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Bitesize: Emerging market currency risk: evidence from the COVID-19 crisis

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A striking regularity around global economic crises is that the dollar tends to appreciate sharply against emerging market (EM) currencies as capital flows out of EMs. In a recent CEPR e-book chapter , we compare recent exchange rate moves and capital flow adjustments to past global crises. for 2005-2020.

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Zopa Secures UK Banking License

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Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Since COVID-19, non-bank lenders have been hurting as capital markets became less available and retail investors tried to withdraw their cash from the P2P sector, the Times reported. Capital One was one of the earlier disrupters,” Janardana said.

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Ant Financial Acquires Minority Stake In Klarna

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Klarna, Europe’s most valuable FinTech, was founded in 2005 and has financial backers that include the rapper Snoop Dogg, who is also part of the company’s marketing. Other investors include venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and Australia’s biggest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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Zopa P2P Lender To Land 12th-Hour Investment To Become Bank

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A source told the Financial Times that Zopa will receive the funds from an entity linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders, lending almost £4 billion to consumers in the U.K. based fund, and its U.K. investment vehicle Silverstripe. since its inception.

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Klarna’s Value Hits $10B With Latest Investment Round

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market, a new report states. Founded in 2005, Klarna has previously stated that the U.S. is poised to become its largest market. Founded in 2005, Klarna has previously stated that the U.S. is poised to become its largest market. The Stockholm-based company is currently in talks with investors. shoppers.

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The gravity of cross-border syndication ties in financial services trade

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Luke Heath Milsom, Vladimír Pažitka, Isabelle Roland and Dariusz Wójcik Exports of financial services decline with geographical distance at a rate comparable to that for international trade in goods (eg, Portes and Rey (2005) ). International linkages between financial institutions are a key feature of global financial market integration.

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COVID-19 Briefing: Pandemics, Natural Disasters and Banks’ Balance Sheets

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One key message stands out: banks that are more rooted in their market are much more likely to continue lending when faced with the economic fallout from such shock. Banks without access did not shore up their finances by borrowing on the interbank market, but curtailed their lending instead. Balance sheet adjustments.

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