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The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes

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This post investigates whether large and small banks in the UK and US differ in the cyclical patterns of capital positions and credit provision. The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress.

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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

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Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Capital One wasn’t far behind at 5.31 percent in 2016.

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Lending Club Appoints BlackRock Veteran As Chief Capital Officer

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Lending Club, which has been struggling to recover from loan errors and the departure of its Chief Executive (among other issues), has named Patrick Dunne, a veteran of BlackRock, as its new chief capital officer. Dunne is well known in financial circles and his appointment is seen as a boon to the beleaguered Lending Club.

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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

private and public lending markets are the world’s envy, with a wide availability of financing options for many capital seekers across the entire capital stack. However, the ordinary course of acquisitions and mergers provides a safe and orderly redistribution of capital from underperforming to outperforming managers.

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Taking A Credit-First Approach To Alt Lending 

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However, Tavares said the landscape is shifting, as LendingPoint and other alternative credit products lend their ears — and their money — to underserved populations. Burnside got his start in small business lending. It’s a very real situation in the U.S., which is where Dominican-born LendingPoint CSO Juan Tavares now calls home.

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Why Better Data Is The First Step In Curing The Startup Slump

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When the economy crashed in 2008, and fully bottomed out in June 2009 credit across the board froze. While other forms of credit were showing signs of returned in 2014, SMB lending still trailed its 2007 peak by 17 percent. The good news is that the bad news wasn’t worse news — the economy recovered, albeit unevenly and slowly.

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Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce

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In some areas, the growth in sub-prime lending matches overall growth in the segment, with credit cards and personal loans as the best example. The sub-prime mortgage segment has also performed strongly in terms of delinquencies, in line with overall trends in the mortgage world since 2009. percent to 18.63 It never happened.

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