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

PYMNTS

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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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. I want to read to you the FDIC’s conclusion from their An Examination of the Banking Crisis of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s. Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad? What caused it?

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have officially ended a two-year investigation of LendingClub, its subsidiary LC Advisors (LCA), its founder and former CEO Renaud Laplanche and its former CFO Carrie Dolan. On Friday (Sept. The DOJ Finding. Attorney Alex Tse. “We The Response.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

You've been conservative, preferring the stability and security of bank deposits versus the gyrations of the market. Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. If this were 2006, things would be good.

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Federal Agencies Propose Revisions to Interagency Q&As Regarding Flood Insurance

CFPB Monitor

The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency, Farm Credit Administration, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and National Credit Union Administration. Flood Insurance Requirements for Home Equity Loans, Lines of Credit, Subordinate Liens, and Other Security Interests in Collateral Located in an Special Flood Hazard Area.

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. Venture investors saw consumer banking as ripe for disruption in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. Elon Musk’s second startup, X.com (now PayPal), launched in 1999.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Thoughtful lending and an open mind keep profits strong for incoming ICBA chairman Jack Hartings. in Coldwater, Ohio, and ICBA’s incoming chairman, held fast to his community bank’s conservative lending practices. When the economy came crashing down in 2009, The Peoples Bank was able to work with customers facing hard times.

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