BankUnderground

MAY 22, 2024

Some countries restrict lending to borrowers with high debt-servicing burdens There are different metrics that measure a household’s debt-servicing burden. A previous Bank Underground post from 2016 comes to a similar conclusion. The most common one is the gross debt-servicing ratio (DSR).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

PawnHero only runs in the Philippines for now but could expand regionally to other countries with significant underbanked populations coupled with an increasing rate of mobile penetration. One regional target in sight is South Asia — the region is estimated by the World Bank Group to the highest percentage of unbanked customers worldwide.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Kevin Haley, director of Symantec Security Response, spoke to the many ways in which 2016 was a landmark year in cybercrime, where threat vectors point in the future and what’s being done to try and stop it. To start, ransomware threats escalated globally through 2016 in size, number and kind.

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NCR

MARCH 23, 2017

Countries like the UK, China and the US are traditionally seen as the powerhouses of the fintech world, but it’s testament to the expanding global presence of this market that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could be its next big growth engine.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

I have served on the audit committee (yes—we are thoroughly audited) for the past three years and will be serving on the budget committee in 2016. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced. In fact, huge expansion projects are now underway across our region.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

The Asia-Pacific region undoubtedly led the way, with India securing the largest investment of the week (alternative SME lending) and other deals reaching Australia and China in the logistics, cross-border payments and SaaS segments. ” Alternative Lending. Check out our breakdown of all the deals below.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Coping just fine, community banks in energy-producing regions manage the oil-price plunge. Happy State Bank’s 32 offices are spaced over 500 miles, giving the bank’s lending portfolio geographic diversity. Today, Happy State Bank lends more conservatively as oil prices move higher. New energy regions adapt.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

Take India and Asia, where the Global Cash Index analysis of that region shows that spending with tangible currency will grow by 7.5 Management at some banks have cited caution creeping in when it comes to lending. percent from the fourth quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of this year, totaling roughly 4,000 companies.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Demo: Customer Insight Dashboard for Regional Manager who can view their forward looking metrics such as customer attrition and look forward several quarters. International lending platform – Create opportunities for Investors. Average return of 13% per year.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 18, 2017

Commercial cash management/fee income (sixth in 2015, second for 2016 and 2017). Small business market share (fourth in 2015, third in 2016, and now eighth in 2017). As a former commercial lender, I love the focus and attention on commercial lending, but I also see the small business market as an exciting and dynamic segment.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Comerica is gaining momentum after a rough start to 2016. The Dallas company said Tuesday that it earned $149 million the third quarter, an increase of nearly 10% over the same period last year and up 150% from this year's first quarter, when plunging oil and gas prices forced it to sharply boost reserves on loans to energy firms. …

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

In 2016, we decided to ask our customers for feedback on their relationship with [Bank A]. We also believe there is a direct correlation between these customer quotes and our bank’s performance, and we’re very pleased to report that 2016 was an outstanding year for tangible results at [Bank A].

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American Banker

JUNE 27, 2016

Perhaps you read on vacation to escape the financial services grind, or perhaps you read to hone your business craft. Numerous titles on this year's list — recommended by American Banker readers, BankThink contributors, our staff and others — fall somewhere in between. Read about the lives of figures like Elon Musk or Barney Frank.

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Abrigo

JULY 7, 2022

Internal controls, model development can benefit Regulators, auditors, and other industry experts have repeatedly encouraged financial institutions since the CECL accounting standard was issued in 2016 to involve their auditors early on in the CECL adoption process.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

That’s nearly a billion dollars in funding, comparing favorably with the 45 percent logged in 2016. The slowdown in new businesses being founded in the 1980s and 90s was largely quarantined to certain segments – especially retail, where corner stores and regional brands were falling to larger national chains.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

What words describe 2016 GonzoBankers? We hope you enjoy our take on the good, the bad and the bigly of 2016. . The 2016 Headline That Will Give You a Headache – “Wells Fargo CEO Says the Ethics Hotline Was Mostly Ethical.” Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? THE BANKING AWARDS.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 30, 2016

From Dimon's campaign against earnings guidance to the bottom-line implications of rising rates, here are more of our favorite stories of the year. See part I here.).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

What words describe 2016 GonzoBankers? We hope you enjoy our take on the good, the bad and the bigly of 2016. . The 2016 Headline That Will Give You a Headache – “Wells Fargo CEO Says the Ethics Hotline Was Mostly Ethical.” Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? THE BANKING AWARDS.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. The regions involved in the initial pilot included Colombia, Chile, Hong Kong, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Peru, Taiwan, and Thailand. Amazon Lending. Amazon’s Next Financial Pillar. adults and 6.4M

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2016

If unanimously positive perceptions are the hallmark of a bubble, then rest assured that the alt-lending market has moved past that stage. So if there’s no bubble in the alt-lending part of the fintech universe, should we fear a bust? Looking at the P2P lending market in the U.K., Other trending topics.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 23, 2016

From the election's policy implications for banking to deep analysis of the Wells Fargo scandal, here are some of our favorite stories of the year. Stay tuned for Part II.

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American Banker

APRIL 21, 2016

Venture funding for lending startups has dried up during the first quarter of 2016 ($298 million vs. $832 in the last quarter of 2015), and Silicon Valley is now putting its money behind firms that…

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

orders, or a daily average of 700,000 orders, in Q3’18, and reached 12M orders on Indonesia’s National Online Shopping Day in December. Two that are already seeing lots of activity are payments and lending. Meanwhile, alternative lending is also seeing strong growth, with P2P fintech platforms distributing $1.4B

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking. The FDIC held a meeting in 2016 with community bankers about their concerns with facing competitive headwinds, not only from large FIs, but from FinTech firms as well. “I

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American Banker

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Scandal, business models gone awry, missing money and executive shake-ups — 2016 had it all. Here are the financial services executives or groups of them who took the heat and will be looking for better times in 2017.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As of September 2016, that share dropped to 21%. In 2016, non-bank lenders like Quicken Loans accounted for six of the top 10. Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert’s innovation in mortgages was to assign regional-specific loan application reviewers, who familiarized themselves with the regulations of certain geographies.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

National currency and central banks were of their time. In the current year seigniorage will be in the region of only 500 million or so. Separating the creation of money from bank loans might mean a reduction in lending which would have implications for the economy. To be honest, I tend to the more revolutionary perspective.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 17, 2017

Named to Planet Compliance’s RegTech Top 100 Power List this spring, nCino partnered with North State Bank in April and teamed up with Valley National Bank in March to power commercial loan operations at both institutions. Company Facts. Founded in 2012. Headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 17, 2017

Named to Planet Compliance’s RegTech Top 100 Power List this spring, nCino partnered with North State Bank in April and teamed up with Valley National Bank in March to power commercial loan operations at both institutions. Company Facts. Founded in 2012. Headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 20, 2017

Game Changing Companies 2016. The company’s instant remittance transfer service enables customers to overcome challenges that have historically held back cross-border money flows in the region, such as opaque foreign exchange rates, hidden fees, and extended delivery timelines. Select Investors: National Cancer Institute.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But why then, you might ask, are so many pure-play eTailers, whose target audience is the millennial — like The RealReal and Rent The Runway , new marketplaces like OfferUp , deal aggregators like Groupon , alt lenders like SoFi and alt lending platforms like LendingTree — buying pricey blocks of airtime on CNN and CNBC to promote their brands?

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

2016 Third Update (11/8/16). 2016 Second Update (7/28/2016). 2016 First Update (2/15/2016). We are confident that to truly have the long-term impact we want to make, we need to focus on finding an acquirer with an existing national fresh food supply chain who can carry forward the Juicero mission.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Since launching Instant Delivery, UberEATS has significantly expanded from allowing people in downtown to pick four to five meals during the lunch hour to offering thousands of items at all hours of the day and throughout the Puget Sound region. Square’s Overprice d Caviar Troubles. It won’t be for lack of trying.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

The combined entity, using annual data at the end of 2016, will be processing at least $1.5 The effects have been felt keenly by community banks and regional banks, said the attorney, and expenses have been onerous, even though those smaller outfits did not engage in the same risky lending and trading activities that larger firms embraced.

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