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China Drafts Updates To Commercial Bank Regulations

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In May 2019, the government took over Baoshang Bank in the first seizure of its kind in almost 20 years. trillion yuan ($219 billion) in profit by cutting lending rates and deferring loan repayments in an effort to assist firms. Runs on small financial institutions (FIs) in China have been on the uptick as of last year.

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Chinese Finance Group Calls For AI Regulation In Ecosystem

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The same framework should be in place to improve technology used by regulators in efforts to strengthen supervision throughout the industry, the think tank also says. billion this year, according to the 2019 China AI Development. The risk and safety lines with AI in China in the finance sector appear to be blurring. trade war.

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Pressure Mounts For India NBFCs As Reliance Capital Exits Lending Business

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India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. 30), Reuters reported , noting that the company is struggling to overcome “collateral damage” resulting from a slowing national economic and a broader “crisis,” the publication said, in India’s lending sector.

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. We have formed a working group of state regulators to develop the model. Our FinTech industry advisory panel did include a few community banks.

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CFPB 2019 fair lending report highlights alternative scoring models

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The CFPB’s annual fair lending report covering its 2018 activities was published in today’s Federal Register. In addition to discussing the symposium and Data Point report in the section on “Access to Credit,” the new fair lending report discusses conducting supervisory reviews of alternative credit scoring models.

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PayPal (Maybe) Pulls Ahead Of The SMB Lending Pack

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With first-quarter earnings reports rolling out, it’s time to take a look at the state of small businesses and how they fared for the first three months of 2019. With Standish Mellon Chief Economist Vincent Reinhart expecting the U.S.’ Beyond the U.S. , billion lent to SMBs in the quarter.

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Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Central Bank Aims To Clamp Down On Shadow Lenders; Global FDI Falls By 42 Pct

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In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, while global foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped last year and the pandemic will continue to impact it this year. The central bank of India wants more stringent regulations for large shadow lenders.