Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 22, 2014

My firm measures line of business and product profitability for dozens of community financial institutions, and hardly any of them make real money in retail investment sales, if they make any money at all. The most profitable program that we measure, on a pre-tax profit as percent of revenue basis, is one that is totally outsourced.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

News has emerged, via Bloomberg , that Singapore-based automotive subscription operation Carro has gained the top automotive investment banker for HSBC in Asia as the company’s new chief financial officer. And BMW is hardly alone: Cadillac launched a car subscription concierge service of cars and SUVs last year called BOOK.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? At an average of $1 million per year to operate, the branch is the most expensive per unit channel in banking, given that a good branch serves 2,000 to 3,000 customers. Branching is expensive – banks need to use the asset wisely.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 10, 2022

Another that operates above a 15% ROE operates in a state that investors hate and therefore won't buy the stock much above 115% of tangible book value. The client views it as an asset allocation and has a time frame on average about 18 months and doesn't put much importance on the taxes paid.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. firms operating on an international scale — is about to get more heated. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The way the eCommerce operator uses the data it collects from those merchants who list and sell their products via Amazon’s marketplace, putting them into competition with the marketplace host. Expansion into Turkey is just the latest in Amazon’s efforts to be operational across the globe. based tech firms operating there.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. The chatter at AOBA centered on three important topics: #1: The Breaks.

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BankUnderground

JULY 14, 2020

The response to the Covid-19 pandemic has included closure of retail outlets and social distancing. The largest declines occurred in retail, restaurants and transport, but spending on some items such as online shopping, alcohol and tobacco rose. Sinem Hacioglu Hoke, Diego Kaenzig and Paolo Surico.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon. Since opening the loan production office, the community bank has booked about $105 million more in loans.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

That’s the only way the business can ultimately continue to create value for its customers, create jobs for people, serve the ecosystem in which it operates and provide tax revenues. So, Amazon hasn’t just benefited its customers: It has forced retailers to lower prices and increase their levels of service.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Not many companies can lay claim to losing as much value in 12 months as the entire market cap of the world’s largest retailer and still remain standing. Maybe not — and if everyone was paying the tax, they would all just pass it on to advertisers. Amazon seems pretty focused on reinventing commerce , never mind retail.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

With interest rates likely to rise (margin expansion), tax cuts on the way (economic expansion), infrastructure spending (financing opportunities) and less regulation (lower operating costs), bankers see a playing field emerging that was custom-built for their entrepreneurial animal spirits. With banks now regularly fetching 2.5

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

With interest rates likely to rise (margin expansion), tax cuts on the way (economic expansion), infrastructure spending (financing opportunities) and less regulation (lower operating costs), bankers see a playing field emerging that was custom-built for their entrepreneurial animal spirits. With banks now regularly fetching 2.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Books and articles today abound about how platforms are the slick new models that will rule the world — tempting businesses with a “winning” formula for devising new and disruptive businesses. Two: Platforms have to operate at scale. Worst case — VCs lose it all. And, to use our word, ignition. That’s really important.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

“Competition is fierce and profit margins are thinner than for any industry except retail,” the publication stated, adding that industry fragmentation and a lack of investment are also troubling trends for the space. “Because of that complexity, taxes are more complex – it’s a snowball effect.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. Malls, retail stores and even some bank branch closings proliferated in 2017. In some slower growth or declining areas of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England, retail is getting slammed. Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Ax) – Power Trip.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Are central banks artefacts of the Industrial Revolution, like canal networks or newspapers, or are they indispensable to the operation of the modern economy? I’m writing a book about this at the moment.) As always, the Forum will be limited to 100 places, so book your place now! Should digital currency be remunerated?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It did so because apps like Netflix were avoiding signing up subscribers through the App Store to evade the Apple tax. Apple figured it was better to cut the ongoing tax to get subscription plays on board. The Apple Tax Man Cometh. Like, it needs to figure out a way to tax all of the other apps in the App Store.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The vast majority also said that small business (SMB) owners that mix personal and business-related expenses are making it much more difficult for their accountants to manage the books. Today’s expense management space offers small businesses a flurry of options that they can integrate into their existing operations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The holiday season always brings with it a major crush of hiring for temporary employees — and the year 2018 was widely forecasted to be one for the record books on that account. The retailers that Square works with have different needs from restaurants, which have different needs from Christmas tree farms.

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MyBankTracker

DECEMBER 17, 2020

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 9, 2015

Accommodates both retail and institutional traders. It also offers tax documentation and FDIC insurance for U.S. The order book displays all executed, cancelled, and live orders in the market to all users. Headquartered in New York City. Thousands of users across the globe. itBit Trust Company. currency deposits.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Aside from baffling industry experts as to how the new company would fit into HP’s strategy, it came out in 2012 that Autonomy had cooked its books and had been massively overvalued during the acquisition. Credit Suisse paid nearly three times the book value for DLJ, and got little in return. Sears and Kmart. Date: March 24, 2005.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. In January 2019, Munchery abruptly ceased all operations, as it informed customers via email. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

Today, thanks to convenient technological advancements, a vast number of merchants – from mom-and-pop shops to traveling retailers – are increasingly able to accept payments via mobile solutions. It’s not like Amazon – where you have a price of a book or a CD or a watch or anything else – or any other marketplace.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. That premium is the company’s “economic goodwill.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

PYMNTS has studied more than 700 SMBs since March 24 to understand the impact of the pandemic on their operations, the stability of their businesses, their access to cash and working capital, and their efforts to slow their cash burn and pivot their approach if possible. They range from operating in small towns to large cities.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Now, startups and tech giants are getting in the mix, trying to fix the ways the real estate industry designs, builds, and operates. Several startups are already operating in this space; however, so far they’ve had only fledging success. worth of bookings, and as of April 2018, it employs over 1,400 people.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. At the heart of the scandal was Hampton Creek’s flagship product, a dairy-free mayonnaise called Just Mayo that was sold at Kroger, Safeway, and Walmart, among other retailers. The Outcome.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

Yet, that’s the claim being made by Scott Galloway — serial entrepreneur and adjunct faculty member at the Stern School of Business who wrote a book , participated in numerous TV interviews and composed a 7,000-word article in Esquire saying just that. A famous one is the correlation between sunspots and murder rates — there is none.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

They’re not making money in retail, and they’re putting retailers out of business,” Bill Simon told CNBC , pointing out that Amazon has operated its retail segment at a loss for decades and subsidizes it with profits from other areas. It’ll hurt small retailers, and it’ll hurt specialty chains. Walmart can adjust.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

and the Tax Reform Act of 1976 gave many tax incentives to homeowners who decided to restore their homes. Despite the rapid growth of bed and breakfasts in the 1980s and 1990s, bed and breakfast operators faced some marketing challenges. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 fostered historic preservation in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Unfortunately, caught up in the “Big Tech is bad” frenzy , they seem to be ignoring the innovations those platforms have created – all of them – which democratize the retail field of play to be more inclusive of small merchants in ways that were never before possible. Taxes and other measures put in place years earlier were even rolled back.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations. Product: Quidsi.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Enter the Nook, their attempt at staying relevant and maybe even reclaiming some of their lost market share from the online retailer. This vainglorious effort was tied to The Sharper Image, their sole retailer, a place no one associated with meat.

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