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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions.

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Avanti Plans Real-Time Settlement Solution For Corporate Treasurers

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Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. Avanti made its Wyoming intentions clear in February.

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Wells Axes 200+ Staffers From US Lending Units

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lending division in recent months, with a focus on its agriculture and energy teams, Reuters reported. The company’s agricultural lending division, which gives loans to farmers, was cut by at least 25 percent, while the bank also laid off about 7 percent of the staff from its energy lending group over the summer. billion, or 15.3

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How a Wyoming credit union is doing more lending despite lower demand

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Consumer appetites for new loans have slowed in the face of record interest rates, but Sunlight Federal Credit Union's partnership with Avana Capital helps identify commercial real estate opportunities in markets both local and national.

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Crowdfunding, Deferred Loan Payments Jumpstart SMB Relief

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Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. SMBs in supplement to separate measures, like the British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Interruption lending Scheme.

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More Than 200 Bankers Let Go At Wells Fargo

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lending division in recent months, with a focus on its agriculture and energy teams, Reuters reported. The company’s agricultural lending division, which gives loans to farmers, was cut by at least 25 percent, while the bank also laid off about 7 percent of the staff from its energy lending group over the summer. billion, or 15.3

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Credit Card Companies’ Focus On Subprime Increases Rate Of Missed Payments

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Credit card companies have not been shy when it comes to lending to subprime customers , but according to new data from TransUnion, that strategy is starting to backfire for the credit card issuers. Lenders increased the amount of lending it did to subprime customers starting in 2014 and continued to do so more recently.

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