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Best Banking Books To Create The Modern Banker

South State Correspondent

One common question we field is recommendations of books to improve either bank performance or personal performance. These books span a range of banking topics but emphasize second-order thinking, productivity, building client relationships, and innovation. The book also contains the best appendix that you will ever read.

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Here Is How To Calculate Your Bank’s Cost Of Capital [Calculator]

South State Correspondent

the As interest rates go back up and volatility continues to remain high, banks’ cost of capital has undergone a significant shift up. Your cost of capital is essential to know for several reasons. Produce over your cost, and you will be able to attract more capital. Why Calculate Your Cost of Capital?

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Current Loan Pricing Trends for 1Q 2025

South State Correspondent

On a risk-adjusted return on equity basis, banks moved their target from 16% that held for most of last year, to now looking at a 20% risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC). Why many banks assumed four rate cuts at the end of 2024 and start of 2025, the market, and hence most banks) are now assuming zero to two.

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Bain Capital Technology’s Bet On hey And Japan’s Digital Payments Shift

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And yet Japan remains a heavily cash-based economy, Darren Abrahamson , managing director of Bain Capital Tech Opportunities told Karen Webster. It’s just a very different cultural market,” Abrahamson said in talking about Bain’s participation this week in a Series E funding round for hey , a Japanese eCommerce and digital payments platform.

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SaaS Enjoys Venture Capital Boom

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This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. and Europe, with half of its bookings coming from U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending.

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Why Nations Fail

Chris Skinner

I was recently at a Capital Markets conference in Turkey where the main first day keynote speaker is Professor James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago and co-author of Why Nations Fail, a book that changed thinking about what makes for successful countries and what makes them fail.

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Pandemic Aside, SoftBank-Backed Travel Platform Klook Raises $200 Million

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Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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