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Collections Predictions 2021: After the Debt Tsunami, the Flood

FICO

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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The Velocity of Risk – What Bankers Need To Know

South State Correspondent

One morning, President Trump tweeted his desire for an additional tax on all foreign-owned companies operating in the US. The first risk of a tax on foreign-owned companies resulted in an instantaneous credit shock, while the change in gas station demand will take place over years. Consider the risk above.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

The rising rates have not only made debt more expensive, but they have been a weight on loan growth across both bank and FinTech lending platforms in the back half of the year. It’s easy to lend money. It was, as PYMNTS noted, a seesaw year in the alternative lending world. Resetting Mortgage Services.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

Fintech Labs Insights

Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. But as YC grew from 2005 to 2009, the number of fintech companies stayed at roughly 1 per year. Indinero [link] Accounting, taxes & payroll. During the past 4.5

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

He retired in 2008 from BofA, but they thought so much of him they brought him back to assist with the Merrill Lynch integration. Since his joining the Board, the bank has stabilized, returned to profitability, recaptured it's deferred tax asset, and NPAs/Assets have declined to less than 3%. Yeah, Chan can own my team.

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Fintech Fundings: 12 Companies Raise $240 million Week Ending June 25

Fintech Labs Insights

And there are few fintech success stories bigger than 2008 alum, Credit Karma , which scored $175 million this week at a reported $3.5 That makes the credit score provider the second most valuable alum (after Lending Club , currently trading at $6 billion). So far this year, fintech has attracted $7.9 billion valuation.

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My top five Decentralized Finance predictions for 2020

Lex Sokolin

There’s a lot to say about the overlap of Fintech and blockchain, but let’s find the very edge of the frontier and focus right there. Ethereum’s decentralized lending and trading are floating around 2,500 daily users. The lending product above is a bit more complicated. It’s like watching Mint.com emerge in 2007.