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How The Market Gets Interest Rate Predictions Wrong

South State Correspondent

A recent 2023 paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ( HERE ) studied the predictive prowess of economists. Third, banks and businesses cannot be adequately managed by positioning for one forecast. It may be unwise for borrowers to wait for a more suitable time to secure long-term financing.

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Bezos: Global Testing Needed To Combat COVID-19

PYMNTS

In a letter to shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday (April 16), the Amazon CEO said testing on a global scale would help keep people safe and get the economy back up and running. Earlier this week, James Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Credit Unions Find ‘Co-opetition’ Key To Closing The Innovation Gap

PYMNTS

In the January Credit Union Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of CUs, including a retrospective look at the CU industry in the 2010s, an examination of hybrid cloud technology and a new synthetic identity security threat that could steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. CUs like St. Around The Credit Union World.

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Fed’s Sapenaro On How To Forge Ahead With Payments Innovation

PYMNTS

With initiatives like the Faster Payments Task Force and the Secure Payments Task Force, the Fed is pushing for innovation and progress in the nation’s payments infrastructure and market. This month the Federal Reserve named Dave Sapenaro , its current first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Finlocker Creates the Sticky App Countless Mortgage Product Managers Have Long Wished For (Fintech Startup of the Week)

Fintech Labs Insights

The one that most caught my attention, given my early days as a mortgage product manager, was Finlocker (see video below ; and for a more thorough look at the company, watch the Nov 2019 demo by co-founder Peter Esparrago at Digital Mortgage event above). Finlocker is a St. Vitals: HQ: St.

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Faster Payments And The Fed, Two Years On

PYMNTS

David Sapenaro, first vice president and chief operating officer of the St. It may be no surprise that security remains top of mind for the innumerable stakeholders in the payments arena. Challenges the task force needs to address include identity management, data protection and information sharing.

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Mobile Payments: Adornments For the U.S., mVisa For The Unbanked In Nigeria

PYMNTS

Louis-based startup has defied the odds and raised $750,000 during a slowdown in funding for Fintech startups. Already the app is generating $1 million in sales for local restaurants in St. Louis with 10,000 people currently using the app. Mobile Payments Startup OPER Raises $750,000. Spendable Wearable Jewelry.

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