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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

PYMNTS

It was supposed to be a strong year for lending across the board, after a stumpy 2017, which saw numbers in both consumer and commercial lending tending toward a slump. regional bank executives were gearing up for a bumper year, according to Bloomberg. Bancorp , the largest regional bank in the U.S.,

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Loan review: Continuous monitoring vs. targeted monitoring

Abrigo

Focus loan reviews on risk in the portfolio Continuous loan review monitoring helps banks and credit unions ensure credit review systems support safe and sound lending. discussed how they use continuous monitoring in their efforts to ensure safe and sound lending practices.

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Another Online Lender Announces Layoffs

PYMNTS

Consumer lending platform Avant is giving pink slips to 60 employees, or about 7 percent of its workforce. The executive said in an interview, in reference to beleaguered Lending Club : “Our biggest competitor just fell down, and the whole space is at an inflection point.”.

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CFPB issues 2014 fair lending report

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a fair lending report covering its fair lending activities during 2014. The report states that in 2014, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $224 million in remediation.

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Hong Kong’s FinTech Strategy

Chris Skinner

Here’s the summary: Financial Technology, more commonly referred to as FinTech, looks set to reshape the financial sector in the coming years and present Hong Kong with both challenges and opportunities. By taking proactive steps, Hong Kong could become the leading FinTech centre within the region and one of the leading centres in the world.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

PYMNTS

In a recent conversation with PYMNTS, Raghav Mathur, head of data science and analytics at Singapore-based Grab Financial Group , discussed the opportunities in data technology that can address the region’s most pressing SMB lending needs. Improving The SMB Lending Experience. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines

PYMNTS

This is not the first brush Facebook has had with regulators on the continent in reference to data privacy. Also in Europe, the European financial markets regulator has said that it wants to spend one million euros to promote market stability in the region as pertains to cryptocurrencies and FinTechs. Crypto Regulations.