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Lending standards slip, risk increasing according to OCC

Abrigo

Lending standards continue to relax, according to data from the OCC’s 2014 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices. This type of easing is similar to that experienced between 2004 and 2006, the time period leading up to the financial crisis, which many attribute to inadequate lending standards.

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

And then what happened in 2004-06 happened again. Such as direct lending funds, and insurance companies. Shadow bank lending is similar to bank lending but is not subject to the same regulations, and compensating deposit balace requirements. Depositors woke up and thought "what is my bank paying me?"

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

CB Insights

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. Swipe fees alone are a $90B-a-year business for banks, card networks like Visa, and payment processors like Stripe. Table of Contents: Amazon’s product strategy. Amazon’s Next Financial Pillar. Closing thoughts.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

From 1990-2004, US home ownership rose 7.45% to 69.2% Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards. Revolving Credit (Credit Cards & Personal Lines of Credit): While home ownership grew, revolving credit exploded. from 1965-1990.

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Sizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle

PYMNTS

The stores will still stay open, but amid same store sales declines of more than four percent year over year, price matching with Amazon and revamping its online ops will likely be a tough row to hoe (recall that the company ended an exclusive arrangement to be Amazon’s toy vendor of choice back in 2004). Want to accept credit cards?

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Is Shopify a Fintech player now?

Lars Markull

The company was founded in 2004, went public in 2015 and the stock price is on a crazy 200% rally in the last twelve months. Likely, we will also see that these players do not stick with standard financial products such as cards and accounts, but also move (over time) further into the finance service space. But what happened last week?

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