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Effective model risk management and model validation in banking

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Best practices for assessing models and managing risk Sound model development, implementation, use, and validation is especially important as CECL models debut. . What are model risk management and model validation? SR 11-7, issued by the Federal Reserve and OCC in 2011, is the supervisory guidance on model risk management.

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‘Robo-Adviser’ Gets Into Lending

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Wealthfront, an automated online financial adviser, or “robo-adviser,” is reportedly breaking into the lending space. Founded in 2011, Wealthfront is one of the fastest growing automated investment services. The company currently manages over $6 billion in assets. The company has teamed up with RBC Capital Markets.

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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

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Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. It has also begun work in stock trading and cash management accounts. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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Financial Services Platform SoFi Plans IPO Via SPAC

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SoFi partnered with Samsung and Mastercard to launch a new cash management account feature with no fees. Founded in 2011, SoFi has worked to leverage lending after the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on student loan refinancing.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

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Like other types of lending, banks must remain cautious to avoid too heavy of an agricultural concentration or too much lending within a certain ag segment. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile. Without diversification, risks will be expounded.

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Fast EMV, Mobile Starbucks And Under-Fire Payday Lending

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Visa is determined to make EMV faster, Starbucks wants to make getting that cuppa joe faster, too, and is crushing it with mobile order ahead and the CFPB might be moving closer to having a fast exodus of the payday lending business once its rules drop. The CFPB’s Latest Round Of Payday Lending Complaints. EMV’s Second Phase.

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GlobalOnePay Integrates Card Payment Capabilities Into InvoiceASAP

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Pivotal Payments unit GlobalOnePay is partnering with InvoiceASAP to lend invoice-to-pay solutions to joint clients. In addition to electronic invoicing capabilities, InvoiceASAP integrates with businesses’ existing accounting platforms to manage data from invoices, sales, orders, receipts and estimates.

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