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Lending: When Technology Makes the Call

Banking 2020

Estimates vary, but it’s clear that tens of millions of consumers have little or no credit history, and many of them fall outside the purview of traditional lending institutions. Implementing technologies such as those used by startups will mean revamping almost all of their operating practices.

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B2B FinTech On The Cusp Of Change

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The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. Those services include bitcoin and peer-to-peer lending, analysts said. 65% of U.K. percent of borrower applications.

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Branch Transformation: Innovating to be Nimble

Banking 2020

Innovation efforts should focus on the client experience in terms of both the physical engagement within the bank space as well as how we address the personal relationship with our clients. Services include business bookkeeping, operational and financial consulting as well as small business brokerage advice.

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FI Highlight: Westpac New Zealand

Banking 2020

In a few sentences, can you tell us about Westpac Bank? . Westpac has been operating in New Zealand since 1861 and is one of the country’s largest full service banks with over 1.3 million customers. How has the launch of Westpac PayTag enabled you to better meet your customer’s needs?

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Too Big to Bail Out?

Banking 2020

Their argument will clearly be that such draconian measures will hamper lending, which is turn will have a crippling effect on the larger economy. For the record, banks in emerging markets are at least initially exempt from the new rules.) But in this operating environment, that’s not in any way feasible.

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

Banking 2020

The rapid emergence of crowdfunding, alternative lending, and peer-to-peer transactions strongly indicates that small businesses are shifting away from the traditional banking environment. According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1%

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Too Big to Bail Out?

Banking 2020

Their argument will clearly be that such draconian measures will hamper lending, which is turn will have a crippling effect on the larger economy. For the record, banks in emerging markets are at least initially exempt from the new rules.) But in this operating environment, that’s not in any way feasible.

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