2006 Annual Report to Shareholders

whitePaper | July 19, 2022

Paul Allen, an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, had a vision to create better money. He found it confounding that he with his billions would pay less to transfer money than the poorest amongst us. Paul wanted to make money more equitable by making it more efficient and independent of any one financial institution. His team at Vulcan, along with several experts in financial technology, distributed systems, software, and financial regulations, came up with a design they called Xand, playing off Alexander Hamilton’s name, and spun out a new company, Transparent Financial Systems (Transparent) to develop it.

whitePaper | June 21, 2023

Over the past few years, the banking industry has experienced a radical paradigm shift towards digital adoption, driven by a progressive change in needs and habits of its customers, further accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic context.

whitePaper | January 8, 2023

For the first time in decades, the financial services industry is buzzing about a new payments rail that stands to have a deep impact on how businesses and people pay each other: instant payments (also often called real-time payments). Even though The Clearing House has offered its RTP® network for years, the Fed is gearing up to launch its FedNowSM network, which brings the instant payments functionality to more financial institutions.

whitePaper | April 19, 2023

A key responsibility of every CFO’s role is forecasting cash position. Not only is this necessary to report to shareholders, but it’s also essential to building financial resilience for the long-term. To give an ongoing example, the recent global uncertainty has shown that understanding your working capital access is crucial to your ability to cope with disruption. But short of investing in a pack of tarot cards, how can CFOs accurately predict what’s next?

whitePaper | March 14, 2022

The writing is on the wall. Disruptive technologies, evolving consumer behaviors and expectations, innovative new entrants, and a shifting regulatory landscape are all drivers behind the modernization of payments and banking. Current legacy systems are no match for these drivers of change, creating a predicament for financial institutions (FIs) who want to future-proof payments but face time and budget constraints.

whitePaper | December 22, 2019

Data has always been the foundation of the banking industry. What has changed in recent years, of course, is the amount of data available and the speed at which it is processed as well as the need to quickly respond to market changes. New technology gives banks the power to collect, store, and analyze exponentially more information than was imaginable not too long ago. In the wake of Fintech, banks already know that to succeed in today’s ecosystem, they must use this wealth data at a massive scale to continuously innovate.