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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. The banking industry is nationwide and is becoming less branch-focused.

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Australia’s banks likely to reduce lending to regions and sectors at risk of climate change impacts, regulator says

TheGuardian

A new report by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) found climate change could make banks more vulnerable to economic downturns as they face up to a threefold increase in lending losses by 2050, but that the system should be able to absorb the impact.

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CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle

PYMNTS

Sezzle — a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) company based in Minnesota, but listed in Australia — was denied a crucial lending license from California. Australia’s central bank is, therefore, slated to review the BNPL industry this coming year. Rival BNPL company Afterpay ’s application was approved by the state. ”

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Regions Bank Plucks New CIO From FinTech Arena

PYMNTS

The latest example of this comes from Regions Bank at its corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to joining the Regions Bank community, Duggirala served as the CTO of Kabbage, a small business lender. While at Kabbage, Duggirala was responsible for moving the ball forward on the company’s lending platform scalability.

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The Threat That Could End Community Banking & What To Do About It

Small business lending is ground zero for this imminent disaster. On the surface, things are going well for community and regional banks and credit unions. Though only in charge of a small percentage of total assets, they’re disproportionately dominating small business lending.

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The Concentric Relationship Strategy in Banking

South State Correspondent

Banks developing and delivering a relationship banking model can outperform the industry. Therefore, commercial lenders must develop a strategy to increase industry knowledge in finance, business, accounting, tax, mergers/acquisitions, or other fields. This article shares a simple strategy a successful lender (Linda N.)

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Australia Rises In Global Alt-Lending Ranks

PYMNTS

Australia is now the Asia Pacific region’s second-largest alternative finance market, largely due to a favorable regulatory climate, according to new KPMG analysis. The Australian market is quickly becoming a hotbed of alternative lending , and new analysis from KPMG suggests it has risen up in the ranks.

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