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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

This all compares to about a 40%+ return invested in improving processes (loan, branch, cash management, etc.) In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. To you, manage your interest rate risk. The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004.

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. million as it prepares to launch its lending-in-a-box offering, according to Asset Finance International. Bancorp in 2001 in a $2.1 Venture Capital Funding. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K., Funding Xchange secured $10.3

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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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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards.

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Fraud Detection Sizzles, iPhone Shares Fizzle And Some Upbeat Economic News

PYMNTS

The competition from China comes on price, as firms from the mainland also offer high-end technology. Management at some banks have cited caution creeping in when it comes to lending. percent, the Conference Board labor differential posting its second strongest reading since 2001. Is it any wonder then that the $1.2

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. After 4 years with the company, Brian joined Google as a Software Engineer and inevitably rose to become an Engineering Manager. STEVE ANDERSON.