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China’s Baoshang Bank Is Taken Over By Regulators Over Credit Issues

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Baoshang Bank, based in Inner Mongolia, will be taken over by China’s banking and insurance regulator over critical credit risks, according to a report by Reuters. The China Construction Bank (CCB), based in Baotou, will handle the bank’s business operations.

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Number of U.K. Firms In Significant Financial Distress Jumps

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Businesses considered to be in “significant” financial distress have had a minor County Court Judgment filed against them, or have been identified by Begbies Traynor’s credit risk scoring system. Research also pointed to the construction sector as a particularly weak point. The company recorded a 4.5 Meanwhile, 13.2

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Trade Credit Insurance

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These figures suggest the high credit risk exposure of UK in a global perspective. increase which was followed by the construction industry at 1.2% UK economy is highly driven by 3 sectors considered as leading economic indicators, namely, Service, production and manufacturing and construction sector. from 45 last month.

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Fighting Real-Time Payment Fraud In Layers, With Moats

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In fact, Srinivasan added, the parameters of risk itself are changing. He noted that, with real-time payments , credit risk is largely negated, as transactions require immediate posting of debits and confirmation of sufficient funds — and it can be immediately ascertained whether or not user accounts are in good standing.

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The Great Credit Card Program Outsourcing Debate

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Among the biggest debates is how to construct and operate the best card program possible – a decision that served as the foundation for a new PYMNTS interview with Jim Geeslin, head of strategy for Elan Financial Services , an agent credit card issuer. “The Do FIs want to navigate card programs through that?”.

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Real Customer Satisfaction In Real Time

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According to DeCosmo , the basic definition of a real-time payments environment boils down “sub second responses” across a number of considerations, including credit risk and marketing efforts, with a benefit that comes from a “faster experience … that is also more streamlined.”

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Buyers Shift The Blame For Late Payments To Banks

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“This increased exposure of respondents in western Europe to payment risk from foreign customers may corroborate respondents’ perception that trade credit risk is slightly more likely to arise from transactions with foreign than with domestic B2B customers,” the report concluded.

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