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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2023 Q1 Update

FICO

The data sample comes from FICO client reports generated by FICO® TRIAD® Customer Manager and Adaptive Control System solutions. Rates typically peak after holiday shopping then come down as consumers receive their tax refunds and use it to pay down debt. higher than one year ago when average balance bottomed out post-COVID.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. To you, manage your interest rate risk. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. Some seemed panicked.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

million for its P2P lending platform for small businesses. Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. P2P real estate lending marketplace. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Tags: Consumers, youth market, lending, loans, credit, underwriting. SmartAsset raised $3.8 Qumram raised $2.5

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Thoughtful lending and an open mind keep profits strong for incoming ICBA chairman Jack Hartings. in Coldwater, Ohio, and ICBA’s incoming chairman, held fast to his community bank’s conservative lending practices. To combat the decline in the bank’s loan-to-deposit ratio, Hartings actively sought out new opportunities in lending.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

Cloud cash and treasury management solutions. Lending marketplace for small businesses. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Tags: Institutions, lenders, mortgage, lending, customer service, mobile, account opening. Total raised: $245 million. HQ: Oakland, California. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $22.7 Total raised: $95.1

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

Twenty months of my absence have allowed the “professional” top managers to kill the company using the money of rich oligarchs. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources.

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