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Bank Product Profitability and Productivity

South State Correspondent

We focused mainly on customer profitability and used risk-adjusted return on capital as a proxy for profitability. Through this understanding of profitability and productivity, bank managers can set better strategies and tactics plus start to optimize the allocation of capital. Both banks, for example, had about $150B in deposits.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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If You Are Tired of Being Transactional, You Need A Hedge Program

South State Correspondent

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. We witness over and over how some banks get themselves in deeper trouble booking derivatives on their books that are bets on market interest rate movements.

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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

Abrigo

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. Almost half sought credit to grow their businesses, and 28% applied to make repairs or replace capital assets.

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Klook CPO Liu Outlines Travel Booking Platform’s Global Expansion

PYMNTS

Having $1 billion in bookings and more than 200 destinations globally – those are big numbers, to be sure, but these are not stats gleaned from an airline. The Series D round, which includes investors as far-flung as Sequoia Capital China, Goldman Sachs and others, brought in a total funding of $300 million to date.

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Travel Firm Booking Invests $500M In Didi Chuxing

PYMNTS

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings. dollars on its balance sheet after it raised $4 billion in new capital late last year. In addition, Didi customers can book hotels through Booking.com and its sister site Agoda.

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Pandemic Aside, SoftBank-Backed Travel Platform Klook Raises $200 Million

PYMNTS

Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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