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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

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Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. The Mortgage Bankers Association expects 9% growth in CRE originations in 2020. Despite expectations for growth, bankers, regulators, investors, and others are watchful about potentially lower returns and credit risks ahead.

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China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses

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China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans unpaid. Regulators and law enforcement will try their best to recoup the money, he told China Central Television Friday (Aug. 14), per the report.

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Top 5 Regulator Hot Topics During COVID-19 and Beyond

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Key Takeaways FinCEN and federal regulatory agencies have been increasingly transparent in the first three quarters of 2020. Regulators have determined there are five top hot topics that institutions should expect during their next exam. There is no doubt that the year 2020 is strange and maybe even frightening to many people.

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Ant Group Overhauling Operations To Satisfy Chinese Regulators 

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After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Jan. Chinese financial regulators called Ma and his leadership team to answer questions on the eve of the company’s stock market debut.

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FinTech Jeff Aims To Boost Lending To The Underbanked In South Asia

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With no credit scores, limited financial transaction histories, and a huge amount of people who don’t even have a bank account, lending money in Vietnam is no simple task. While most financiers would run from an environment like that, CEO Toms Niparts of Jeff , an app-based lending platform based in Latvia, saw it as a huge opportunity. “We

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China Drafts Updates To Commercial Bank Regulations

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During the first two quarters of 2020, these lenders also put more funds aside in anticipation of loan losses to come. trillion yuan ($219 billion) in profit by cutting lending rates and deferring loan repayments in an effort to assist firms. Furthermore, the Beijing government has requested that banks forfeit 1.5

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In 2020, Improve Your BSA/AML Program by Focusing on These 4 Areas

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Key Takeaways Now is a good time to plan 2020 BSA/AML training and efforts to educate clients and colleagues about BSA and fraud red flags. Sustainability of your institution's BSA program deserves particular focus in 2020. Plan BSA/AML continuing education for 2020. Communicate in 2020 to educate teams and clients.