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Barclays profits tumble 12% as UK interest rates hit mortgage demand

TheGuardian

Pre-tax profits drop to £2.3bn between January and March, down from £2.6bn last year • Business live – latest updates Profits at Barclays tumbled by 12% in the first quarter, as higher UK interest rates weighed on demand for mortgages and loans while a backdrop of economic uncertainty affected its investment bank. Continue reading.

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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FICO Changes Reporting Data

PYMNTS

Good news is ahead for those suffering from low FICO scores — according to reports this morning, civil judgements and tax liens will by and large be coming off of consumer credit reports. The change will apply to new tax lien and civil judgment data that are added to credit reports as well as existing data on the reports.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

PYMNTS

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk. Marketplace Lending. Honesty is the best policy.

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Advocacy at the Grassroots: A Lively Legislature

Independent Banker

We also have been playing what has become an annual game of intense defense—opposing a number of proposals that would enhance and expand the fields of membership and powers of tax-exempt credit unions. From 1992 to 2011, the total shrunk from 299 to 169 institutions, and the trend has not dissipated.) 3616 and A. 4785 and A.

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Guest Post: Quarterly Financial Markets and Economics Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Since 2011, productivity has fallen by -.4%. Bank lending has not been the catalyst it used to be for improved growth in this recovery compared to prior ones; maybe we can point at regulation after regulation being forced onto banks and higher, more restrictive capital requirements. The last seven years are proof.

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39 Crypto Fintech Unicorns

Fintech Labs Insights

Dec 2021 round. Blockchain.com. Mar 2021 round. Chainalysis. June 2021 round. Aug 2021 round. 2019 round (per Fortune). Aug 2021 round. Oct 2021 round. Blockstream. Aug 2021 round. Anchorage Digital. Dec 2021 round. Mar 2021 round. Celsius Network. Oct 2021 round. Amber Group. June 2021 round. April 2021 round. May 2021 round. iTrustCapital.

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