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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

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It was supposed to be a strong year for lending across the board, after a stumpy 2017, which saw numbers in both consumer and commercial lending tending toward a slump. It was almost like a dam broke when the tax legislation got enacted,” said Steve Steinour, CEO of Huntington Bancshares Inc. As of early 2018, U.S. Bancorp said.

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Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2018

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Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K.

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What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy

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Late payments and out-and-out defaults and charge-offs are on the rise across a few lending segments. A fair portion of that interest rate, according to the Fed, was an uptick in mortgage lending. Revolving outstanding credit, made up primarily of credit cards, increased at a 13.3 Credit Card Troubles. percent annually.

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Get An Education Loan For Your Kid’s Higher Studies

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Any Indian national between the ages of 18 to 35 years who wish to pursue any graduate/postgraduate/diploma/technical course. A co-applicant is mandatory for applying for an education loan for courses abroad. Sometimes, vocational training courses such as aviation and air-hostess training courses are also taken into account.

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition

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Credit Karma said yes to early tax refunds for consumers – for free. Good Tax Lending Karma. Good news for consumers avidly awaiting their tax refund for 2018: Credit Karma Tax is rolling out a new product call Earlybird Advance, an online refund advance service. And that was just Tuesday.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk. Blockchain, of course, isn’t only to blame.

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KYB, Shell Companies And Pot Payments Gone Rogue

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But federal law still views marijuana as an illegal substance, which prevents most financial institutions, payment card networks and other providers from taking part in those sales. Skillfully created and placed shell companies, of course, can greatly complicate such matters. Ultimately, we are in it together,” he said.

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