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Japanese Lenders Hinder Softbank’s WeWork Bailout

Japanese Lenders Hinder Softbank’s WeWork Bailout
Japanese Lenders Hinder Softbank’s WeWork Bailout
December 23, 2019  |  International

SoftBank’s negotiations with Japan’s three dominant lenders to procure $3 billion as part of a $9.5 billion WeWork bailout have been hindered by lending limits,...

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Report Shows US Small Towns Lost 14 Pct Of Banks Between 2012-17
Report Shows US Small Towns Lost 14 Pct Of Banks Between 2012-17
December 23, 2019  |  Banking

Financial institutions have been abandoning American smaller towns in striking numbers over the past decade, presenting a significant economic challenge in the communities they serve,...

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The Best Of The Monday Conversation: Everything We Learned In 2019
The Best Of The Monday Conversation: Everything We Learned In 2019
December 23, 2019  |  Monday Meetup

Something remarkable happened about halfway through the 2010s or at least something that ought to have been. Except as it turned out, due to the...

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Gulf Winds’ Data Driven Approach To Member Retention
Gulf Winds’ Data Driven Approach To Member Retention
December 23, 2019  |  Credit Unions

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Synthetic Fraud’s Slow Roll Across FIs
Synthetic Fraud’s Slow Roll Across FIs
December 23, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Impersonation fraud — where a cybercriminal pretends to be someone they aren’t in an attempt to make off with funds — gets a lot of...

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The Power Of THREE: Inside Berkshire Hathaway’s New SMB InsurTech Platform
The Power Of THREE: Inside Berkshire Hathaway’s New SMB InsurTech Platform
December 23, 2019  |  SMBs

When people joke about boring professions and industries, one can bet that insurance will almost always be one of the top targets of such humor....

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Visa’s Bill Sheley On What’s Next For Push Payments
Visa’s Bill Sheley On What’s Next For Push Payments
December 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The last decade of payments innovation has developed new normals for senders and receivers of money that could not have been achieved — let alone...

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FBI Helps Businesses Outwit Fraudsters By Deploying Decoy Data
FBI Helps Businesses Outwit Fraudsters By Deploying Decoy Data
December 23, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working firsthand with companies to outsmart cybercriminals by deploying decoy data, Ars Technica reported on Friday (Dec. 20). Get...

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Smartphone App Truecaller Ventures Into Business FinTech Before IPO
Smartphone App Truecaller Ventures Into Business FinTech Before IPO
December 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

As it ponders an IPO in the next two years, Sweden’s caller ID firm Truecaller has been piloting FinTech products to offer credit to small...

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