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Mobile Payments On Smartphones Soar In Japan

PYMNTS

Last month, PYMNTS reported Japan’s history of mobile payments progress dates back to 2004 when the DotCoMo mobile wallet was introduced, one of the world’s first mobile commerce innovations. Still, Japan remains a heavily cash-based economy, Darren Abrahamson , managing director of Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, told PYMNTS.

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Banks and CDFIs: Partnering for community impact

Abrigo

Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) loan funds help to promote healthy communities by providing early-stage credit, capital, and financial services to small businesses, affordable housing and community facilities developers, community organizations, and other types of borrowers. communities where capital tends to be scarce.

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India’s Struggling Yes Bank Sees Share Boost From $1.2B Offer

PYMNTS

Yes Bank is a private-sector bank that mainly operates as a corporate bank, but it also does asset management and retail banking. The bank has had a tumultuous 2019, facing increased attention from regulators as well as scrutiny from investors, who are concerned about bad loans , lack of lender regulation and availability of capital.

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Fitch Sounds Warning On Corporate Debt Loophole Of Trade Finance

PYMNTS

The survey traced supplier payment practices back to 2004. In the “ SCF Barometer ” report, analysts found that banks’ reverse factoring offerings remain the most popular for businesses, with companies citing working capital optimization as the most important reason for adopting a supply chain financing program.

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NCUA proposed rule: MBL flexibility for credit unions?

Abrigo

billion in 2004. Further, of the credit unions that offer business loans, 98 percent are well-capitalized according to the NCUA. Small business lending at credit unions has continued to increase over the last several years. According to data from the NCUA , total business loans rose dramatically over the span of a decade to $51.7

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Lessons to apply to business valuations

Abrigo

There was a familiar conversation in 2004-06 where neighbors would find out what a house in the area sold for, peg the supposed value of their house off what their neighbor sold his or hers for and conclude that their house was worth $X. To accurately ascribe a value to a company, a manager must first project cash flows into the future.

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5 Lessons Using Bank Customer Lifetime Value Data

South State Correspondent

We have discussed the importance of the CLV metric HERE , or bankers can look up our favorite academic paper on the topic “ Counting Your Customers Research Paper 2004 ” by Fader, Hardie, and Lee at Wharton. When you hear their management talk, they pride themselves on their growth.

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