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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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National Funding Explores AltFin’s Uncertain Growth Trajectory

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The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing. In the U.S., It’s on this business model that alternative finance in the U.K.

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Pressure Mounts For India NBFCs As Reliance Capital Exits Lending Business

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India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. 30), Reuters reported , noting that the company is struggling to overcome “collateral damage” resulting from a slowing national economic and a broader “crisis,” the publication said, in India’s lending sector.

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Ex-Barclays Head: Qatar Capital Was Not Vital To Bank’s Health

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19), the former chairman of Barclays bank said that Qatar was “not as central” to the bank’s plans to fundraise billions in 2008, according to a report in the Financial Times. Barclays, he said, wanted to work closely with Atar, CDB and Temasek so they would “grant us favored nation status.” During a fraud trial on Tuesday (Feb.

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The European banking system is flat-lining

Chris Skinner

The article notes that the big American banks control 70% of all US assets, and that this figure has increased 40% since 2008. In the lead up to 2008, parallel to increasing debt levels, the size of banks rose sharply, especially relative to the size of certain economies.

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Bankers: Hunker or Pounce?

Jeff For Banks

It's what we did in 2008-10. Capital aplenty. Unlike 2008, banks were not the bane of our problems. In 2008, we were in the eye of the storm. But many banks were, including the nation's largest. And our collective capital position is much stronger than 2008. And we were successful. Record earnings.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

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Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place.

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