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Credit

Legacy Banks Are Threatened – Unless They Fight Back

Leading financial institutions still have the opportunity to create a new kind of bank, one that is more than just what the new challengers promise.

Senthil Gunasekaran
October 21, 2019
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The Link Between Capital Structure and Financial Flexibility

New research shows that companies decrease leverage in anticipation of future investment shocks — good ones and bad ones alike.
Applications

AI is Ushering in a New Era of Integrated Receivables

Sayid Shabeer of HighRadius explains how AI engines can tackle manual processes around cash applications, credit management, and more.
Regulation

Warren Slams SEC Oversight of Rating Firms

“There are strong indications that rating agencies are continuing to prop up risky financial products," the senator told SEC Chair Jay Clayton.
Capital Markets

Fed Ready for More Funding Markets Interventions

“For the foreseeable future, we’re going to be looking at doing the sorts of things we did the last two days," Fed Chair Jerome Powell says.
Banking & Capital Markets

Fed Repurchases Debt Amid Overnight Rate Jump

The repo operation, the Fed's first since the Great Recession, came after the benchmark federal funds rate rose to the top of its target range.
Credit

Moody’s Deals a Blow to Ford With Credit Downgrade

The automaker's lackluster performance in profit margin and free cash flow leads the credit rating agency to relegate Ford's debt to junk status.
The Economy

Fed to Cut Rates Again This Year, S&P Predicts

Another cut in December is "contingent upon an escalation in trade tensions, further weakness in global growth, and increased geopolitical tensions."
Credit

Housing Finance Reform Disappoints Investors

A Treasury Department plan would recapitalize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and return them to private control.
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Fitch Cuts Hong Kong Credit Rating

The agency cited political unrest and growing links to the mainland as reasons for the downgrade.
Credit

Stripe Moves Into Small Business Lending

Stripe Capital will provide cash advances to small business customers of Stripe's payment platform.
Credit

Search Engine for Consumer Finance Nabs Funding

Even Financial lands $25.5 million in venture capital to bolster its digital marketplace for connecting financial services providers and consumers.
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