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FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope

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In addition, corporate clients will be able to apply for working capital loans and make vendor and salary payments. In Africa, the biggest private bank in Kenya, CBA, has cemented a partnership with a FinTech there, Ennovative Capital, a Kenyan firm that licenses software to boost payments speeds.

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

Jeff For Banks

And regulators are getting anxious. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. The OCC did an excellent analysis of the impact of this guidance in 2013. It shows the pre-tax profit as a percent of the loan portfolios measured.

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Google Leads Airbnb’s Massive Funding Round

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The service, which exists in 34,000 cities world-wide, it has faced opposition from hoteliers, local governments and neighborhood associations over taxes and safety regulations. Airbnb’s newest strategic partner – Google Capital – was founded in 2013.

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Should Obama ‘Heed The Call’ On Bitcoin?

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Stop ISIS, bring peace to the Middle East, clean up the economy, create more jobs, fix the education system, lower taxes, etc., Because he believes there should be proper protection and regulation over them. How Bill Clinton’s administration dealt with the Internet in order to ensure it was not over-regulated. Fair point.

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. And capital ratios have held steady and strong. In fact, if you listen to some institutional investors, the industry is over-capitalized. And I have never heard a regulator say the phrase "over capitalized". Provision, and income taxes.

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Guest Post: Quarterly Financial Markets and Economics Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Third, the explosion in regulations over the past eight years has served to hinder businesses, especially new small business formation, and has drained valuable resources as compliance costs soared. He has promised the elimination of many regulations that are strangling businesses. Maybe change will be coming.

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Bitcoin Blushing With Secret Admirers

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The brothers are aware of the security issues surrounding bitcoin and recommend that exchange operators and their regulators need to look closely at “multisig” security services, which require many people to sign off on a transaction. Gevers told Reuters: “I believe cryptofinance is the next big wave after the internet.

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