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JPMC: Why Working-Capital Trade Finance Is On The Rise

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Although the 2008 financial crisis jolted the world economy, the financial conditions leading up to the disruption had been a long time coming. Lessons Learned From 2008. “That needs to be financed,” Fraser said, “and it’s creating pressure on working capital that needs to be sized appropriately.”

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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. While the company will continue to operate in the asset management and general insurance spaces, Reliance shrunk its footprint by lowering its ownership in Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management from about one quarter to just over 4 percent.

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Fintech's role in financial services' drive for operational efficiencies

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The global financial crisis of 2008 fundamentally changed the operating landscape for capital markets players, creating a challenging environment of volatile markets and new regulatory barriers. From a market perspective, things are beginning to improve and new opportunities are unfolding as banks.

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SMB Card FinTech Bucks Coronavirus Uncertainty With Funding

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It’s too soon to tell how coronavirus will impact the venture capital ecosystem, but some analysts are turning to the economic crisis of 2008 to make some educated guesses. Venture Partners, while existing backer Chicago Ventures and newcomer Soma Capital also participated, according to a press release. ”

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

Strategic Horizon and Capital As mentioned, the problem that bank’s often run into when it comes to strategic planning is their time horizon is too short. The fundamental problem is a bank’s implied average life of capital is long, some 18+ years, but their strategic horizon is too short – likely under three years.

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PayCargo Extends Credit To Help Supply Chain Clients Amid COVID-19

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PayCargo Capital (PCC) is offering short term loans and credit lines to help its supply chain customers keep the cash flow going as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt business as usual. . Ocean shipping lines and cargo airlines have enormous amounts of capital tied up in artificial loans to customers.”.

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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

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In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks' subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business ( SMB ) lending arena, a slew of alternative lenders emerged onto the scene to fill the credit gap. In Canada, one of those alternative players is Thinking Capital. The SMB lending space is evolving rapidly.

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