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Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand

TheGuardian

Pre-tax profits drop to £2.3bn between January and March, down from £2.6bn last year • Business live – latest updates Profits at Barclays tumbled by 12% in the first quarter, as higher UK interest rates weighed on demand for mortgages and loans while a backdrop of economic uncertainty affected its investment bank. Continue reading.

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FICO Changes Reporting Data

PYMNTS

Good news is ahead for those suffering from low FICO scores — according to reports this morning, civil judgements and tax liens will by and large be coming off of consumer credit reports. The change will apply to new tax lien and civil judgment data that are added to credit reports as well as existing data on the reports.

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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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Advocacy at the Grassroots: A Lively Legislature

Independent Banker

We also have been playing what has become an annual game of intense defense—opposing a number of proposals that would enhance and expand the fields of membership and powers of tax-exempt credit unions. From 1992 to 2011, the total shrunk from 299 to 169 institutions, and the trend has not dissipated.) 3616 and A. 4785 and A.

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39 Crypto Fintech Unicorns

Fintech Labs Insights

Dec 2021 round. Blockchain.com. Mar 2021 round. Chainalysis. June 2021 round. Aug 2021 round. 2019 round (per Fortune). Aug 2021 round. Oct 2021 round. Blockstream. Aug 2021 round. Anchorage Digital. Dec 2021 round. Mar 2021 round. Celsius Network. Oct 2021 round. Amber Group. June 2021 round. April 2021 round. May 2021 round. iTrustCapital.

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39 Crypto Fintech Unicorns

Fintech Labs Insights

Dec 2021 round. Blockchain.com. Mar 2021 round. Chainalysis. June 2021 round. Aug 2021 round. 2019 round (per Fortune). Aug 2021 round. Oct 2021 round. Blockstream. Aug 2021 round. Anchorage Digital. Dec 2021 round. Mar 2021 round. Celsius Network. Oct 2021 round. Amber Group. June 2021 round. April 2021 round. May 2021 round. iTrustCapital.

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Refinancing your home loan? Here's 6 steps to help you prepare

Qudos Bank

Exit fees if you took your loan out before 1 July 2011 (exit fees are banned from being applied to loans issued after that date). The last two years of personal and business tax returns and business financials, plus an ATO notice of assessment (if you’re self employed). Break costs if you’re breaking a fixed interest rate term.

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