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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. They’ve been asked to support the economy at the expense of their own operational strength.” .

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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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Ant’s IPO Journey Faces Regulatory Hill – Is Lending In Crosshairs?

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3), stock exchanges in Shanghai and Hong Kong have suspended the looming IPO (initial public offering) in Ant Group, citing regulatory changes in the financial services landscape — and summoning executives including controller Jack Ma to meet with Chinese regulators at the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

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Reserve Bank Of India Wants To Crack Down On Big Shadow Lenders

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India's central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The paper comes after a speech by a top RBI official in charge of banking regulation, Bloomberg writes. However, others piled on risk, he said, lending long-term loans while also raising short-term cash.

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations

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The panel, which traces its genesis back two years, is comprised of two groups, focused separately on lending and payments, and is in turn part of CSBS Vision 2020. “As 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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Bitcoin Daily: Ethereum Protocol Aave Raises $25M; BOE Head Takes Stance Against Bitcoin

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regulators cracked down on the firm Oct. regulators not coming as a surprise. He said Qume’s goal, since forming early in 2019, was to build a regulatory-friendly, more decentralized experience for things like custody.

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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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