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How The Corporate Card Recharted Its Adoption Course

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The evolution of the corporate card this year revealed just how dynamic the payment tool can be for organizations thanks to value propositions like spend controls and visibility, as well as capital float. For buyers, of course, there is the added capital float and opportunity to enhance spend visibility and control.

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Why Mexico’s SMBs Need A FinTech Operating System And Not Another Bank

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Emerging markets have their own challenges when it comes to banking, where big, traditional financial institutions (FIs) are anything but efficient. The world needs a FinTech operating system.”. Of course, SMBs can’t get debit cards (virtual or tangible) if they can’t get incorporated in the first place.

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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. However, if you want to build a legacy institution, then your capital should be longer.

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Walmart Eyes FinTech Expansion With Ribbit Capital Partnership

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As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan. House committee began reviewing the idea of allowing non-bank companies — Amazon and Facebook among them — to receive charters to operate as banks.

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

Strategic Horizon and Capital As mentioned, the problem that bank’s often run into when it comes to strategic planning is their time horizon is too short. Bank management should, of course, strive to increase cash flow as soon as possible. Your capital is likely in it for the long why shouldn’t your strategy match?

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Should Congress Increase FDIC Insurance Limits?

South State Correspondent

private and public lending markets are the world’s envy, with a wide availability of financing options for many capital seekers across the entire capital stack. We believe any change to the FDIC insurance coverage should aim to maintain and advance our credit markets.

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For US Companies and Markets, Relief Rallies Now – Zombies Later?

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monetary policy seems to ease by the day, enterprises of all sizes are tapping time and again into debt markets — potentially creating a corporate landscape littered with zombie firms. And Monday, the Fed announced plans to create a “broad, diversified market index” and purchase individual corporate bonds on the secondary markets.

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