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New But Not Yet Normal: Can Agility Make the Difference?

Banking 2020

and corresponding liquidity pressures, which were aimed at making the banking system shock-proof are indicating an erosion of growth in many high potential markets. Corporations need support in working capital optimization and banks are at the cusp of seizing this opportunity by demonstrating the agility to change the trade landscape.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

2019 Mehrsa Baradaran Baradaran, Mehrsa The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 2019 Neil Barofsky Barofsky, Neil Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street 2012 Patricia Beard Beard, Patricia Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley 2007 Ben S.

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4 Ways Global Transaction Banking is Changing

Banking 2020

Last year, 2014, could be described as the transition year for transaction banking, seeing the recovery from the financial crisis and the promise of a strong future growth. Transaction banking revenue pools have been growing rapidly year-on-year for the last five years.

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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

Lastly, traditional banks can improve their relationships with business owners by bundling non-traditional services with their bread and butter products. For instance, they could offer light advisory services or seminars to business owners who have working capital lines of credit.

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Google, Samsung join MasterCard tokenization scheme

Banking 2020

The Digital Enablement Express scheme was launched in early September, with Capital One, Fifth Third Bank and KeyBank among the first issuers on board. Tim Sloane, vice president at Mercator Advisory Group for Payments Innovation, believes tokens will transform payments.

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How to Serve Smaller Businesses for Bigger Profit

Banking 2020

Traditional business banking services for larger companies have been a profitability mainstay for many financial institutions, but this typically isn’t the case for the small-business segment. In this diverse group, the profitability challenges include price sensitivity in general and an aversion to fees overall.

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When Silicon Valley Needs Financial Advice

Banking 2020

billion, while Equinix acquired Telecity Group PLC and Avago Technologies swallowed up Broadcom for $37 billion. In the dot-com go-around, venture capital firms got all the glory (and most of the early profits) from investments in hot startups. In just the past few months Intel acquired chipmaker Altera for a staggering $16.7