Financial
Guide: How MSPs improve banks’ return on assets, operational efficiency
Banks need technology to boost customer experience, bolster cybersecurity,, improve operational efficiency, and increase return on assets. Here’s how an MSP improves banks’ return on assets–without breaking the bank.
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What to Ask Before Your Bank Signs an Agreement with an IT Managed Service Provider
Key Takeaways: If you’re a bank thinking of outsourcing IT, the most important parts of your managed service provider (MSP) agreement may be what’s between the lines. The key is to focus on the details. Ask these questions to know whether an MSP is up to the challenge of working in the highly regulated banking…
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Top Five Cybersecurity Threats Facing Community Banks in 2025
A full 70% of banks in the US are spending more on their cybersecurity in 2025. How do we know? We asked. As part of our latest Integris report, Understanding U.S. Banks Annual IT spend in 2025, we talked to nearly 1000 bank executives across the US, and the results were pretty consistent across the…
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Creating a Cybersecurity Culture at Your Bank
Your employees are your best defense against hackers. It’s a motto you’ll hear over and over in cybersecurity circles, especially among organizations like banks with a high need for privacy and compliance. But it’s only half the story. After all, you can’t have highly motivated, security-conscious employees without all the training, policies, tools, and overall…
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The Top Ways Banks Fail Their Cybersecurity Audits, and What You Can Do About It
For more than 92 percent of the banking executives surveyed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, cybersecurity was their chief concern and investment area going into 2024. Yet, how often have you been disheartened by the number of cybersecurity remediations you get back from your annual FFIEC audit? You’re not alone if you…
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The Regulatory Outlook for 2025 and What That Means for Banking IT
With a new administration coming in, 2025 promises to be a year of change. But will it significantly impact banking regulation and your bank’s cybersecurity? No one has a crystal ball, of course, but recent global outlooks for the banking industry seem to point to two conclusions: Banking regulation will likely loosen overall as our…
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2025 Predictions: Where the Smart Money Will Be Spent in Bank Cybersecurity
Banks are spending more on their IT in 2025, especially on bank cybersecurity. How do we know? We asked. In our latest Integris special report, Understanding US Banks Annual IT Spend in 2025, we surveyed over 1,000 bank executives in US banks with $3 million to $20 billion in assets. All of them told us…
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IT MSP, Integris, Reveals Top IT Trends for the Second Year in New Report, “Understanding US Banks’ Annual IT Spend in 2025”
For a second year, Integris is exploring how and why US banks are ramping up their investments in IT and technology, and why this trend is expected to persist in the coming years.
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Updating Your Bank’s Security Training for the Age of AI
How much could AI-driven models like Copilot for M365, Google Gemini, or Apple Intelligence improve the productivity at your bank? The jury is still out on that one, but initial experiments place the overall AI-driven productivity gains for the US economy at between 8 and 36 percent, according to a recent release from the Federal…
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AI Readiness for Banks: Preparing Your Cybersecurity for the Advances to Come
Community banks and credit unions have a time-honored reputation for being cautious about new technologies. Rightly so. The security risks from developing tech can be enormous for financial institutions. Perhaps that’s why I get such shocked reactions from our banking clients when I advise them to jump into new generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot…
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