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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

Today, I read an American Banker article on how a multi-billion dollar bank is going to ramp up its business lending. To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. They need a marketing person to title their reports.

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OCC cites loosening of underwriting standards as a top supervisory concern

Abrigo

The report, based on data through the end of 2014, discusses risks facing national banks and federal savings associations, and focuses on issues that pose threats to the safety and soundness of those OCC-regulated institutions. On June 30th, the OCC released its Semiannual Risk Perspective for Spring 2015. percent versus a 3.5

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What Cambodia’s Debt Crisis Means For Microlending

PYMNTS

The trouble, of course, is that median household income is not rising nearly as fast as the loan amounts are — which is rapidly turning Cambodia into a debtor nation with growing numbers of consumers unable to pay off those debts. That median amount was $200 in 2004 and $1,000 in 2014.

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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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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

If this were 2006, things would be good. Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market.

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FinTech’s Bright Future Marred by Hype

PYMNTS

A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest. The really interesting, though less juicy, story is what got Lending Club into trouble.

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Bankers and Strategic Bets. A Slow Embrace.

Jeff For Banks

Didn't even exist in 2006. SunTrust - Developed Lightstream , a national online lending platform to provide consumer loans for practically any purpose. In 1998, they decided "why don't we sell everything online?" Now my friend orders toilet paper through Amazon Prime. The iPhone represents 62% of Apple sales. Leader Bank - A $1.2

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