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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Many existing community bank customers and prospects are also national bank customers. There are now many online, nationally-focused lenders that are capable of an entire virtual relationship. We will write more on this topic in our next article. Conclusion Community banks should not try to be national or regional banks.

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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 Fed article observes that although consumer credit markets have changed considerably since the NCCF report was published, the Fed’s findings suggest that “the NCCF’s conclusions are still valid today.”.

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Mastercard Protests Payments ‘Nationalism’ In India

PYMNTS

government over the use of nationalism by the government in India to promote a domestic payments network there. RuPay, among whose supporters is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has, according to the article, “broken the dominance of U.S. Mastercard reportedly has lodged a protest with the U.S. ’”. .’”.

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The battles for the future of fintech

Chris Skinner

Whilst in New Zealand, I had an interview with the country’s most respected business paper: National Business Review. The subsequent article is behind a paywall but, as they sent it across to me, I feel it’s worth sharing here.

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National Retail Federation Projects Halloween Spending Will Hit $9B

PYMNTS

billion in Halloween spending, the National Retail Federation ’s (NRF’s) annual survey projects spending for the occasion will reach $9 billion this year. Increased millennial spending was expected to come despite the fact that the demographic is the one that most needs to save money, Citibank noted in the article.

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What Covid-19 Is Doing To Industrial CRE Loans

South State Correspondent

In this article, we take a quick look at national CRE industrial sector economics and explain why banks may want to consider reallocating more capital to this area. . Companies gained confidence at the end of the second quarter and started to lease more space.

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OCC Highlights, AML & CRA Risks

Perficient

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