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Eximchain Addresses Supplier Risk With YOOSourcing

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Blockchain supply chain management company Eximchain is collaborating with YOOSourcing to enhance supplier risk management. Last month, the company, developed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media lab, announced $20 million in funding from China’s FBG Capital, INBlockchain and Kenetic Capital.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

• Board risk parameters, adequacy of staffing, succession planning and audit. Asset and Liability Management: Asset and liability risk management was deemed a concern as continued low interest rates and pressure on traditional earnings sources cause many banks to increase long-term asset holdings. The OCC on Oct.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Q1 2016 sales were also down 5 percent, which was untenable enough for Total Hockey CEO Michael Benoit to negotiate an asset sale to Massachusetts-based TSG Enterprises for about $22.5 “I believe we can take those stores and make them better with some capital, improved assortment and mix of products.” ” Layoffs.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets.

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

If I said it once, I said it one thousand times: “My biggest fear is that the Fed is sowing the seeds of the next crisis with their flatter yield curve tricks, leaving many investors holding these low yielding long bonds when rates rise in future years, unable to get out without substantial capital losses.” Thanks for reading.

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Fintech Fundings: 14 Companies Raise $160 Million Week Ending May 15

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Charlestown, Massachusetts. Latest round: Unknown “non-dilutive” commitment to Square Capital. Tags: Real estate, commercial mortgage lending, big data, investing, risk management. Source: FT Partners. Data analytics for commercial real estate. HQ: New York City. Latest round: $8 million Series A.