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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

The abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is a stunning example of bank leadership not understanding interest rate risk, running into trouble with an inverted yield curve, and ignoring the impact of a severe monetary correction on long-duration assets. That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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Visa Taps Chris Newkirk To Serve As Chief Strategy Officer

PYMNTS

“Chris will be a great addition to the executive team, not only because of the deep payments expertise he brings, but also for his passion for people and excellent leadership,” Kelly said in the announcement. “I I look forward to welcoming Chris into our Visa family. and New York.

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Lowe’s, PetSmart And Others Take On New Leadership

PYMNTS

Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. PetSmart’s same-store sales fell 4.5 billion.

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Are you a bull or a bear, and how will it impact your planning for 2020 and beyond?

Gonzobanker

Regardless of their viewpoints on capital recovery, now is the time for banking leaders to reevaluate their planning strategies. In a recent Fortune survey, 55% of corporate executives said they expect to return to 2019 capital spending levels sometime in 2021. What businesses need capital in the interim? Risk Management.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Leadership and board members. Stripe Connect and billing services help companies manage marketplaces, subscriptions. Market opportunity. Source: Finix.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

Date: Sep 29, 2008. While Wendy’s was never really in a position to unseat McDonald’s as the country’s top fast-food burger chain, its 2008 acquisition by Nelson Peltz (the billionaire owner of Arby’s) and merger with the roast beef sandwich chain never got it any closer to fast-food dominance. Date: July 1, 2008.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

The early consultants changed that by using market research and data analysis combined with niche expertise to help companies manage their supply chains, improve their product positioning, and enter new markets to beat their competitors. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure.