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Bank of England to stress test hedge funds and private equity lending

TheGuardian

Central bank to examine shadow banking sector amid fears it could put UK financial stability at risk Hedge fund and private equity lending will be scrutinised by the Bank of England in the world’s first stress test of the shadow banking sector, amid fears the underregulated industry could put the UK’s financial stability at risk.

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SME Alt-Lending Headed For Crash, Firm Says

PYMNTS

The alternative small business lending market has some of the hallmarks of the market conditions that led to the 2007 financial crisis, claims Bibby Financial Services Chief Executive David Postings. We are seeing signs of overheating in the small and medium-sized business lending market,” he told the publication.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Four Reasons for the 2007-08 Financial Crisis

Jeff For Banks

A recent Bank Think post by ConnectOne Bank CEO Frank Sorrentino regarding restoring Glass-Steagall got me thinking about how far the debate has drifted from the root causes of the 2007-08 financial crisis. In 2007, that number climbed to 127%. Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) almost tripled between 1996 and 2007, to $7.3

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How The Lending Landscape Is Quietly Changing

PYMNTS

Interest rates plummeted as the Fed held the federal funds rate at zero in the hopes of stimulating lending in an environment where credit went from dangerously free-flowing to dangerously non-existent in the span of a few months. People are buying houses such that there is now a supply shortage in the market. economy.

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Lending Club’s Terrible Twos

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Two years ago today, Lending Club was ringing the bell on an IPO that one early investor called “a no-brainer.”. The consumer credit market has huge potential — trillions and trillions of dollars — and I wanted to ride that winner. I crossed paths with Laplanche back in 2007 and wanted to back him right away,” Petrushka said.

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PNC Eyes Buying US Unit Of Spain's BBVA, Report Says

PYMNTS

The acquisition could have the effect of boosting PNC's presence in the southeast and west where the markets are growing quickly, according to WSJ. BBVA bought Alabama's Compass Bancshares in 2007 and has around $100 billion in assets in the U.S., including branches around the Sunbelt with a large presence in Texas. according to WSJ.

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