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New China Guidelines Increase Foreign Business Opportunities

PYMNTS

The 30-page draft guidelines published by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) aim to reverse a slowdown of economic growth partially caused by the U.S. It also called on financial institutions to increase lending to private enterprises and small businesses and provide targeted products and services.

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China Bets On SMB Lending To Ramp Up Bank Competition

PYMNTS

As watchdogs ramp up oversight of financial institutions and FinTechs, late last year the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission also announced plans to relax restrictions on foreign ownership of banks operating in the country.

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Fifth Third Links Rejected Business Borrowers To Alt-Lender

PYMNTS

Fundation will provide its products to customers that don’t meet the loan eligibility guidelines of Fifth Third, which will aid the bank meet more of the credit needs of its small business clients, according to reports. Companies that lack access to capital are not able to grow their operations or have had to cut their headcounts.

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Biz2Credit Bets On India’s Emerging Alt-Fin Market

PYMNTS

Biz2Credit is expanding its small business lending operations into a market without much experience with alternative finance. While India may not have the most robust alternative lending industry in the world, it’s the size of its SME population that’s attracting Biz2Credit, the company said.

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 FinTech Collaborations and Frameworks Gain Steam in Asia

PYMNTS

Beyond the confines of Europe, Cryptix , a blockchain service provider based in Zug, Switzerland, has said that it acquired Blocktrade, which operates as a digital asset exchange platform. Blocktrade, according to a release, has a European license in place to trade with tokens and digital coins.

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Opportunities in Partnership: Community Banks Can Benefit from Today’s FinTechs

Independent Banker

Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months. Increasing role of technology. 50% of consumers now interact with their bank through mobile apps or websites weekly – up from 32% two years ago.

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Federal banking agencies issue interagency principles for small-dollar loans

CFPB Monitor

The Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, and NCUA have issued “ Interagency Lending Principles for Offering Responsible Small-Dollar Loans.” In that statement, the agencies indicated that they were “working on future guidance and lending principles for responsible small-dollar loans.”. Federal law (12 U.S.C.

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