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Capital Float On The Path To Video-Based KYC Implementation

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India-based digital lender startup Capital Float witnessed a multitude of benefits from implementing video-based KYC to help onboard its small- to medium-sized business (SMB) clients. Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2 Capital Float had provided 500,000 clients with $1.2

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Does regulation bite only the less profitable? Evidence from the too big to fail reforms

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Reforms following the 2008 financial crisis have led to significant increases in banks’ capital requirements. Profitability determines the opportunity cost of shrinking assets, and underpins the ability to generate capital. Second, we rebase the official score to 2013 values. First, we strip out exchange rate effects.

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

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As a general rule, most startups aren’t too happy when the regulator comes around, and it is rarely indicative of good news. And while that is bad news for a startup like Uber, as it turns out, instinctive fear of the regulator is not an endemic condition among startups. Kennedy School of Government.

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The Risk Your Asset/Liability Management Process Might Be Missing

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An extreme focus on using ALM to manage the risk of rising rates means some FIs overlook using ALM to grow earnings and capital, putting them at risk of underperformance. FDIC FIL-46-2013 October 8, 2013. ALM should be used to create value in all interest rate environments. ALM seen as checking the box.

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Bolt Closes $55M Deal To Compete With Uber

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Founded in 2013, the company was formerly called Taxify and rebranded to include additional offerings, like food delivery and scooters. Mobility is one of the areas where Europe will really benefit from a local champion who shares the values of European consumers and regulators,” Villig said. Bolt rolled out in London last June.

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Included in that movement toward tech in capital markets, he said that could include blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).

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PepsiCo To Expand Energy Drink Share With Rockstar Acquisition

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The arrangement is forecasted to close in the first half of this year, as long as regulators give it the green light. percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been moving into the energy drinks market, CNBC reported. rose by 29.8 billion in sales in 2019.

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