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China’s P2P Lending Market Expected To Shrink In 2019

PYMNTS

The P2P lending market in China has been rife with scams and controversy for some time now. The lack of regulation led to the country’s biggest Ponzi scheme, protests across cities in China and losses for thousands of people. trillion yuan by the end of 2017, reported Bloomberg.

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Ag lending risk increasing as result of declining incomes

Abrigo

The report noted that since 2012, crop cash receipts have declined by more than 20 percent, according to the USDA. By stress testing , banks have the opportunity to adjust lending standards, capital levels or concentration percentages, among others, based on the results.

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Chinese P2P Lender Dianrong Completes Funding Round

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Chinese P2P lending company Dianrong, which offers lending solutions and investment products, has completed its latest funding round, according to reports. Standard Chartered Private Equity was the main investor, and Affirma Capital also participated in the round. The company is known as the “lending club of China.”

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Today In Payments Around The World: Lendify Secures $115M In Funding; Contour Teams With Mphasis On Trade Tech

PYMNTS

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. The Hong Kong sale is being managed by Citigroup, China International Capital Corp.,

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Impact of the UK QE on banks’ balance sheets

BankUnderground

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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How $12 Billion in Fintech SPAC capital is teaching us about the economics of target unicorns

Lex Sokolin

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing despite creating the same outcome of a regulated public company. That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. This accommodates fintech multiples, and allows $4 billion of capital into the system to search for exits.

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How $12 Billion in Fintech SPAC capital is teaching us about the economics of target unicorns

Lex Sokolin

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing despite creating the same outcome of a regulated public company. That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. This accommodates fintech multiples, and allows $4 billion of capital into the system to search for exits.

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