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Silicon Valley Bank Failure – Lessons in Interest Rate Risk Management

South State Correspondent

While we will cover the general lessons HERE , in this article, we wanted to focus on the root cause – how and why interest rate risk caused the second-largest bank failure in US history (Washington Mutual was the largest in 2008). That combination made their liabilities very sensitive to safety.

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Capital Market Assumptions

TrustBank

Therefore, our capital market assumptions are based on expectations for average returns over the next 10 years. Our risk management strategies provided the cushions we had expected during the market’s decline in 2020, with returns independent of the returns from both stocks and bonds. annualized over the next 10 years.

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Visa Taps Chris Newkirk To Serve As Chief Strategy Officer

PYMNTS

Newkirk has held multiple leadership roles at Capital One since 2008, most recently as president of Small Business, International & Walmart Partnership. The executive headed up a diverse tram of associates throughout six businesses, and he served on the Capital One Executive Committee as of 2016. and New York. and New York.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. and Alibaba in China, may be able to “replace many banks.”

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B2B FinTech Firms Brace For Growth With New VC

PYMNTS

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year.

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The Crypto Brat Pack Just Earned Themselves Regulation

Gonzobanker

Barnum’s classic quote about a sucker being born every minute has reigned with the likes of Softbank, Tiger Management, Sequoia Capital, Kevin “Mr. The revolution and death of traditional banking appears to be postponed yet again. And once again, P.T. Wonderful” O’ Leary, and of course Tom and Gisele.

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

In the past couple of years, regulators have become more interested in risk management, strategic and capital planning, succession planning, compliance (particularly Bank Secrecy Act compliance), third-party relationships and interest rate risk, according to David Baris, partner for BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C.