How retail lending is set to scale up in 2018

The year 2017 has been eventful for the retail lending industry. Major factors like steady decline in lending rates, strong focus and performance on growth and credit metrics in retail lending, investor interest in the segment, P2P regulation formalising the new category, increased focus on digitisation and
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Homrich & Berg boosted its stake in shares of Mondelez International by 1.9% during the first quarter. Homrich & Berg now owns 10,560 shares of the company's stock worth $455,000 after buying an additional 196 shares during the period. Boston Financial Mangement LLC boosted its stake in shares
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Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced that it will stop lending support for a number of smartphones after December 31, 2017. According to WhatsApp blog post, users will not be able to create new accounts and will also not able to verify existing accounts from these
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T he much-touted scheme to integrate the payment systems of Iran and Russia has been slowed in the past couple of months due to lengthy negotiations, the head of Central Bank of Iran's Payment Systems Department announced. “However, Russia is still Iran's major partner for bank card integration
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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (NYSE:FBHS) has an ERP5 rank of 4105. The ERP5 Rank is an investment tool that analysts use to discover undervalued companies. The ERP5 looks at the Price to Book ratio, Earnings Yield, ROIC and 5 year average ROIC. The lower the ERP5 rank, the more
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Due to expanding operations, my client is looking for a Banking Officer to join their team.
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It was a story that remained all too familiar in 2017, as the run-up in rents and home prices – and a stubborn scarcity of housing – persisted in the valley and across the Bay Area. In the city of Napa, the vacancy rate for rental housing inched upward – barely – to 2 percent, according to a July survey of
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Here we will take a look at several key ratios for Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (NYSE:FBHS), starting with the Book to Market (BTM) ratio. Value investors seek stocks with high BTMs for their portfolios. The ratio is a comparison of the firm's net asset value per share to it's current price. This is
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LIMA — Property tax statements for Allen County real estate owners are now available, according to Allen County Treasurer Rachael Gilroy. Statements are available for those who wish to pay their tax bill early, and payments can be made either at the Treasurer's Office, 301 N. Main St., Lima, or online
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More interesting news about Revlon, Inc. (NYSE:REV) were released by: Businesswire.com and their article: “Revlon, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Serge Jureidini as President …” published on March 14, 2017 as well as Bloomberg.com's news article titled: “Perelman Roils Revlon Stock and Debt
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Greensboro developers Seth Coker and Nathan Isner buy the Investors Title Insurance Building at 127 N. Greene St. in Greensboro, and plan to develop 24 1-bedroom apartments on the top four floors of that five-story building. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center signs an agreement to buy High Point
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Synopsis: In 2007 and 2008, the United States has observed, with some horror, the explosion and collapse of entire segments of the housing market, especially those driven by subprime and alternative or “exotic” home mortgage lending. Foreclosed explains the rise of high-risk lending and why these
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Mumbai Metropolitan Region emerged as the leader with 19% increase in sales during the quarter, showed data from Liases Foras Real Estate Rating & Research. Total sales in key markets including Mumbai, National Capital Region (NCR), Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad was 64,781 units
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“Knowing this process was underway, not wanting to duplicate efforts and understanding that the Roaring Fork Valley and Eagle River Valley operate as separate economic systems, with differing real estate and employment markets and commuting patterns, helped us to make the decision to limit the
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As Vanity Fair reports, Burry noticed that lending standards were not just declining, but bottoming out. The main culprit: “interest-only negative-amortizing adjustable-rate subprime mortgage”. That's a mouthful. It also exactly what we just described: riskier loans with a revolving door on debt responsibility.
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I don't have an advent calendar for counting down the days to this year's Fortune Global Forum in Guangzhou, China, but if I did, there would only be three little doors left to open—and just one before the launch of our first annual Brainstorm Tech International event. Alan Murray and I will travel this
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Investing in real estate makes sense, whether you're diversifying your portfolio or securing your future with a retirement home. Charleston's economy is stable, rents are on the rise, and the city is continuously named a top destination. Now is the time to buy — and local real estate experts weigh in on the
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LAGOS, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Nigeria's Access Bank plans to grow its trade payment and settlement service over the next five years as foreign lenders
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On Monday, mortgage marketplace lender LendingHome announced it has originated more than $2 billion in mortgage loans for homeowners and real estate investors. The online lender revealed that the first billion of originations occurred over the course of 30 months, while it took just 12 months for the
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