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Career in Banking Advice from The Pro's

Jeff For Banks

I recently moderated a Risk Management Association (RMA) panel focused on managing risk in today's environment. Since the panel were seasoned bankers, the audience also wanted to hear some nuggets of wisdom about managing their careers in banking. Mark Semanie, Maryland Market President, Wesbanco.

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The Niche Bank

Jeff For Banks

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? What I hear most often is that community banks take deposits from people and businesses in their community and lend it to people and businesses in that same community. You read it right: 100%. Seems risky.

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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. Economists cite as the main culprit the collapse of the subprime mortgage market — defaults on high-risk housing loans — which led to a credit crunch in the global banking system and a precipitous drop in bank lending. Remember K Bank in Maryland?

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Fintech Fundings: Companies Raise $ Million Week Ending Feb 26

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Annapolis, Maryland. Tags: Consumer, lending, loans, underwriting, Equitable Bank (investor). Here are the fintech deals by size from 20 Feb to 26 Feb 2016: LoanZen. Receivables financing for small business. Latest round: Undisclosed Seed. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Bangalore, India. Source: Crunchbase. Latest round: $1.5

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FinovateFall 2017 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

An industry leader in lending and benchmarking solutions for financial institutions. Transforming consumer risk management with patented analytics, proprietary data and real-time insight into consumer behavior. They’re s howing a lending example using their API. Frictionless digital lending is possible.

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