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Bad Actors Emerge in PPP Lending – More Expected as Forgiveness Guidance Emerges

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As the initial rush to secure PPP loans dies down, financial institutions now face a new set of questions: How do financial institutions handle misused, unforgiven loans and fraudulent loans? It is not too late to perform CDD and transaction monitoring of these businesses – the regulators will expect it. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Boston Fed Takes On Cyber Risks, FinTech Competition

PYMNTS

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren delivered a speech yesterday (April 4) at the bank’s 2016 Cybersecurity Conference highlighting the economic and cyber risks financial institutions are facing today. However, this rapid evolution generates risks,” Rosengren said.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List

PYMNTS

Upserve is said to have a fancy, slick restaurant management algorithm that could help Square Capital refine its own fancy, slick risk management algorithm to make better lending decisions. This could come as a welcome relief, as lending decisions will be based on data about the viability and success of the business, which helps everyone.

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Navigating The Increasingly Murky Waters Of Trade Finance

PYMNTS

Furthermore, with analysts and regulators around the world placing greater scrutiny on certain trade finance solutions, B2B traders can face even greater uncertainty over how to finance transactions (responsibly). That’s last-resort lending,” she said. “We’re talking about $1.5

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Amid The Losses, Taking Stock Of The Crypto Crash

PYMNTS

In this space just last month, we noted findings from Boston College that showed that 4,000 ICOs had raised $12 billion. One of the duo responsible for the Boston College paper, PhD candidate Hugo Benedetti, took note of the gold rush that comes when the timing is spot on. Past is prologue, as the saying goes.

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Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates

PYMNTS

With blizzard Stella faded like Blanche Dubois’ southern charm, Boston still had its winter chill. The movement toward financial inclusion, and toward a consumer experience that is seamless and intuitive and secure, is one that brings companies to share process and perhaps even prosperity. Connectivity and Collaboration.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). It took us 18 months to launch the product in a legal and compliant and secure way. If this person can’t afford this, we won’t lend. Bill Ready, co-founder, Braintree; COO PayPal.