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Market Commentary: Week of October 4, 2021

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High-Yield corporate debt showed some signs of weakening as well. It feels like the world is waking up to the real possibilities of stagflation. Investors got little, if any, relief in credit risk-free assets as 10-year Treasury yields broke toward the mid-1.50s before backing off.

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JPMorgan, Other Big Banks Front-Load $66B To Cover Bad Loans

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JPMorgan Chase was the biggest saver of funds in an effort by banks around the world to get ahead of a spate of bad loans they believe is coming. Some are more exposed to credit card debt and lending to oil and gas companies. Lenders were letting small businesses defer payments and roll over on debt. However, U.S.

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Today In B2B: Pandemic Relief Package's SMB Impact; Contour Completes Blockchain Transaction

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Today in B2B payments, lenders land SMB relief support in U.S. Pandemic Aid Package Provides Relief For Lenders To Help SMBs. As the world adapts to social distancing and post-COVID life, traditional methods of doing business will quickly be incompatible,” said Contour CEO Carl Wegner , according to the release.

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General Atlantic, Tripp Smith To Create $5B Fund To Help Coronavirus-Stricken Firms

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The venture, which is known as Atlantic Park, will provide structured equity and debt financing to firms that were healthy in the past but are now encountering difficulty due to the health crisis. General Atlantic has $35 billion in assets and locations around the world. The $1 billion debt and equity investment that Airbnb Inc.

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Machine Learning Supercharges Banks’ Efforts To Fight Debit Fraud

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Consumers have more heavily leaned on debit during the pandemic, with the economic downturn making shoppers more cautious than ever about the prospect of taking on credit card debt. Around The Next-Gen Debit World. Getting security right also means balancing customers’ security and privacy concerns.

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Crowdfunding, Deferred Loan Payments Jumpstart SMB Relief

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Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. Europe Clears U.K. SMB Support. The European Commission has approved of two U.K.

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Pence: Country Might Be ‘Largely Past’ COVID-19 By Early June

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.” Over 869,000 instances of the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus have occurred in the United States, which is said to be the location of the biggest outbreak in the world. The good news is interest rates are very low so the cost of carrying the debt to the American taxpayer is quite low.”. In separate news, U.S.