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Citi To Bolster Business Lending In Europe With New Staff, Offices

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The financial institution intends to grow its corporate lending division focusing on firms with yearly turnover from $25 million to $2.5 billion, Reuters reported, with new offices and staffers in multiple Western European nations by the conclusion of this year.

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Helping Investors Avoid The Lending Club Trap

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Online lending as a business model has taken some lumps over the last several months, with Lending Club (and investors) only the most visible casualty of alleged fraud. As for questions surrounding the viability of these online lending platforms, as posited by Webster, Moore said the model exists as one that is here to stay.

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CFPB announces key leadership changes

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Salas served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. Salas and Mr. Halperin will both report to the Associate Director of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending (SEFL). Additionally, according to reports, Jean Chang will serve as Acting Chief Operating Officer.

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Neiman Marcus Emerges From Chapter 11

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He said the company’s new owners include PIMCO, a California-based global investment management firm, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, a global institutional alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City and Sixth Street Partners, the San Francisco global investment firm.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

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According to reports out earlier this week, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about possibly partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S. The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources.

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Today In Data: Alt FIs Raise Funding, SMBs In The US And AI Gets Backing

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Today in PYMNTS’ data, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have won the alternative financial venture capital (VC) funding rounds, millions of SMBs are in operation in the U.S. — 30 million | Higher end estimation of the number of SMBs in operation in the U.S. today, according to the United States Small Business Administration.

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Commercial Real Estate Insights

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Mitchell shared that during this time, Popular Bank strategically leaned into high-touch relationships to better support existing relationships, while also better gauging the integrity of the commercial lending portfolio. Identifying Commercial Real Estate Lending Bright Spots. in Q1 2021, the highest percentage ever on record.