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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

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Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Results also noted this generation is less likely to open a bank account if physical bank locations are not available in their communities.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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percent since 2012. Capital One and Discover have both announced that they will be tightening their underwriting standards in the new year, and Goldman Sachs has gone from plans of expanding its online consumer credit product Marcus to plans of reining it in somewhat next year. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S. trillion, up 18.5

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Why Banks Reach For The Unprofitable, Demanding SME

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“The communities and local economies that they serve rely on this capital to succeed and thrive.” “Right now, business owners have a different set of expectations when it comes to accessing capital and interacting with traditional lenders,” he explained. and other markets.

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Fintech'ers Will Be Right on Branching. Unless Bankers Act.

Jeff For Banks

In Brett King's 2012 book, Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow , he called for a 50% reduction in branches while asking what would banking look like in 2015. Between 2012 and 2015, there was a 4% branch reduction. I also believe that branches can be developed as competitive advantages for community financial institutions. Common sense.

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Squaring The Circle That Is Square

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Such was the opinion of Slate in September of 2012 — and while today it may seem a bit overzealous, as Karen Webster pointed out at the time, it was clear that Square’s ambition was to move well beyond dongle and card acceptance for teeny tiny merchants. will not increase its capital expenditures or impact its march forward to profitability.

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The Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017

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In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4 And the once-adoring tech and analyst community have turned ugly. What a difference two years makes.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market. STAYING PRIVATE.