PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

German market watchdog Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin , has come under fire for its actions in the Wirecard scandal, as the regulator reportedly failed to investigate warnings about the payments firm and instead cast more scrutiny on accusers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The pandemic has dealt blows to many markets, but so far, London's FinTech market appears to be coping well, the release stated, with data suggesting that around 95 percent of the U.K.'s s FinTechs have survived the worst effects of the pandemic. London & Partners CEO Laura Citron said the U.K.'s isn't emerging unscathed, though.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Banks on Wall Street are talking to regulators about waiving rules regarding brokers working remotely while the coronavirus makes its way through New York, according to a report by Reuters. The CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Kenneth Bentsen Jr.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

On the face of it, China’s announcement that it would open its financial markets to increased ownership by foreign companies seems a sea change. Or to put it another way, with valuations stretched across bourses and asset classes outside China, wouldn’t it follow that there would be a rush into this new open market?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

These are $100 billion market cap companies that are sitting in the middle of the payments supply chain.”. Lukies said that prior to the 2008 financial crisis, regulators and the like normally left banks to their own devices, as long as they didn’t mess it up so that people couldn’t pay their bills or go shopping.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Since January, the European Central Bank (ECB), which oversees the biggest European Union lenders, has eased regulations to encourage mergers and reduced the capital requirements for such transactions, the news service reported. Regulators say consolidation in the banking sector would lower costs, improving efficiency and boost profits.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2021

Wall Street is readying itself for yet another week of chaos on the markets involving the pumping-up of stocks like GameStop and AMC , Reuters writes, with it now likely to spread to other stocks. hedge funds, with both buying and selling at their highest rates since the financial crisis from 2008.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

Though small businesses have suffered from a gap in financing availability post-2008, the demographic continues to shape the financial markets. Bystry spoke with PYMNTS about what it means for the company to be a certified B Corp and offers his take on where alternative lending players stand in the face of regulation.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Emerging markets (EMs) have become more exposed to the global financial cycle in recent years. In a recent paper , we propose the use of money market rates to measure transmission of global funding shocks to EMs. Money markets have been shown to play an important role in transmission of global funding conditions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As the fluctuations within the small business lending industry continue, SMEs must keep their eye on the state of the market: whether capital is available, how affordable it is and where it’s coming from. But according to the report, small businesses do have some concerns about regulation. Specifically, 28.7 ”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Before the pandemic, such companies tended to ramp up marketing campaigns to pull in more customers and loan out more money. As reported by PYMNTS , consumers are already in a better position than when the Great Recession hit in 2008, and they have comparatively less debt. billion in balances – into “skip a payment” programs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Money laundering remains a significant problem in the financial services sector, though, despite the urgency brought about by 2008. A DIY Approach To AML/KYC.

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BankUnderground

JUNE 29, 2023

In March 2020, as Covid morphed into a global pandemic, financial institutions around the world struggled to obtain liquidity and funding – with the subsequent ‘dash for cash’ even causing stress in the US Treasury market ( Ivashina and Breckenfelder (2021) , Vissing-Jorgensen (2021) , FSB (2020a) ).

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 20, 2017

With the move to less regulation in the U.S. That specific Act can be seen as the start of what became the 2008 crash. As a result, the regulations will play once more to the tune of the big bank players and, if Dodd-Frank is repealed or loosened, may well return to the high risk, high loss days of a decade ago.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 14, 2023

Fears that SVB is not the only poorly regulated bank to be feeling the effects of steadily rising US interest rates have led to a rethink of what will now happen to official borrowing costs. Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Australia’s competition regulator is going after the banking industry in the country, vowing to punish what it claims is misconduct, reported The Financial Times. That has created an unbalanced market in terms of competition in the country.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

That’s because, particularly in the last five years or so, CashCall’s existence has become somewhat more legally fraught as it increasingly faces the ire of consumer groups, judges and regulators over the products it offers. The California Court Loss. The law did not, however, specify what that might mean.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 24, 2017

With the move to less regulation in the U.S. That specific Act can be seen as the start of what became the 2008 crash. As a result, the regulations will play once more to the tune of the big bank players and, if Dodd-Frank is repealed or loosened, may well return to the high risk, high loss days of a decade ago.

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Innovation Fintech Regulation Course 260

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. Since their highest level in January 2008, reports said, shares have lost about 99 percent of their value. “It Anil Ambani , group chairman of the non-bank financial company (NBFC), revealed the firm’s plans on Monday (Sept.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. This section provides that Section 131 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Put a different way: If you open a country’s financial markets, will the (foreign) banks bring the capital? News came last week that China offered up plans to let outside investors into its markets — allowing for stakes big enough to take control of that country’s financial companies. Will China’s invitation get the party started?

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TheGuardian

APRIL 22, 2023

First-quarter results for the UK’s big four will vary by exposure to volatile markets, but the boost from high interest rates won’t last UK banking bosses are preparing for a grilling this week as investors and analysts assess the fallout from the most turbulent period for the banking sector since the 2008 financial crisis.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

France, Spain and Switzerland have suffered due to Brexit, slowing economic growth, increasing regulations and the European Central Bank’s negative interest rates. million people, a fifth lower since 2008. BNP Paribas reduced its financial targets citing “extreme market conditions” and is looking to cut costs by €600 million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Zandi suggests that the debt burden mirrors the subprime lending spike, which eventually led to the 2008 economic crisis and breakdown of the nation’s financial services market. “It While analysts and corporates alike remain optimistic, Zandi said that the leveraged loan market is one area in which concerns are not overstated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Roughly a decade on, is it time to remove some of the rules governing the financial sector that took shape in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008? To that end, the Federal Reserve proposed last week that some rules be relaxed for 16 financial institutions — though the largest banks in the country are not among them. PSD2 News, Too.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

The European Central Bank has cautioned banks to be flexible when applying accounting standards, as the region is one where companies depend more on bank lending than on capital markets for funds. Many European banks have reduced lending to oil and gas companies, though.

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BankBazaar

APRIL 19, 2023

Amid the financial uncertainties, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed in March this year, sending shockwaves across the global financial markets. The SVB collapse marked the largest bank failure in 2008 financial. What have the regulators done? Why did US banks collapse?

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 11, 2018

financial market has created an increased demand for more flexible financing among small and medium-sized enterprises. But a decade on from the 2008 financial crisis, the loans available for SMEs are still restricted by regulations on the total amount of capital that banks must hold.

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Reforms following the 2008 financial crisis have led to significant increases in banks’ capital requirements. To shed some light on this aspect, we study the evolution of systemic concentration and market-implied default risks for G-SIBs over the sample period. Tirupam Goel, Ulf Lewrick and Aakriti Mathur.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Department of the Treasury that charters and regulates financial institutions. government, joining just a few recipients since the 2008 financial crisis, Bloomberg News reported. 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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

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. “Transparency is key to standing out in the cluttered SMB market.” In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Bankia and CaixaBank recently said that they are combining in an arrangement that, if given the green light by shareholders and regulators, would make the biggest financial institution in the country. Grab entered Southeast Asia two calendar years ago when it purchased operations from Uber, with Gojek entering the market a year after.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

The global economy offers a wide range of opportunities for businesses to expand their reach, and promote their brands to new markets. The challenges faced by merchants, banks, FinTech firms, retailers and other players looking to expand globally are also creating a market for potential solutions to their KYC and AML needs. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Patrick Roussel , executive vice president of MEA Mobile Financial Services with the company, explained in the release that the new mobile banking service grew out of the company’s original Orange Bank money transfer service launched in 2008.

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The Banker

JUNE 6, 2017

Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Pakistan Stock Exchange former managing director Nadeem Naqvi was recruited to steer a course via consolidation and regulation of the regional exchanges, and regain emerging market status for the PSE and oversee its listing. Edward Russell-Walling reports.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2018

The ministers described the potential effects as “a catastrophe” and urged policymakers on both sides to collaborate to prevent a repeat of the 2008 global financial crisis. regulators to work out trade deals in the goods and financial services market, according to reports. There’s no upside here.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

In fact, BIS said the boost in borrowing in recent years by businesses with low credit scores could cause a crisis like the one that led to the 2008 banking crash. While firms in the U.S. — and, to a lesser extent, the U.K. have accounted for the bulk of the issuance, holdings are spread out more widely.

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