack you. This article provides some further expertise and knowledge on the subject matter. The Internet of Things (IoT) consists of almost anything electronic, nowadays. What determines [...]
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The Battle to Keep Electronics Up to Date

Keeping electronics up to date always seems like a losing battle. As soon as you upgrade something, there’s some new tech ready to replace it. In college, I upgraded my phone from whatever the cheapest one was to a Galaxy S7. I was feeling pretty confident, I had the latest and greatest. I felt cool. [...]