Community banks play a vital role in the United States, supporting economic growth with products and services that address the unique attributes and requirements of local customers. Cachet recently had the opportunity to meet with and learn first-hand from community bankers attending the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Community Banking Live convention in New Orleans. Read more

Download PDF In a competitive market, attracting and retaining younger customers isn’t just a good idea, it’s a prerequisite for survival. So today, all eyes are on Millennials. Born between 1980 and 2000, Millennials are the largest generation, and they are moving into their… Read more

Financial institutions looking for low-cost sources of non-interest income (and what financial institution isn’t) should consider payroll card programs. A well-run payroll card program will drive financial benefits to businesses, their employees, and financial institutions. Read more

Mobile deposit rules! Well, not quite. But it certainly has a steep adoption curve, and that adoption curve is set to grow steeper with a new solution geared specifically to smaller banks and credit unions. It’s called Select Mobile™ Deposit-Express, and it’s the latest mobile deposit innovation from Cachet. Read more

Mobile remote deposit capture is radically changing the competitive landscape for financial services, particularly competition for Millennials. This is good news for cost-conscious banks and credit unions, as mobile deposits are significantly cheaper to accept than in-branch deposits. Of course, there is a downside to consider: criminals, intent on undermining the integrity of the financial system, are always on the lookout for new ways to defraud companies and consumers. Read more

What a difference five years make. Five years ago this month we launched Cachet Financial Solutions. We had one overriding objective: to develop and market tools that financial institutions could leverage in order to deliver and support remote deposit capture services for their business and retail customers. Read more

Small business is big business for a growing number of smaller financial institutions, and mobile RDC is helping to drive this trend. One in five banks with assets under $100 million today offers mobile deposit to small business customers, according to the consulting firm Celent… Read more

Download PDF Having money is important. Having tools that help manage the money you have to maximum advantage, however, is even more important. Parents understand this all too well. That’s why it falls upon us to teach our children principles of good money management at an early… Read more

Download PDF Prepaid debit cards are changing the way many people bank and manage their finances. It’s not just the unbanked and the under-banked, either. Prepaid debit card users include a wide swath of Americans, all with one common goal: to take control of their finances. They… Read more

Payments is a business fraught with risks, not the least of which is fraud. The possibility that a check or other form of payment used in a transaction might turn out to be fraudulent has been a perennial problem for financial institutions and their customers. Fortunately, check fraud losses are… Read more

Here at Cachet, remote deposit is our core product. Our success at this is demonstrated every day by innovative companies like the Ingo Money Network, the Simple mobile bank, the H&R Emerald card, and Yellow Pepper Mobile, a mobile pioneer in Latin America. Now we are poised for even more… Read more

In just 10 years, remote deposit capture has significantly altered the financial services marketplace. Yet we’ve barely scratched the surface of possibilities RDC creates. By eliminating brick and mortar from the customer service equation, RDC enables an array of synergistic banking and… Read more

This week the Cachet team travels to Denver for the official roll out of CheckRisk Pro™ at BAI Retail Delivery 2013. CheckRisk Pro is Cachet’s response to growing concerns banks and credit unions have about risks when remote deposit capture is added to the product mix. It was… Read more

There has been plenty of discussion – including here at Cachet – about the opportunities the mobile channel creates for financial institutions to attract a new generation of consumers, namely Millennials. However, as large a group as it may seem Millennials lack the financial clout of… Read more

Monitoring and measuring the results of an RDC initiative is all too often an over-looked and under-valued part of the implementation process. It is, however, a crucial piece to understanding your program’s current success and determining new or improved ways to ensure the program continues… Read more

Last week I wrote a post about promoting your business RDC programs. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can find it here . As promised I’m following up today with ideas for promoting your consumer RDC programs. One thing you’ll notice about the following examples… Read more

In my last posts in this series, I didn’t distinguish between strategies for merchant RDC or consumer RDC. However, when planning your RDC promotion activities, the approach you take will depend on the solution you are offering. Today I’m posting my top 10 strategies for… Read more

“It’s important to recognize that new products will only be as successful as the managers and front-line employees who sell and service them”. -Teresa Tschida, Gallup Business Journal An obvious, but oft overlooked fact – having a well-trained and motivated staff… Read more

With the growing media attention around remote deposit capture (RDC) you might assume the product sells itself. However, as with all new products, a market plan is critical to the economic success of your RDC initiative. It is the blueprint for how you plan to achieve your program goals and… Read more

Bankers for years have operated under the assumption that “if you build it they will come.” ATMs are one example; credit cards are another. ATMs didn’t gain any significant traction until banks started networking the machines, in the early 1980s. As for credit cards, even though… Read more