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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

PYMNTS

Reports in American Banker said CB Insights data has revealed a 45 percent decline in year-over-year FinTech funding in the year’s first quarter, and a 25 percent drop from Q4 2019. billion the same period a year prior, reports said, citing Crunchbase data. bank technology firm securing $100 million to expand in the region.

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Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2019: AI and Additional Data

FICO

We began to see a resurgence in small-dollar lending in 2018 with new regulatory guidance from the OCC and FDIC encouraging banks to compete with payday lenders.”. Leveraging Alternative Data to Extend Credit to More Borrowers. Dealership financing held strong and was the most preferred channel across all regions and all age groups.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion). Accounts are FDIC-insured through a partnership with Bancorp Bank. With the $14.5 billion valuation, Chime passes Robinhood , valued at about $11 billion, as the most highly valued (private) startup.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

PYMNTS

Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. The FDIC’s Advisory Committee on Community Banking offered a platform through which community bankers could highlight these challenges.

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Stress testing revisited to avert risk and improve risk ratings

Abrigo

Bank President Charlie Cecil explained that the bank segments their portfolio by filters such as geographic region and product type and then tracks the migration of risk grading by utilizing market data on trends in property values. Appraised values for properties are then adjusted by the amount of average decline in the market.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3 percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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Troubling Signs on the Horizon for Banks in FDIC Data

American Banker

While there were positive signals like loan growth and improved interest margins in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s s first-quarter report card, there were also signs of trouble for the future, including larger institutions' ongoing exposure to the energy sector.

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