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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. But in January 2021, the new OCC announced it would pause the "Fair Access" rule that was intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point.

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Can Data Driven Lending Displace VC Funding For Some Firms?

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But even more notably, 84 percent fail due to poor cash flow management that kicks off the series of events leading to their doors closing. Managing cash flow can be tricky work when one is new to the market or looking to expand because cash is in short supply.

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China Fiscal Policy At Odds With SMB Lending

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29) that the government’s efforts to spur small business lending by pumping money into the financial services market has yielded only modest success. The publication pointed to the government’s conflicting policy of stricter lending rules as one reason why efforts to boost small business loan volumes hasn’t taken off.

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Trepp’s Review and Outlook on Commercial Real Estate Market

Abrigo

The CMBS delinquency rate reached 10.31% earlier this year, and the peak ever was 10.34% in July 2012 so we reached almost the peak historically but have been slowly decreasing ever since. He does not expect this trend to stop but we are seeing some interesting innovations from student housing and lodging operators around college campuses. .

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

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Since its founding in 2012, the firm has specifically distinguished itself in a crowded field of tech-based underwriters, with its focus on the consumer group it calls the “underbanked middle class.”. Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function.

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Singapore FinTech Grab Mulling US IPO Of Up To $2 Billion

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Last week, Grab announced that its Grab Financial Group had raised $300 million in a Series A funding round led by Hanwha Asset Management and joined by K3 Ventures , GGV Capital , Arbor Ventures and Flourish Ventures. Founded in Malaysia in 2012, Grab is also known for its popular ridesharing and delivery services.

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TAB Bank Expands With $46M Acquisition Deal For BAMFi’s Capital Division 

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As part of the acquisition, BAM’s office in Dallas, Texas will be retained by TAB Bank , including both operations and staff. BAMFi , a software provider for the secured lending space, will still own its proprietary solution FactorCloud. It will now focus solely on its cloud-based secured lending software solution.

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