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

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First, analysing years up to 2009 can be used to measure the cyclical patterns in a less regulated environment, providing evidence on whether Basel III needed cyclical components. Second, expanding the analysis beyond 2009 provides evidence on whether Basel III addressed the pro-cyclicality of bank capital and lending.

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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. For instance, he said, maybe they had a secure payment card with an issuer and another line of credit worth $1,000. Burnside got his start in small business lending.

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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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Inflated Credit Scores Put Lenders At Risk

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“Because loss rates today are low and competition for high-score borrowers is fierce, lenders may be tempted to lower their credit standards without appreciating that the 660 credit-score borrower today may be relatively worse than a 660-score borrower in 2009.”.

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Impact of the UK QE on banks’ balance sheets

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In our paper , we use balance sheet data for 118 UK banks to empirically investigate whether the asset compositions of banks involved in the UK QE operations reacted differently in comparison to banks not involved in the initial rounds of QE between March 2009 and July 2012. QE and bank lending. QE and central bank reserves.

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Bank Innovation in Beta

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation today released a beta of its relaunch, the most significant rebuilding of the site since its start in 2009. Let us know what you think of the rebuilt site by emailing info@bankinnovation.net.

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LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

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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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