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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. It should be noted that almost all mortgage security finance (i.e.,

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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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Lending Club’s Terrible Twos

PYMNTS

Two years ago today, Lending Club was ringing the bell on an IPO that one early investor called “a no-brainer.”. Lending Club’s model does not need bank branches on each street corner, and it can turn around in minutes and hours, not days. I crossed paths with Laplanche back in 2007 and wanted to back him right away,” Petrushka said.

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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. The New Subprime Lending Path. Citigroup’s auto lending unit has been nearly entirely sold off.

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Investors Balk At Talk Of Alt-SME Lending Collapse

PYMNTS

The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 The company announced late last week that it secured nearly $29 million in Series C funding from Leumi Partners and Oaktree Capital Management, according to reports. Enterprise Security. Skyport Systems .

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Consumer Lending: Should Banks Do It?

Jeff For Banks

When I first read Standards Needed for Safe, Small Installment Loans from Banks, Credit Unions by the Pew Charitable Trusts that encouraged financial institutions to get back into small ticket consumer lending, I thought “what are they nuts!” So why would banks expand small-ticket, unsecured personal lending? Real estate secured.

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2023 Trends & Predictions

Javelin Strategy & Research

Banner Section Home Rss.xml 2023 Trends & Predictions Javelin’s Trends & Predictions reports look at the coming year across the range of Javelin Strategy & Research’s practice areas—digital banking, fraud & security, payments, and wealth management—and highlight the compelling challenges and opportunities likely to emerge.

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