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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

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WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether.

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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

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Co-signed by the American Bankers Association, Bank Policy Institute, Independent Community Bankers of America and The Clearing House, the letter argues that banks and non-bank technology firms are both already embracing innovation in customer service offerings. However, the banking industry doesn’t like that one bit.

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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

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If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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Cross-Border Payment Efforts Grab Funding

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As noted in the American Banker , SWIFT has maintained that Ripple has not set up relationships with firms that can navigate regulatory hurdles. SWIFT said its own global payments innovation (gpi) offerings succeed in clearing those complexities, and that hundreds of banks have signed on with gpi. dollars to Philippine pesos.

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Alternative Finance’s Popularity Won’t Break With Investors

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5), Alenka Grealish, senior analyst at Celent, penned an article for American Banker with a prediction: The small business (SMB) credit space is headed for a “shake-up.” The market is ripe for consolidation and beneficial partnerships,” Grealish wrote. On Thursday (Oct. The company, based in the U.K.,

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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

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Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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Interest rate risk management in a rising rate environment

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Takeaway 2 Some banks and credit unions were late movers and are now scrambling to lock in funding for the short term to meet liquidity and capital needs. Strategies for earning more in rising rates Financial institutions need to be intentional with funding strategies and loan pricing models. 4.75% over the course of 2022 and 2023.