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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

Strategic Horizon and Capital As mentioned, the problem that bank’s often run into when it comes to strategic planning is their time horizon is too short. The fundamental problem is a bank’s implied average life of capital is long, some 18+ years, but their strategic horizon is too short – likely under three years.

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K.,

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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Signaling Caution

Independent Banker

A whopping 95 percent of ICBA members are active commercial real estate (CRE) lenders, according to the latest ICBA Community Bank Lending Survey. Bank examinations also are uncovering less-restrictive loan covenants, extended maturities, longer interest-only payment periods and limited guarantor requirements. Responsible lending.

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Will Risky Supplier Financing Light The $1.3T Debt Bomb’s Fuse?

PYMNTS

Non-financial corporate debt, as a percentage of [gross domestic product (GDP)], is much higher than it was in 2007 and much higher than it was in 2001 … and, interestingly, much higher than it was in 1929,” he said. When a company misses an interest payment or a principal payment, bankruptcy suddenly becomes a real option.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

If Amazon can get you lower-debt payments or give you a bank account, you’ll buy more stuff on Amazon.”. Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. Amazon Payments. It’s likely that Amazon was too early to P2P payments. Closing thoughts.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

These changes came in the form of more flexible underwriting standards, lower interest rates, fees, and down payments. Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards. Recall the NINJA loans (No Income, No Job, Apply).

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