Fintech Partnerships Getting the Balance Right

Commercial appraisals are lengthier, more challenging, and exponentially more complex than residential reports. In residential appraising, the sales comparison approach is the main event. But in commercial appraising, any of three approaches can be relied upon in the final reconciliation process. According to regulators, complex commercial appraisal methodologies may increase a bank’s credit risk. To mitigate that risk, this webinar will cover foundational information about the sales comparison approach and the income approach, including practical tips for reviewing each approach in commercial appraisal reports.

The number of cyberattacks on financial institutions (FIs) cannot be overstated. In the past year, there have been more than one billion cyberattacks on financial institutions. That is three hundred times more than any other industry, such as retail, insurance, or healthcare. At an average cost of $18 million dollars for each successful attack, what are you to do? How do you combat this aggressively growing threat? In this webinar, OneSpan and ISMG will summarize key findings from a recent study that surveyed the state of adaptive authentication from over 150 FIs and what techniques can be taken to mitigate the increasing rate of cyberthreats.

In a changing fixed-income market environment, investors have to carefully balance yield generation with rising interest rates that are likely to result in slower economic growth, and perhaps even a recession. Some have looked into the high-yield, debt market as a means to generate attractive income opportunities and hedge potential interest rate risks. Others are more cautious due to concerns about the effect rising interest rates will have on the economic outlook. In this upcoming webcast, Phase Capital and ETF Trends outline the benefits of an actively managed approach to high yield bonds to help financial advisors enhance their fixed-income portfolios.

Digital channels have become a high-risk environment due to data breaches, phishing, malware, and social engineering attacks. Banks need to better serve their customers by overcoming these security concerns - especially in mobile. To understand current trends in online and mobile banking fraud, the tools being used to mitigate these risks, and planned investments to protect digital channels, Aite Group surveyed executives from large North American financial institutions.