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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Doug Larson.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update - First Quarter 2024

Jeff For Banks

In the markets, we watched helplessly as real GDP plummeted -5% in 1Q20 and -31% in 2Q20 before rebounding by +33% in 3Q20. No one will forget the inflation that followed in 2021 to 2023, started first by supply chain issues, but then fueled by the Fed’s purchases and the obscene amount of cash handed out by the federal government.

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NEW REPORT: What Demonetization? India’s Cash Usage To Reach $2.5T By 2021

PYMNTS

Demonetization was launched in India in an effort to crack down on the nation’s underground economy, boost tax revenues and encourage the transition to a digital banking infrastructure. percent from 2016 to 2021. percent by 2021. trillion in cash in 2016 , far more than any other nation in the region. India spent $1.5

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Location, location, location? How UK housing preferences shifted during the pandemic

BankUnderground

Yet between March 2020 and December 2021 (‘the pandemic’), housing prices grew in the UK, reaching at the time their highest growth rate in a decade. First, housing prices continued to grow across all UK regions through the pandemic. Martina Fazio and Gary Harper During recessions, and indeed pandemics, housing prices usually fall.

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Profits in a time of inflation: what do company accounts say in the UK and euro area?

BankUnderground

Gabija Zemaityte and Danny Walker Inflation has been high in many countries since 2021. Company accounts provide a window into how profits have evolved Large companies that are listed on the stock market publish company accounts at regular intervals, which give a summary of their operating performance. Dotted line is a linear trend.

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Asia Pacific Ramps Up eProcurement Push

PYMNTS

Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. on the benefits of an eInvoicing mandate, noting that it would address the nation’s current tax challenges. On Monday (Aug.

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Credit Issues Stalk Malls And Anchor Tenants

PYMNTS

Writing in NJ Biz, Linfante points to the mall anchors and other tenants that have already closed, expressed financial concerns or filed for bankruptcy that will lead to significant challenges will be faced by regional malls. The existential threat facing regional malls is the instability of anchor department stores.

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