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

BankUnderground

The aim of having a long time series is to have a sample that covers at least a big portion of a credit cycle before the introduction of the much stricter capital requirements by Basel III standards in 2010. Although capital standards existed before 2010, they were significantly weaker. Pre-tax profits 8305 29.76 Cash 8762 1413.30

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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

PYMNTS

Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 Alternative Lending. alternative small business lending firm, that secured $900 million in 2017, while other alternative finance players, like LendingPoint and SoFi , landed significant investment rounds. ZenBusiness.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

consumers owe roughly 26 percent of their annual income to debt, up from 22 percent in 2010. 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. That amounts to $13.2

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

He joined COB's board in 2009 after its $310 million recapitalization which was needed from a disastrous slew of losses incurred starting in 2008 as a result of awful credit decisions, leading to a 21% NPA/Asset ratio peak in 2010. Security Bank in Midland, Texas lends to business, period. Yeah, Chan can own my team.

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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. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. To fight inflation, the Fed raised rates aggressively (familiar?). Let those numbers sink in a bit.

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The Lebron Effect On Payments

PYMNTS

Though FinTech companies originated less than 1 percent of personal loans in 2010, they originated 36 percent of them in 2017. Jason Laky, senior vice president and consumer lending business leader of TransUnion , told Bloomberg, “A lot of credit goes to the FinTech lenders for reinvigorating a loan category that’s been around forever.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Business lending and corporate cards. One key catalyst for online payment innovation was the introduction of the Payment Facilitator, or “PayFac,” in 2010.

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