Bryan Yurcan, American Banker

Bryan Yurcan

American Banker

New York, NY, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • American Banker
  • Financial Planning
  • Info Mgmt
  • NationalMortgageNews
  • PaymentsSource
  • Insurance Networking
  • InformationWeek

Past articles by Bryan:

What funding bubble? Banks, VC firms pour more money into fintechs

The skeptics keep waiting for investment in financial startups to dry up, but it doubled in the first half of 2018. KPMG's Safwan Zaheer explains why. → Read More

Resurgent payments fraud heightens ID challenge for banks

Wire and other payments fraud affected a record number of businesses last year, and the FBI is warning in particular about real estate scams. → Read More

HSBC's strategy to improve digital services for commercial clients

The bank sees its global reach as an advantage in supporting evolving business customer needs. → Read More

Banks team with fintechs to bring AI to commercial accounting

Citi and other banks are investing in automation aimed at speeding up the old-fashioned process for institutional clients' receivables and payables. → Read More

Challenging banking's 'sleepyville' image in wealth management

People's United in Connecticut pored over all the customer data it could find to persuade customers to give the midsize bank — instead of advisory firms and investment houses — a shot at managing their money. → Read More

Digital tools are coming for high-net-worth clients

Apps aimed at the very wealthy have lagged behind those for other groups, but there's interest in developing them, especially ones that track total net worth. → Read More

Clients are looking for 'snackable' data

They want help with their money — and they don’t mind their own data being analyzed, JPMorgan’s Kelli Keough said at the In|Vest conference. → Read More

‘Snackable’ data is what modern customers want, JPMorgan exec says

People welcome help managing their money, and they don’t mind their own data being analyzed, as long as the result is easy-to-digest information and recommendations they can act upon, JPMorgan’s Kelli Keough said at the In|Vest conference. → Read More

Banks play catch-up in fintech for small-business clients

A cash management offering by Mastercard and Strand is the latest example of new answers to commercial clients' demands for better digital services. → Read More

Corporate customers want retail’s bells and whistles, too

"Banks should be investing in innovation in this area or risk getting left behind," a fintech CEO warns. → Read More

TD gives away fintech in hopes of getting new business

It usually costs small businesses a lot of time and money to calculate their own value. TD Bank is offering them a free digital tool that performs the task quickly. → Read More

How AI can help banks keep their best workers

First Horizon is using artificial intelligence software to analyze employee feedback on workplace surveys. → Read More

Merrill Lynch debuts enhanced mobile app to scan, send documents

The app also allows clients to use the Zelle person-to-person payments service. → Read More

U.S. Bank marketing robo adviser beyond the millennial set

The Minneapolis bank is pitching the automated investment advice product, a joint venture with a BlackRock unit, to a wide range of age groups, not just younger consumers. → Read More

Ransomware is taking a toll on banks. Here’s how they’re fighting back

Of all the types of malicious software targeting businesses, ransomware continues to be one of the most pervasive, according to recent studies. Here's an overview of the things banks, especially small ones, are doing to stop it. → Read More

The internet will be everywhere, in everything. Banks better be, too

Banks will need to evolve further and faster to reach consumers in an interconnected, always online world, according to industry leaders. → Read More

Banks grapple with the human side of technological advancement

At American Banker’s Digital Banking conference in Austin, industry leaders grappled with philosophical questions about artificial intelligence and the rapidly evolving expectations of customers. → Read More

Will cheap advice turn off wealthy customers?

Most big banks are launching robo-advisers to compete for a new breed of wealth management customer. The risk is that automated services will disappoint traditional customers. → Read More

HSBC's digital transformation: 'It's a people business'

Mary Kate Loftus spearheaded a $131-million digital initiative to improve the customer experience, deepen relationships and attract more of HSBC’s target consumer segments. She has been selected as one of our Digital Banker of the Year finalists for 2018. → Read More

Mortgage fintech expands industry reach with three exec hires

Promontory MortgagePath fills management roles for bank relations, technology and outsourced services opportunities. → Read More