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Go Where No Operations Department Has Gone Before – Instant Settlement

Perficient

The front office is screaming down to the Settlement Office, “Operations, we need more capital!” Any operations team that has dealt with a stock loan trading desk can contest the inherent friction between providing more available securities to the desk and reliance on settlement cycles and market constraints.

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California Lets Aurora Operate Driverless Cars

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Aurora, with logistical operations currently in Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, has approximately a dozen self-driving vehicles used for testing on American public roads. Companies also need the California DMV’s approval mentioned earlier in this article.

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Fed article finds higher interest rates necessary for continued availability of small dollar loans

CFPB Monitor

The article begins with a discussion of a 1972 report issued by the National Commission on Consumer Finance (NCCF). The NCCF was established by the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968) to study consumer credit markets and recommend improvements in consumer credit regulations. A $594 loan required a 103.54

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Furniture Retailer Article Launches ADT Delivery Program

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Digitally-native furniture and home décor retailer Article has launched an in-house delivery program in Los Angeles and New York. Article has also been able to cut average delivery time by two days, and the company plans to expand the program to additional major North American cities over the next 18 months.

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How Article Wants To Conquer Furniture Delivery’s Last Mile

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Middle-market consumers have Wayfair, there’s Chairish for those who want designed or antique furnishings, and there are startups like Burrow, Maiden Home, The Inside, and Interior Define. Article is part of that up-and-coming class, though its story is a bit different than its fellows in the field. CEO Aamir Baig told Forbes.

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Should You Be Marking Loans To Market?

South State Correspondent

The AOCI is an accounting adjustment meant to reflect the economic value of assets and is the process of “marking loans to market.” In this article, we explore what signals marking your loans to market might send. Banks had enough liquidity so it didn’t really matter in terms of day-to-day operations.

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Why Mexico’s SMBs Need A FinTech Operating System And Not Another Bank

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Emerging markets have their own challenges when it comes to banking, where big, traditional financial institutions (FIs) are anything but efficient. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”. The world doesn’t need another bank,” Poovala told Webster.

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