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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

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The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack.

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Rising Interest Rates And The Changing Mortgage Market

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They’re also taking their toll on the non-bank mortgage lenders that proliferated in the good old days of zero or near-zero interest rates, compliments of the Federal Reserve. The Incredible Shrinking Non-Bank Mortgage Lending Market. Instead, they often rely on short-term bank loans – now also at a more expensive rate.

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Here Are 2024’s Top VC Funding Rounds So Far

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It will also continue to invest in its comprehensive tech stack to power the end-to-end customer journeys across banking, insurance, and embedded commerce. Founded in 2008, Perfios is a B2B SaaS company serving the banking, financial services and insurance industry in 18 countries, empowering 1,000+ financial institutions.

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How The Lending Landscape Is Quietly Changing

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Interest rates plummeted as the Fed held the federal funds rate at zero in the hopes of stimulating lending in an environment where credit went from dangerously free-flowing to dangerously non-existent in the span of a few months. Big banks have moved away from the segment in general — and from subprime borrowers in specific.

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The Best Banks in Asia 2024, Ranked by Forbes

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Confronted by shifting factors such as tech advancements, generative AI, high interest rates, increased institutional oversight, and evolving customer expectations — the best banks must adapt their business and operating models in 2024, including in Asia. CHINA #1 China Merchants Bank China Merchants Bank Co.,

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Mortgage Tech 101: What It Is & Why It’s Taking Off Now

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Originating, processing, and underwriting a home loan with a large bank lender still requires faxes and snail mail and take almost as long as it did 20 years. Mortgage technology startups are companies that apply digital processes to mortgage origination, underwriting, servicing, investment, and other associated business activities.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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In 2006, investment banks were at the top of the finance world. After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change. As a result, banks are facing dropping IPO profits. Some banks have collapsed.