Financial Management

How finance can become the next frontier to champion sustainability in business

March 30, 2022

How finance can become the next frontier to champion
Sustainability has, in recent years, become more intrinsically linked to the financial performance of a business as consumers have steadily changed their purchasing decisions based more on environmental and social factors. Four out of five Singaporeans said they cared about the environment while half of those polled said carbon emissions and climate change were their top concerns. Importantly, 41 per cent said they were largely motivated by sustainability features when making purchasing decisions. This can have a significant impact on the bottom line for organizations that fail to keep pace with the evolving market and invest in more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.

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Safra National Bank of New York

Since 1981, Safra National Bank of New York has been providing its high-net worth clients premier private banking with the leading edge solutions of a modern bank combined with the personalized concierge service of a more traditional private bank. As the core business of the Bank, private banking is our mission and all other activities cater first and foremost to this area. Headquartered in New York and with a branch in Florida and representative offices in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Panama, the Bank is a leading international private bank with a devoted team of relationship managers that serve a diverse client base, domestically and throughout Latin America. Together with its affiliates around the globe, the bank not only offers its clients a broad range of proprietary international banking services, it also draws upon the worldwide network of resources and products offered by Safra banks and financial institutions. By establishing and maintaining long-term client relationships

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Bank Accounting Advisory Series

whitePaper | August 1, 2022

The Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) is pleased to present the August 2022 edition of the Bank Accounting Advisory Series (BAAS). The BAAS expresses the OCA’s interpretations of accounting topics relevant to national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks or institutions, unless otherwise specified). We hope that you find this publication useful and that it continues to be a practical resource for bankers and examiners. The BAAS is updated annually to address ongoing accounting questions, newly issued and updated accounting standards, and emerging issues observed through March 31. Consistent with prior editions of the BAAS, the 2022 update does not focus on questions related to the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and does not reflect policy statements and rules issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 policy statements and rules address specific challenges and are not intended to be used by analogy in non-COVID-19 situations.

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Video Banking: The Next Generation

whitePaper | October 21, 2021

Some might say Video Banking is already a "next-generation" technology, and in many ways it is. But even though using video to provide face-to-face communication with remote experts is a welcome addition to online banking, most deployments to date add little more than a trust element. We can still find much room to further improve the customer experience as it relates to video and digital banking, as we will demonstrate in this paper. Video Banking is a remote one-way or two-way connection between you and a bank representative working in a call center, branch office, or from home. There are several use cases for Video Banking, depending upon your location and need. A common Video Banking model is the Personal Teller Machine (PTM),calso called a Video Teller Machine (VTM). A PTM functions like ancautomated teller machine (ATM) outfitted with a built-in monitor, camera, microphone, and speakers to facilitate video interactions. That allows a connection with a remote banker to answer questions about transactions when you need help. PTMs often have the convenience of 24-hour service with remote bankers on a shift-based roster to cover the customer load.

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cloud transformation in banking: The 2020 state of play

whitePaper | March 10, 2020

FinTech Futures has launched its latest report on cloud transformation in the financial services industry. As we enter a decade of innovation and change, financial institutions are facing a myriad of challenges in the form of shifting customer expectations, emerging technologies and alternative business models. Perhaps its best solution is to look to a form of technology that was making disruptive waves in the sector more than a decade ago: cloud computing.

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Investing in Lending Technology: IT Spending in Banking

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

This paper studies the economics behind the investment in information technologies (IT) by U.S. commercial banks in the past decade. By linking banks’, IT spending to their lending technologies, we analyze the distinctive natures of banks’ dealings with information across various lending activities. Investment in communication IT is shown to be associated more with improving banks’ ability of soft information production and transmission, while investment in software IT helps enhance banks’ hard information processing capacity. We exploit polices that affect geographic regions differentially to show causally that banks respond to an increased demand for small business credit (mortgage refinance) by increasing their spending on communication (software) IT spending. We also find that the entry of fintech induces commercial banks to increase their investment in IT—more so in the software IT category.

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Key considerations when building a digital bank

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Digitization is more than just using digital technologies. As technology and customer expectations evolved, banks squeezed new systems into their existing infrastructures. The result was a complex set of barely connected systems. To make matters worse, many banks’ IT landscapes have become fragile, inflexible, and expensive to operate. If the use of digital technologies doesn’t make a bank TRULY DIGITAL, what does? There are several steps that must be considered before choosing the right tools to build the solution you need to create your banks’ digital future. Download this white paper to learn more.

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Conversational Banking: The next revolution in banking experience

whitePaper | December 10, 2019

Customer interaction and channel preferences have experienced significant changes over time and are constantly evolving and expanding across all industries, including banking. To consolidate customer satisfaction and cultivate customer advocacy, banks must endeavour to continue to meet these changing needs through use of innovative and progressive technology

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Spotlight

Safra National Bank of New York

Since 1981, Safra National Bank of New York has been providing its high-net worth clients premier private banking with the leading edge solutions of a modern bank combined with the personalized concierge service of a more traditional private bank. As the core business of the Bank, private banking is our mission and all other activities cater first and foremost to this area. Headquartered in New York and with a branch in Florida and representative offices in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Panama, the Bank is a leading international private bank with a devoted team of relationship managers that serve a diverse client base, domestically and throughout Latin America. Together with its affiliates around the globe, the bank not only offers its clients a broad range of proprietary international banking services, it also draws upon the worldwide network of resources and products offered by Safra banks and financial institutions. By establishing and maintaining long-term client relationships

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