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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk. Marketplace Lending. Honesty is the best policy.

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. With prescription drugs representing 92 percent of sales revenue, according to the National community Pharmacists Association, thinning margins — and frequent losses — from this side of the business can be fatal.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

bank failures per year between 1996 and 2006, and 3.6 The old borrow short, lend long strategy. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. banks failed a year.

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

From opposite political directions, Senators Shelby and Brown stand on point to greatly influence community banking’s agenda in the next Congress. The mix of contrasts and similarities of Shelby’s and Brown’s perspectives and policymaking portend an active session for community banking’s agenda in the new 114th Congress. By Ed Avis.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Lending Club made changes to its business model that created new opportunities for growth. Lending Club. In 2006, amidst high user growth and revenue numbers, several firms took part in Facebook’s Series B: Founders Fund, Interpublic Group, Meritech Capital Partners, and Greylock Partners backed the $27.5M Delivery Hero.

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The 85 Fintech Graduates of Y Combinator (YC): 2005 to 2016

Fintech Labs Insights

Captain 401k : Tax-advantaged investments. ClearTax ; The easiest way to e-File income tax returns in India. Zen99 : 1099 tax help for rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, housekeepers, and more. Zidisha : Online microlending community. LendUp : Reinventing the payday lending industry. . % Fintech.

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