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The link between mortgage debt servicing burdens and arrears: is there a critical threshold?

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Some countries restrict lending to borrowers with high debt-servicing burdens There are different metrics that measure a household’s debt-servicing burden. It is calculated by taking a household’s mortgage payments (including interest and principal) and dividing them by their pre-tax income.

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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

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Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 For markets like the U.K., Alternative Lending. billion, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47 percent. Accenture highlighted Kabbage , the U.S. ZenBusiness.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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There were plenty of tailwinds that pushed the segment forward: A strong economy, healthy consumer interest in credit and advances in credit scoring technology were all instrumental in pushing more consumers into the market, particularly in the first half of the year. It’s easy to lend money. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S.

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The Lebron Effect On Payments

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From concept to its launch in January of 2018, Amazon Go took five years to make it to market with its first location, found on the ground floor of the firm’s new headquarters. According to its internal numbers, Lyft now controls 35 percent of the national ridesharing market, up from 20 percent 18 months ago. Bixby Gets Sporty.

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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

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. We knew there was tremendous hubris in the subprime market. What caused it?

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Business lending and corporate cards. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets.

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Guest Post: 3rd Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

What are the Markets Thinking? Bond markets have been the big winners in the third quarter. Stock markets performed exceptionally well in September after a summer selloff that took the Dow below the 10,000 level again. Still, with stock markets having done so well during September, I would have expected rates to rise somewhat.

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